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Many of our fig varieties are producing delicious fruits right now, so it's a great time to tour the fig orchard and see some of these tasty treats.
We'll also be planting more okree in the backyard garden -- this time an heirloom variety that we grew last year and really liked.
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@deborahstrickland9845 2 года назад

I dearly love my Celeste tree figs. When I first put her in the ground about 20 years ago in honor of my mother Celesta, all that I did was dig a hole and put the little, tiny tree in the hole. I thought she had died when all the leaves fell off for winter.😂 Since then she’s become a huge tree packed full of delicious figs every year. I’ve never fed or pruned her. The figs are on the smaller size, but make up for it with their delicate, complex flavor and sweetness, kind of like her name.💗🌿

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

I remember the first fig tree I bought. Now, I have close to 100. It can get out of hand fast 😂

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

For sure! Good to see you here!

@RegularJohntv 8 месяцев назад

You are absolutely correct about figs being addictive. I’ve got 30 trees in the backyard waiting on next spring lol.

@tgood9344 2 года назад

Wow hasn’t the weather this year been so strange for everyone. The fig trees look great! I would love to grow a fig trees in my garden. Your gardens look wonderful! I am growing my 1st okra this year because of watching your channel. Thank you for the information and inspiration. We all appreciate all your hard work making this channel a success.😃🌺👍🏻

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Great to hear you're growing okree for the first time!

@markware4933 2 года назад

So many of the heirloom vegetables and fruits will have an origin story connected to their history, such as Mr. Ruiz's family okree or the Rose tomato. Reading those stories tells me a lot about the people who saved and passed on the seed to us. You're going to have your head among the clouds when you return from CajunB's place. Drawing deeper and deeper into the "Community". I wholeheartedly encourage that passion which occurs so seldom in one's life. The legacy you're leaving for Abram and Titus will be about much more than figs.

@robertswaney6484 2 года назад

My aunt in Charlotte used to can fig Preserves Every year. I would eat some with hot biscuits for breakfast. I love fig preserves. Robert from Atlanta. Travis enjoyed the video Of the Okra also.

@lindasanchez354 2 года назад

Thank You For coming Visit CajunB Fig orchard… we enjoyed your visit. Looking forward to seeing the video..

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks for having me Linda!

@leeannandrews932 2 года назад

The rain has missed us for the most part sad to say. It's gone above or below us in North Alabama. Been praying for it daily so I'm a little jelly of y'all

@rebellionpointfarms6140 2 года назад

nice tour..And Canjun B...woooo!!

@monster2804 2 года назад

Looks great!

@Frankie_902 2 года назад

@ Lazy Dog Farm I would LOVE to try some of those Okra seeds Travis. For propagating the Black Malta have you thought about doing the Air Layering process? It may be the way to go for rooting a branch or several at a time.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I have thought about it. I'm going to try to take cuttings earlier this year and see if that improves my success rate. Air layering would work I'm sure, but it's not the greatest technique for doing 20 or more cuttings at a time.

@FourSeasonFarming 2 года назад

the texture is saying everything the best result

@FloraM44 Год назад

So envious that you can grow figs in the ground!! I'm in zone 5/6 and it can be done, but apparently you need to bury the whole thing under soil for the winter and that just seems like a lot of work with our clay soil! Enjoy! My favourite type of fig is the ones we had in Portugal called Drop of Honey!

@OldManAsh73 2 года назад

Wow Travis your fig trees are looking great. There is a lot of wood on them. You will be able to propagate a lot come spring. I really enjoy your channel. Thanks from Ash Queensland Australia.

@zinnia3190 2 года назад

I have never eaten a fig, nor have I ever seen a fig tree, but they look intriguing. I think i can grow a Chicago Hardy fig in my area, so will check with my local extension service and do some planning for the perfect spot to plant one. My okra is finally blooming. Can you send some of that rain and cool temps to the middle of the country, please! Only 2 days under 100 degrees for the month of July.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

If you can grow Chicago Hardy, you can probably grow Olympia as well. It's a very cold-hardy fig.

@zinnia3190 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks! I'll check into that one, too,

@Fi0434 2 года назад

My Celeste fig I got from y’all is doing so good! We are burning up here in OK we did get a unexpected cooler day yesterday made me smile.

@backwoodsbaby9729 2 года назад

I want figs. But I'm in zone 6... 😭😭 There are very few fig trees that survive let alone produce, this far north. 😔 Also I don't wanna hear nothing about cooler temps. It's been 95 or hotter since June. This week is the first week it's dipped to 80s. And it feels glorious ✨️

@joeyl.rowland4153 2 года назад

I just harvested a bright orange pineapple. Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm . Pineapples ripened on the plant are absolutely delicious.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I bet those are good!

@joeyl.rowland4153 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Not the green pineapples WalMart sells. Do you grow them? Cover them in a cold spell they will grow there freezing would be the only problem.

@rickthelian2215 2 года назад

I’m behind, It just is always wet in Sydney Australia, lots of muddy ground and grass.

@tailgategardeners7752 2 года назад

My wife’s family is from Des Allemands ( not far from Thibodaux.) see if you can get a cutting from the St Rita variety.

@la1163 2 года назад

Lol my hubs says okrey too. Its been over 100 plus degrees here Texas , thank God for our water irrigation my hubs installed. Happy gardening Travis

@Titus-as-the-Roman 2 года назад

We here in the lower Ohio valley suffered through another day pushing 100 Degrees, with all the humidity to go along with it. At 10:00 p I went outside on the porch to sit a bit and it still was too hot and humid, with no breeze, had to go back inside. My tomatoes and pepper plants, while still looking relatively healthy, you can tell the heat is starting to get to them.

@timfetner8029 2 года назад

Great update on the Okree and figs. While you guys in south GA are seeing some cooler weather, we are getting baked up here in northern NC. Looking forward to some cooler weather soon. Have a great weekend.

@jaredmccutcheon5496 Год назад

Travis have you tried Panache Fig? They are my favorite berry type that’s commonly available. I have a pretty good collection of figs too, I do scion swaps and graft them to a big male caprifig in my front yard to try them (gets them going and producing right away) out then if I like them I propagate them and put them out in my orchard.

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

I think I tried one of those at CajunB's place. They're beautiful figs and quite tasty too!

@markb3711 2 года назад

“Be careful dabbling in the figs”…. #Truth

@johnbrzenksforearm8295 2 года назад

I'm not a huge fan of brown turkey figs, but every other one I ever had is good as long as it's ripe. I've had 2 different rare varieties given to me by a customer of mine and couldn't tell you their names if I wanted to, but the figs from the one tastes like blueberry and watermelon. The other is like a blueberry pie

@Frank-fs5nv 2 года назад

I grow lots of figs here in coastal Connecticut. They are a great treat in late August/September.

@philwade 2 года назад

Great video man, I've always enjoyed them, keep it up! I've been watching your video's for about a year now and I like yourself got bit by the "fig-bug". I started by watching fig growing videos about a year ago, now I have 75 fig trees and 50 varieties and the taste of a fresh fig is so much better than store bought until there is really no comparison.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Wow! That's a lot of varieties!

@cyndiwhitman3180 2 года назад

Would love a video on how to propagate figs and how to keep them trimmed to a manageable size. Have some Chicago hardy figs I planted this year..cant wait to try them.

@MinutemanHunter1 2 года назад

I agree!

@matthewmcclendon5308 2 года назад

Be careful dabbling in the figs you say. Sounds like a good addiction that I’ve been wanting to get into for a while

@gardening_today 2 года назад

Nice fig orchard! I'm up to 3 different varieties now...lol

@Grandma.Lilly. 2 года назад

Figs look amazing! They seem to do well weather you get rain or not.

@carolynmoody9460 2 года назад

Love figs.. Blessings 💗

@mutantryeff 2 года назад

Almost time for me to start growing winter crop seedlings. Fingers crossed that we get rains this winter and no hard freezes. Chinese broccoli, bok choy, and a few other winter crops. I usually start sometime in Aug.

@legalyzeit 2 года назад

Thanks for the warnign. So far we have an old brown turkey fig, some White variety i traded for a few years ago, I just found an LSU purple at a nursery, and I have the Mary Lane seedless I bought from YOu. Starting to get addicted. The only producer is our old Brown Turkey and they are delicious. Cant wait to try more. We have been airlayering our Brown Turkey so learnign about propagation.

@WhatWeDoChannel 2 года назад

I enjoyed watching that! I think I would be a figaholic but fortunately for me our climate is too cold to grow those beauties! Sheesh, I sowed my Clemson Spineless okra on June 10th but the ones that are still alive are only an inch or two tall! I think next year I will grow transplants and maybe look for stronger growing varieties. Thanks for the great content you produce, this has become my favourite gardening channel!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@cynthiaedwards5149 2 года назад

Wow that is going tp be such a treat to see you in my home state. I live at the top most part or I'd tell yall to come on by! Yall are welcome anytime anyway. So as far as the fig trees go, are you comparing that to chicken math? I'm hoping to get my bradford watermelon plants in the ground today or tomorrow. I've got to change the implements on my wheel hoe to make the hills

@cynthiaedwards5149 2 года назад

Finally got my chickens moved out to the garden to get them cleaning up. They are doing a great job. I throw the sprinkler on them about twice a day to help keep them cool. We haven't had rain here for a while. So everything is super dry. I tried to make a video to post for RU-vid. I'll have to learn how to edit. Yall have a safe trip and glad to see the fig orchard. I'm thinking on getting that Conadria next. Oh can you show how your bradford are coming along?have a great day!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

We'll be sure to provide an update on the watermelons soon.

@EventHorizon34 2 года назад

Got 2 fig tree trees. Italian honey and a brown turkey fig. Both are delicious!

@mfhmonkey 2 года назад

At least you had rain. We haven’t had a drop all summer. If it wasn’t for our well and drip irrigation my garden would be ruined.

@jonlewis6630 2 года назад

There is a huge fig tree at my dad's old house. I have no idea what variety, but the figs are so sweet. I am going to take some cutting and try to root a few myself. Wish me luck...

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

If it's an older tree, chances are it's either Celeste or Brown Turkey.

@jonlewis6630 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I am guessing brown turkey. Thanks.

@LowcountryGardener 2 года назад

Yup I think I'm turning into a fig tree addict. I bought 1 tree from you this year and I'm already thinking about taking cutting from it and buying more from you. I've got my eye on that Black Malta.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

It's a fun hobby for sure!

@Its.Just.Me.You.See. 2 года назад

Indiana 6A. Growing figs for the first time this year. About to find out what I've been missing. Glad to see you guys doing a video with some fig content in it 👌 Also have some Okra in the ground 😅

@Frank-fs5nv 2 года назад

Go for it! Remember any little "microclimate" you can create helps a lot.

@markb3129 2 года назад

Travis your fig trees are looking great.. our okree is about 6' tall, beautiful green color but not producing, picked about 20 off of 2-50' rows🤷!!! ✌🏻

@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848 2 года назад

Have you tried air layering you black malta fig? That works on the harder-to-root ones. You will want to do that with your black Madera too, they are known to be very hard to root.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Have not tried air layering, but I'm sure I'll have to do that with some of these harder to propagate varieties.

@jason_young 2 года назад

The Black Malta we got from you in the spring is already 6ft tall and loaded with fruit. I thought it would take a season or so to take off so I put it in a grow bag. I’ve got to get it transplanted in the ground soon.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Wow that's some fast growth!

@melissakingery4393 2 года назад

It's amazing Travis you have so many figs I would have loved some of that okra! I guess I need to try figs I only have liked fig newtons! Lol

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Once you get some fresh figs, you'll leave those fig newtons in the dust. lol

@melissakingery4393 2 года назад

Lol I'll have to see

@steveegbert7429 2 года назад

Blessings for you Travis, that it has cooled off. Here in Oregon we are going to get the heat this next week that you are not getting. Gotta get my shade cloth up tomorrow to help the tomatoes and peppers. They are just now coming on, whereas yours are about done. Just a reminder for new gardeners, zones mean nothing if you don't know the first and last frost dates for where you are.

@eroggero 2 года назад

Wow that fig orchard is looking real good.The Conadria fig I got from you is looking real good I think. Didn’t realize they could be pretty small and produce. Everything’s winding down here, most vegetables are done as swell as the mangoes ,dragon fruit and grapes,only have avocados to go I might try to get another round of okra in, my first round succumbed to the root knot nematodes.. same issue I had last year…

@grandmaatthefarm125 2 года назад

Might want to grow a winter crop of broad leaf mustard greens in your okra patch to help deal with those nematodes!

@eroggero 2 года назад

@@grandmaatthefarm125 thanks I do have a packet of I think the Kodiak Mustard , just hope it actually cools off enough this year.lol . Have never done any cover crops before , I am only in a raised beds, so hope it does the trick...thanks again

@great0789 2 года назад

I got a massive amount of fig cuttings of varying types in some winning bids from Figbid the January before last. I now have about 30 fig trees of different types and flavor profiles. 5 are in the ground and the rest are in 15gal and 25gal pots on drip irrigation. They will be forming two fruit hedgerows between sections of my garden. All are covered in figs right now! I cannot wait. Especially in about 5 years as the trees mature and so will the fruit quality. I highly recommend y’all get a Ronde de Bordeaux in your inventory! They are one of or the earliest producing figs. They will make breba figs as well that are high quality. Also, they will continue to make figs until Fall once they mature!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I have a Violette de Bourdeax fig, but they don't do well here in the south. They have a lot of figs, but they never get good and ripe.

@great0789 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm In that case... a tried-and-true king for the deep south... is a "Smith" fig. An extremely heat and humidity resistant variety from Louisiana. It is extremely hard to root from cuttings though. The only one I have ever come across that whooped my but on rooting so I gave in and bought an air layer/already rooted one from someone online for $40. Which was darn cheap at that time of year when small 6" trees were going for $100 each. Smith is one of the most reliably heavily productive types there are. Wonderful complex berry flavor as well. You will just have to do air layers with them though for large production. Which has been an amazingly easy thing to do compared to rooting out trees. You basically just keep it in the shade for a few weeks after removal from the parent tree... and boom. It takes off by the time you harden it off to the Sun.

@L.A.6482 2 года назад

Omg Travis! Don’t temp me with growing those figs…love the info

@julieslittlepatchofdirt95 2 года назад

Sure is cool and over cast here in southeast texas.

@garyschmelzer 2 года назад

When do you fertilize fig trees in zone 9A NE. Florida and what type of fertilizer would you use

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I was fertilizing them every couple weeks with Agrothrive Fruit and Flower before we started getting all this rain. With all the rain, I haven't ran my irrigation system on them much and thus haven't fertilized them either.

@EventHorizon34 2 года назад

That dwarf okra looking like it’s relative cotton!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Sure does!

@ambers9463 2 года назад

I need a fruit trees for dummies course in a bad way.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Figs are one of the easiest if your climate allows for them.

@georgeemery8107 2 года назад

What is your fertilizing schedule on your figs? I am not sure how often that I am supposed to adding and when.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I haven't fertilized mine much lately because I haven't ran my irrigation system. But when it was dry, I was fertilizing them with Agrothrive Fruit & Flower every couple weeks.

@kennethdurham1022 2 года назад

Travis my Garden soil is red and Clay like gets hard when it rains thought about putting wood mulch and cutting it in. Would this help or hurt I think what I need is organic matter to make the soil more workable what do you think.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You can put wood mulch on top of the soil, but don't till it into the soil. As the wood breaks down, it will consume a lot of your soil nutrients.

@MinutemanHunter1 2 года назад

How far apart do you space your fig trees?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I have mine about 10' apart, but that's because I cut on mine a good when taking cuttings each year. If you're not aggressively pruning them, you probably want them spaced farther than that.

@MinutemanHunter1 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm thank you for the response. You inspired me to learn more about growing fig trees, and now I’m adding more trees to my orchard.

@islami658 2 года назад

Your picking them a little unripe I’d say let em hang a little more and they’ll be a heck of a lot sweeter

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You're right. Although with all the rain we've been having, they tend to split before they get perfectly ripe. Bugs and birds get them too.

@rickygee8412 2 года назад

💪🏽

@donnalovintexas8760 2 года назад

I have 2 fig plants i need to plant in the ground this fall. I am new at figs and gardening so I bought an old stand by Celeste. Then I drove over the stateline to Greenwood Louisiana and bought a LSU fig. My problem this year was it got too hot and dry too quick for me to get them in the ground before that red clay became hard as a rock. Now I am battling grasshoppers. Any suggestions for killing grasshoppers. They have stripped a couple of tomato and collar plants. I leave the collards hoping they will leave other plants alone.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I've never really dealt with grasshoppers, but I bet it's like a lot of other pests -- you gotta kill them when they're small because the adults are almost impossible to kill.

@donnalovintexas8760 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I smash everyone I see 😊. Someone had said there is nothing you can do about grasshoppers. I need to research that more to see if there is something to spray when they are young. Until I find something I will keep smashing them I guess.

@MimsysGarden 2 года назад

Hey Travis! How do YOU keep the deer away from your fig or other fruit trees????

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

No woods nearby big enough to hold deer. We're surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland.

@MimsysGarden 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm that’s good… I’m surrounded and they’re tearing up ALL of my fruit trees. I’m wondering if blood/bone meal would deter them

@territn8871 Год назад

We have a lot of deer in and out of our property. Do they eat figs... if so, anything to do to protect fig trees and fruit?

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

I'm sure they'd like to eat a fig and probably the leaves. Don't know what you could do other than a fence or cage around the trees.

@frankz1125 2 года назад

Never tried a fig before. Can you grow oranges there?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

We can grow some citrus like satsumas, grapefruit, and lemons.

@frankz1125 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I wish I could grow oranges. They are my favorite fruit out of every.

@takeitslowhomestead5218 2 года назад

I’ve never eaten a fig. Do they grow in zone 4-5? I’m serious. I’m guessing that I would need a greenhouse for them. (Right?)

@markware4933 2 года назад

I don't believe that there is any variety that would not winterkill in 4-5. I'm in 5b and have a greenhouse, but I have to drag my potted fig indoors every Fall. If you're anywhere near a Whole Foods, contact the produce manager to learn if they'll be bringing in fresh figs. My local store will have them in September, and I plan to indulge heavily.

@takeitslowhomestead5218 2 года назад

@@markware4933 Thanks so much for your informative comment.

@tommyhuynh9662 Год назад

How do you winterize those inground fig?

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

We don't have to winterize them down here in south GA. We rarely get below 25.

@gailgrice8979 2 года назад

Do you have problems with ants all over okra and figs?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

We get ants on on our okree from time to time, but have never really noticed ants on the figs.

@iwanttobelieve5970 2 года назад

My okra is a bust this year. 😔

@ZaneofAustin Год назад

Umm not to be that guy but technically figs are inflorescence, so technically it's not fruit :) js Yours still look amazing and delicious, and i'm taking notes. Thank you for the info :)

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

Correct. The technical term for the structure is a 'syconium'. But "The Best Fruit ..." sounds a lot better than "The Best Syconium ..." lol

@kentuckygreg4725 2 года назад

I'm in zone 6 and have one fig(Chicago Hardy) and most years it dies back to the ground. My figs seem to attract wasp when getting ripe and I noticed yours were bug free. Any solution to the wasp problem?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

We get wasps on ours too. Just maybe got lucky in this video and didn't see any.

@mitchellfolkes7854 2 года назад

Do you have a problem with birds eating the figs

@amessnger 2 года назад

Usually the birds are more thirsty and looking for water than they are hungry. Try putting a bird bath or other dish of water close by and see it that helps. You could also bag the figs in green organza bags

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Sometimes. We don't see them much on our smaller trees. They'll get some of the ones at the top of the Brown Turkey tree -- figs that we can't reach anyways.