Ross, I've been learning from your videos. I bought eight different varieties the last two years to try out near Seattle. This year I should be getting a few figs. (Chicago hard, Little Ruby, Olympian, Desert King, Ronde and Violette Bordeaux, Improved Cheleste, and Yellow Longneck). The more you know about figs (or anything) the more you appreciate them. Figs, unlike an apple, have a very short window when they taste good. You have to know when to pick them. That's one thing I tell newbies that are trying out a fresh fig for the first time. Thanks for sharing your experience growing figs in a cooler area of the country!
Perfect info about fig trees.I have dozens of fig trees in my olive farm (figs are perfect for fighting with olive flies,they eat the juicy part of figs and die). My garden is located at Turkey,Bursa region near lake Nikea(Iznik)
Im watching this so I can send this video to my neighbor. She bought two fig trees and put them in containers and did nothing else to them. Now they are just strange looking plants with really long branches that look like vines.
My 5 yr fig is in tree form. How to manage size considering winter wrapping is my question. Multiple stems at the ground are easy to bend for winter wrap, but not much with a tree form.
Hi, I really liked your explanation in this video thank you! I recently bought a brown turkey fig tree and want to learn as much as possible to achieve a good fruit producing tree, I’m planning to grow it in a pot for now so I can train it, it already have produced some fruit, it is still small tree and I’m located in zone 7 growing location north east in Jersey, hopefully next year if everything goes well with my care I can planted on the ground but I’m still learning and I want to guide my tree to be in a good shape for the future years to come
Ross the Fig Boss nice to meet you, I am here in Texas and I grow lots of figs too, I don't have a RU-vid channel but I like to introduce myself as Jack the Fig Hack! Take care and hope one day I'll get to meet you personally.
Can you help me? I’m a new fig lover ! I’m taking care of my Momma’s trees since she passed away. Northeast Oklahoma and they are growing in a bush mainly in sand. They die in the winter even though I’m covering them which makes them regrow from the base. I’m getting some figlets now, but they are so close together I know some of them can’t get light. Also, there’s wood from last several years in there. Any suggestions? 16:46 I love your videos ! Good job! 😊
Ross,your main scaffolds need to be cut WAY closer to the trunk, otherwise you get long, lanky branches - like on your tree. Cutting the scaffolds closer to the tree will make them thicker, and also ensures that you do not get a long "Stretch" of naked branch, which is a waste of space/sunligt. From the point of heading the main trunk, you want at least 3 more heading cuts on your scaffolds, to ensure that they become sturdy and well branched. I really enjoy your videos, and I hope you will keep up the good work. Regards from Denmark. :)
I'm in zone 6A and will be planting my 4 trees outside this spring. Now come fall/winter I'll be wrapping each one. What % can it cut back without harming too bad.
Ross love your videos. Only one suggestion please spread your ad posts a little farther. I watch all of your videos and they are very noticeable how close to each other they are.
I have a question i bought a fig tree from a local box store it’s a single trunk tree about 4 foot tall do I need to cut it down to knee height to branch out better it’s been growing in the ground for 4 years great video on training trees
I have an old fig tree that apparently now has a shoot that has grown straight up the center and is about 4 inches in diameter. Should I just leave my tree within the tree?
Man, if figs love heat, they'll love Las Vegas. Boy, do we have heat! I plan on trying a fig in a pot. What Italian variety of fig do you recommend? Because of the harsh summers, I would assume some shade for part of the day as not to get sunburned leaves.
Yours is beautiful. I planted mine in good soil last May. It is really struggling. It only has 7 leaves. I give it a deep soak 1 time per week and shallow well fill a few times a week. It looked better in the container. I live in So Calif. plenty of sun and it has been hot. Any advice? I love this tree.
I have a question, and you know so much more about figs than I do. I'm about to replant my fig tree from a large pot into the sandy ground here in Northern Florida. Would it help to include Kelp meal in the dirt I add to this plant in the ground? I also have fish emulsion just wondering what would work best for a transplant. It seems to rain every day here, but the sun is really very strong.
I have 2 giant fig trees. I couldn't even get the fruits. The first year, in winter, I cut 2-3 main trunks to about 10-20 inches above the ground. In spring, the new growths started to show. By summer, those shoots grow so much, about 1 foot, and there are so many of them. The new shoots don't bear fruit, but the old branches bare fruits without any issue. I will continue with cutting down more tall trunks this winter to make these trees short so I can harvest the fruits.
I have new fig trees that I did not head off last year and now they have new leaves on them. I've kind of like to try the fruit instead of waiting a whole nother year. Should I wait till they produce and then head them off or wait until they're dormant the second year? Some of them it might work to just cut the tip off.
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talk way too much, NO ACTION! DO the bending and tying the branches on the video!! ACTIONS! not so much freaking blablabla
Please, gracias. I have a fig tree prior iwner leveled and about 10 straight branches grew from trunk basest cut line. All about 6ft tall. And they have partial shade. Do I kill it or leave it and how to go about maximizing location. 20 ft from house and utility pole
Wish I knew about you earlier. My figs are in the ground and out of control. I cut them way down and they doubled in size. I don't know what to do. I still get many figs, but the branches grow about 7 feet tall.
Do you grow them as a bush or tree? I’m confused on what to do because the bush has about 12 stems coming from the ground they are really close together and can’t get sun at this point.
