My uncle is a master in fig growing. Behind our house in Lebanon we have a fig tree and he grafted 4 different thpes of figs on a single tree. It’s amuzing to watch the same tree giving different types of figs at different times of the year.
Thank you. We just moved into a house that has two fig trees in the backyard. I know nothing beyond Fig Newtons. :D After watching this video the first time I went out and picked my very first ripe fig. Now I am watching again as a beginner. I appreciate the information.
When I was a kid we had a fig. It was huge and made such a large crop that you could never pick them all. The birds and squirrels were all fat and happy.
I got a Fig Tree 2 years ago and have it planted in a 20inch pot on my drive way here in Maryland and it is producing fruit and surviving the winters. I feed it regularly with water from my African Cichlid tank.
Golly Thank you! I thought 1; fruit dropping because I live in a VERY hot desert area. 2: because it's been in a large pot for a few years. You just changed my life!! Smiles.
My grandmother had three fig trees and would eat them. I disliked them as a little kid, now I understand how wonderful it was as you never see that anymore. This was in Florida.
you have such a beautiful and radiant smile, Brenda. call your grandma and ask for those figs, I'm sure she will be delighted that you're taking interest in it.
I live in the San Joaquin Valley in California, near Fresno, and we grow lots of figs here, both commercially and back yard. I think that all figs are terrific!!
I live on the coast, in SLO. The "Mission Fig" (I don't know if that's a real name, but it's what they appear to be called here, grow like weeds. You can literally cut off a branch, stick it in a pot, and it will root easily, and grow another tree. Down town, near our Spanish Mission, built in 1772, there is an original fig growing along the creek. The canopy is probably 40' in diameter, and the trunk is probably 3'-4' in diameter. Many of the local figs growing at people's homes, are from cuttings that used to be sold off this tree, by the Catholic priests.
@@austinado16 California weather is the same like in Mediterania. You don't need to worry about how to grow figs, they grow crazy over there. Enjoy the best fruit.
I was I have a male fig tree cause the figs are beautiful outside and dry inside. I was told and easy fix was to buy a female fig tree and place it near the tree cause it needed pollination to happen, so I did. This year, the figs look good but are still dry well a little less dry inside, but with worms 🪱 inside what the heck. Should I just chop it out 😢??? Please help me with your advice. Thanks
That is true, but it depends where do you live and grow fig trees. If you live in a warm climate as mediterrania, california you don't need to learn or worry at all. Just plant it and enjoy the fruits in summer. I live in cold weather zone 6A in Indiana and growing figs is a challenge, a lot of work especially in winter time. Anyway I have enjoyed growing and dealing with them.
I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I have a small yard. My fig tree is actually a bush called Little Miss Figgy. She has a nice breda crop and an amazing full season crop. The figs are black and delish. My fig will never be enormous (she lived in a pot until a windstorm tossed her across the yard and snapped her taproot) but she suits me to a T. Thanks for the video. I am always looking for more info on this marvelous fruit.
I inherited several fig saplings from a nursery owner who passed away and I have attempted to raise them, they are about 4-6 years old but small still in pots. We live in a cold climate and they go inside or in a garage in the winter. They are common figs and I’ve seen a couple grow, but it’s obvious I have no idea what I’m doing so I’m glad I found your channel!
"Celestial fig" In 89/90, I met a Chinese family recently moved to the US. I helped load some boxes on the truck. They gave me something the daughter called "Celestial fig" I've never seen another like it. Small golden fig, tastes like honey.
I watched a documentary and it said that fig trees are about the most valuable tree in the world for tropical wildlife. Also, ‘Fig’ was said to refer to a tree that makes fruit with no flowers (the tiny wasp going into a place on the tree to pollinate it.)
The fig fruit is actually a composite fruit, like a raspberry or blackberry, comprising many flowers, later fruitlets, all joined together. But with the fig, it's turned inside out, so the flowers/fruitlets are inside! So the fig wasp gets inside the hole in the base of the fruit to pollinate it.
Thank you gentleman, you just thought me a lesson i have been looking for quite sometime. In southwest of Iran there are a type that pollinate them similar to date trees and it dries on the tree.
Wow Rich, I loved and enjoyed watching this video, your knowledge and educational materials are well put together. So proud of your what started to be a challenge to grow figs in Canada to the fig expert you are today...Can't wait to come by and try some of your crops 😁😁
Wow! Happy to have found youyr channel packed with so much important fig growing info!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!! P.S. Now wish my husband would let me have an orchard/grow trees, that not only HE wants....
This is fascinating info., thank you! We have two rather prolific fig trees/bushes in our yard. This is an old farmhouse and we never had any idea what type of figs they are. I'm guessing after this video that they are some type of "common" fig. Some years they are sweeter and more abundant than others, but they don't seem to like too much rain. A hot, dry summer seems to produce the best crop, so most years they do pretty well.
Within the fist 5 minutes you explained exactly what is happening & why with my fig trees; thank you!! Makes sense why I was intuitively drawn to purchase 12 more fig trees. One of them must be a male because I'm finally getting fruit! New subscribe looking forward to learning everything I can about figs from you. God bless you!
I got my seeds from a grower in Greece. About four varieties from the packaging. Did get them mixed up at some point. Hope you can do a vid for positive identification of the varieties. I got quite the education on the symbiotic relationship between fig and wasp. Thank you for the lesson. Now I know I need some technical knowledge to raise a crop from the seedlings which are growing quite vigorously.
All of those seeds may not produce edible figs for you. Fig seeds are not true to type and won't produce the same fruit they came from Watch this video for the full explanation ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NXoqHMhiWSU.html
Great info!!! My grandpa planted a fig tree in our homeyard more than 50 years ago. Every year we ate a lot of delicious figs from this tree. The years passed and I had to move to a different country...taking some branches hidden in my luggage. I planted them in my new home and today I'm still enjoying eating yummy figs each year...
Great info! haven't read or heard this anywhere. I'm from Australia, so we have plenty of fig wasps, I have 11 varieties growing in my garden & have learnt something new today. Thank you, just subbed 👍🇦🇺
Where are you in Oz? I grew figs well in Tamworth district, NSW. My best varieties were Black Genoa & Blue Provence. I tried Brown Turkey & White Adriatic, but they did not produce so well. I might mention, I planted the trees 2.5 m apart, & managed them like a hedge, with hard pruning in winter, shoot thinning in late Oct., & trimming the strong shoots at the top in early- mid Dec. The trees need good watering & manuring/composting/fertilising to produce well. They do not ripen after picking, & ripen suddenly, within about 4 days of becoming "squishy" ripe (when they actually taste best). However, I'd pick them for sale a day or two before that. Enjoy!
@@itsdizzylizzy From nurseries,, private sellers, & have received/purchased cuttings from many ppl who had migrated here decades ago & brought with them their own cuttings,etc The Food Forrest grow over 40 varieties. Cheers
@@rodkingston7933 I'm in Central West NSW My regime for figs, they have to have excellent drainage wherever planted, I don't apply any fertiliser when planting in the first year. In Spring, I apply small amount of Seasol & place thin layer of mulch. Out of all the many fruit trees I have, my figs get the least amount of fertilisers, compost/mulch & pruning, I deep soak 1/2 times only during the whole of Summer. They get protected from the birds & we get to enjoy the most luscious figs The more they are left alone , the trees thrive.
I have a small fig collection here in Denver CO zone 6a. My second year. Still learning. Bought fig cuttings from figbid. Planting inground the early and mid season varieties. Late varieties in containers. Enjoying it so much.
I live in California and was raised with figs. I will be moving to Tennessee and would love to grow figs there. Can you suggest the type of figs that would be best?
If you live in Portugal you should be able to plant whatever fig you like because the fig wasp should exist in many regions. Portugal is also known to have spectacular figs. I have a few Portuguese figs and they are all fantastic.
Interesting. I'm growing an organic, heirloom Violette de Bordeaux indoors, hydroponically. I got a breba crop at the end of the first year (bought it as a bareroot twig), a good, delicious, crop the 2nd year, and now I'm anxiously waiting to see some figs pop out this 3rd year. Got lots of huge leaves so far...much bigger than previous years. BUT...I didn't prune it, any of those years and this last winter, it didn't even drop its leaves. So pruning is on my schedule for this winter. Basically I lucked out when I bought it since I didn't know anything about growing fig trees.
By any chance could you give me some tips on how to grow trees hydroponically? Always wanted to make a setup, just never had the drive to do it since I thought hydroponic trees couldn't exist haha
@@GhostOfTheAngels Well first of all, let me say I am NO expert, especially on growing trees hydroponically...nor figs. I just winged it, after exchanging some comments with Dr.Kratky, who suggested I'd want to set up a reservoir tank with a float, filtration, etc. Which I did not do, mainly because I am just not that mechanically inclined. I had much success with my other Kratky method plants, except for the bug problem that resulted in 1/2 a huge leaf gone every few hours. Turns out the "bug" was a big black & white furry one named Stan...my cat who apparently LOVES his greens, LOL. So, I'll tell you what I did but you try it at your own risk as this is NOT the method suggested. I got a big plastic planter pot, put a self-watering gizmo in the bottom, filled the pot with several bags of Hydroton clay pebbles, plopped the bareroot fig stick (that I had just bought) in the middle, put an airline in, with a bubbler, down to the bottom of the planter, and filled it to the top with water. Said water was pH balanced to 7, warm, and then Silica Blast was added and mixed, then FloraGro hydroponic nutrients and pH was balanced to 6. That first year it got a few leaves and then dropped them, along with a breba crop. Clueless, I did not prune it but let it rest until spring, whereupon I sprinkled some Happy Frog 5-5-5 fertilizer on the top and watered it in. That second year, I got a nice crop of delicious figs but it didn't go dormant in the winter; again I did not prune it (like I said, clueless). This is the 3rd year and 2/3 of the branches are leafed out and still going. There are so many huge leaves that the branches are hanging lower. No figs yet but I just fertilized with the 5-5-5. This winter I plan to prune it, hopefully properly. I've heard that figs are not delicate and are hard to kill, which is probably what has contributed to my success, LOL. If you check out Dr. Kratky's channel you can see how to make the nutrient tank/float system. Good luck! :-D
@@DrValerie800 I'm going to check that out when I had the time but in the meanwhile I simply have Jose's with what's left of a bunch of hydroponic philodendrons 3 years ago ... any suggestions on what to put in the water as fertilizer because this is it I mean they're not looking too good and I just want to put something in the water that is simple that will feed them and help them grow and flourish .
@@gardensofthegods I've never grown those hydroponically but I'd guess that FloraGro would likely work (General Hydroponics). Look up what pH they like too and balance your water to the proper pH. If they have suffered too much of the wrong chemicals, you might have to give them some microbiome root stuff and maybe something like zinc. And like I've mentioned before, I'm no expert, I'm just a hobbyist doing the best I can. And since I don't really know what I'm doing, I just research to get a clue and then go ask the plant what it needs (by dowsing). That has been working well for me.
This video was informative, but the video on Capri figs was wonderful. Finally, there are fig growing questions that were explained succinctly. Thanks for this well presented info.
Every year a squirrel and myself have a race as to who is going to get to my figs first. If I pick them too soon they're not sweet enough and if I wait to long Mr squirrel gets them.
Kill the squirrel bro, fig problem be solved. Don’t we use pesticide to kills small insects, flying creatures? Squirrel is basically larger than that but still belongs in that category
@@RKfigs Didn't see anything about "organza bags" in the video but I did google them. It looks like they might work for potted trees but my trees are 35 feet high. I use a fruit picking pole to get to my figs. No way I can tie a bag around them. I might be able to surround a tree with a tree net or one of those nets you put over ponds to protect the koi. Although Mr squirrel might get through one anyway. Looks like I might have to share my figs.
Hi, in Hull centre in William Wilberforce house gardens is a fig that fruits and ripens every year, also in Hedon there is a large fig tree which fruits and ripens I think that one is Brown turkey.
Thank you so much for this. I bought 4 black mission figs from my local Lowe’s (big box home improvement store) and they grew beautifully, but never produced a single fig because I live on the east coast and there’s no fig wasps here that will pollinate them. I learned the hard way about fig pollination, so I hope others won’t make that mistake. Lowe’s still sells those black mission figs in my area and it makes me so mad.
They should pollinate anyway you just don’t get as much fruit. You can even pollinate them yourself if you want. But it sounds like you have all the same sex trees. You need a male and a female to produce fruit and males don’t make fruit.
I grew up in southeast Texas where almost everyone had a fig tree in their yard . Now I live in southern california , and you can bet , I've got one !!!
Very glad I subscribed to your channel! I recently bought some chicken poop for the old fig tree my Mother planted and when our present rains stop I plan to mix some with Epsom salt and bone meal along with fresh potting soil to try to rejuvenate it. Thanks for putting out info!
I have a fig tree and I live very close to New York City! It is kept warm and protected by the side of my house. No work required. Has died down and regrown with no help 4 times in 30 years. I recommend chicken and figs in cream sauce - I make it every September 😋
How can I know which variety my fig tree is? I'm in Southern California. The tree is 50 years old and is about 15 feet tall. It might have been a mini variety? One crop each year July-August on new branches.
This has been very informative. I have what is called a Chicago fig, and I live in the Ottawa Canada area. I bring it in every fall, and back out every spring, and its usually covered in figs. Very tasty. I am not sure where it fits in the different fig categories, but to think that the figs could taste even better is quite something, as they are delicious. Honestly when I tasted the figs from it the first time, I thought they were tastier than any candy I have had. currently I am trying to plant some clippings from the tree as it has been getting mighty large. Thank you for your info!
I don’t know about your zone, but here in zone 7, my Chicago hardy fig has only frozen down to the roots once, and it produce fruit the following summer. It’s been several years since it froze back, and is about 8 feet tall, and extremely productive. You might want to make a cutting from your tree, and plant it in the ground to see if it can survive an Ottawa winter.
@@deanevangelista6359 That is an excellent idea. I have the clippings in the greenhouse at the moment. I'll try planting a clipping and see what happens. Thank you!
I am very curious how to look after a fig tree in a pot, type of soil, fertilizers, etc? Do you water it when it’s in for the winter, etc? I would love any help. Didn’t get any figs this year bc of the cold snap last winter. Planning on having at least 2 pots with figs to cover my bases. My daughter and I love figs. Any suggestions will be extremely appreciated!!!
@@arabellalunkes4532 Keeping a fig in a pot (or in my case a pail) is pretty easy. I have it in a large plastic pail with holes drilled in the bottom (4) and all it needs is the soil, water once a week or so, and food once a season or so. the fig grew to be as big as me and I am 6 feet. It was as wide as it was tall too, and just covered in figs every year all summer. I have had no issues at all. in the winter time I bring it in and and give it some food at the beginning, and just keep it watered with a growlight or a bright window. Never really had issues. It does loose leaves in the winter, but they grow back in the spring.
@@maarkaus48 wow! Thank you so much, your info is very much appreciated! This blew my mind!!! I was thinking of a very complicated soil/feeding schedule to get a few fruits, if any. I must try it. Fall doesn’t feel right without some fig flavour in it.
I had a brown turkey that a grafted kind and provided fruit 2 times a year and they all ripened nicely. That tree died during my landscaping and gopher problems. However I found small shoot growing a few feet away that I then planted. Not sure if this shoot was from the seeds of discarded fig or from cutting that was discarded during fruiting or the roots itself. This new tree is very healthy. It sas two crops spring and fall but none of the figs ripen. I tried extra water etc but no luck ripening not even a single one out of 30-40 figs each season. Is it possible that this tree is capri fig because the orignal root stock of my oringal brown turkey was capri fig and had brown turkey grafted on it OR or that it was from the seed of discarded fruit and ended up producing capri. BTW please Change the title to different fig types + Male (capri) vs Female - it will easier to find this nice video when searching.
Very interesting as I get these breba figs and didn't know what it was. My gardener told me it was to do with watering and has said not to water them now. So he has turned off all watering to figs in my garden watching this video I don't know if this is correct or not. Should I start watering them now. I have about six figs trees all different varieties
@@RKfigs I really want to thank you for this bid because I just learned an awful lot of information in a short amount of time plus reading the comments here also helps . I live in the Dallas area but regretfully stalking an apartment right now and only get sunlight on my patio from sunup till 1 p.m. ... could you suggest a specific type of fig tree that would work best for my location and climate and amount of sunlight ? We also get pretty cold Winters here but really horribly hot summers .
my school has 2 fik trees that are over 100 years old. it takes 6 to 7 to hug around the tree. the fruit bears fruit up to the shoots, stems, roots of the tree. it always bears fruit all the time. I'm from Malaysia🇲🇾
Is what you call a breba, what we call "fioroni" in Italian? Or big flower (fiore, fioroni)? BTW, really enjoyed and learned from your video. I have 2 varieties which grow well here in Maryland. We distinguish them quite simply between, white and dark.
I grew up in Vietnam. As a kid, I saw some fig trees, native to Vietnam I guess. The Vietnamese fig fruits were never considered good for eating. The fruits (actually flowers) dropped to the ground and no one ever touched them. I saw insects in and out the broken fruits. The sweet figs that the Vietnamese people eat today, I assume, are imported from outside of Vietnam. When I saw the title "Beware....", I thought of my childhood figs and suspected that they might be poisonous as no one ate. But I think those figs may be tasteless, not poisonous. Given the rising diabetic population in the world, those tasteless figs may be a better choice now, who knows!
hana luong ... in india there are many figs that are used for female health problems like purifying uterus, opening up blocked fallopian tube, vaginal & cervical infections, purifying blood and body, and as natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, antiseptic and also used for anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, wound purifying and healing, astringent properties, etc ... there is an ayurvedic herbal mix of 4 fig species and a hibiscus species which is used for wounds and skin tumors ... one of these fig species is like you described with many insects but people remove insects and dry before using for medical use
I got a Chicago Cold Hearty since it's the only variety I trust will grow well in my Climate 6a, close to 5b... Today's weather forecast is 6 with -10 windchill and Tuesday is 40 with Rain... Not quite the most stable winter we've had. Cant wait for that first crop of figs... I like storebought figs, but ever since I had a fresh off the tree Pomegranate, lime, and fig in Cali... I wanted to grow the closest I can here. If you think fresh lemon or lime Ade is good and you live anywhere where it gets below freezing in the winter... you never had a ripe citrus fruit in your state... this applies to all fruits though... including figs. Grow your own you will NOT be disappointed. Even home grown potatoes are delicious.
I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect grocery stores to refer to the figs as either green or black. Since watching this and learning all the different crops fig trees can have, keeping it simply black or green reduces confusion
@@RJBond121 😁 I get your point, well said. Perhaps if a particular variety of fig gained renown for a certain feature then the variety name would have greater impact.
And I just wanted to buy fig cuttings...!!! He told me it will start to produce fruit after 6 months. Is it true? I don't know what breed it is. I leave in the tropics and the sun is very generous here. Will they perform well? Which type would you suggest to grow in a sandy-loam farm?
I have what I think is a brown turkey variety. In the south of England here if we get a good warm spring there will be a plentiful 'breba' crop quite early on, if that is followed by frost free days and a good summer I will get a significant main crop and have picked ripe figs as late as the end of November, no other fig trees in sight and none of the fig wasps.
Thanks for this video! I Live in Brazil and there was a little Pingo de Mel fig tree in my portuguese grandfather backyard, half a century ago. The fruits were tiny but deliscious, indeed. Seems to me that Pingo de Mel, that means "honey drop" in Portuguese, came really from Portugal. Is it?
I have a fog tree it's gone so tall that I can't reach the fruit but first time it gave fruit after 5-6 yearscan u plz guide me what can I do shall trim the branches so it is lower what to do to put it on lower side
Do you know which type a "Chicago hardy" fig would fall under? I just picked up my very first fig tree, and chose the Chicago hardy due to recommendation that it would tolerate my southern Ontario climate well.
My fig trees both brown turkey and the black figs are coming out of the roots the brown turkey already has small fruits on new branches Good to know they don’t need the wasp
@@Lady3541 but do you also live in Texas ? I'm in Dallas in the suburbs and would love to have one or two fig trees on my patio ... Does anybody here have any suggestions ?
