When is My Celeste Fig Ripe? || Black Gumbo

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When should you harvest a Celeste Fig? Here’s how I judge ripeness! This might also work for most other figs, but the Celeste is a common one here in the south.
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@rev.redhand6205 2 года назад

Best video I've seen for Celeste figs. Choose Jesus Christ today folks!!!

@joematty1353 7 месяцев назад

This is exactly what I was looking for in a video to help me to pick my figs. I grew my fig tree in a bucket last year and decided to plant it in the ground late fall last year. I'm not sure if i will get any this year. I did get 12 figs last year in a bucket it grew about 4 ft high. I didn't really know when to pick them so this video is very helpful. Thanks so much!

@yummytummy88 2 года назад

Thanks for uploading your video. I bought a fig tree from Home Depot and it's 3 season later, has grown from 8'" to a 7 feet high. I wasn't sure what type but by looking at your video, I finally can identify it as a Celeste fig. The fruit size is the same, the immatural and the fully ripe also the same, not to mention the ants are also taking their share of the fruit as the sugar content is so high. Great video!

@jonglascow4939 5 лет назад

I agree. This is my second year figgin. It is NIGHT and DAY on ripeness. a simi ripe one is ok even good. BUT, you let it ripen all the way and OMG its like eating jelly.

@islami658 3 года назад

The sugar is insane

@windylovelady9648 2 года назад

I am glad I came across this video today. I harvested some recently and was told I did so too soon. Now I see what to look for. I thought mine were getting too soft and were going to rot. Your video helped me see soft is what we want. Thanks for taking time to make the video and to post it.

@ecoeco6689 4 года назад

Beautiful figs and beautiful music!

@michaelbowie3269 6 лет назад

Congratulations on one thousand subscribed!

@joycej9415 3 года назад

I have a huge fig tree in southern New Mexico. I rarely get to eat any as the birds and foxes love them. And mine droop when they are still kind of green.

@AveryOCason 2 года назад

These are nice Your Celeste leaves look different from mine I'd like to get some cuttings from you and grow them beside each other

@kiraholley5491 5 лет назад

Wow that ripe one looks amazing!

@ScottHead 5 лет назад

It was delicious!

@Tiffany-wj4tq 5 лет назад

God bless you, thank you for the informative video!

@raymondferguson4802 6 лет назад

Hope a fig preserve video is coming. We planted our first fig this year. Excited

@ScottHead 6 лет назад

I might do that. I didn't record much of the first batch since it was a practice run with the figs that were not quite ripe. Its good stuff, but relies on sugar and spice more than the fig flavor. If I can get a good crop (meaning what is ripening now doesn't get eaten by my kids, me, the birds and our dog) then I hope to make a video. :-)

@TheAmberDTaylor 5 лет назад

Hi👋🏾 New subscriber. I loved fresh figs as a child, but my family always canned them. Would you recommend growing figs in a grow bag to avoid planting in the ground. I know they can grow quite large. This video brought back wonderful childhood memories. Thanks for that!😁

@ScottHead 5 лет назад

I don't know about a grow bag, but I'm sure it can be done. I grow most of mine in containers, and just keep them pruned back and shaped. You can also un-pot figs every 3-5 years and prune the roots, they need that or they will die in a container. I will be doing some root pruning this year and will post about it, but I'm going to have to read up on when is the best time to do so. Thanks for your comment, and thank you for subscribing!

@TheAmberDTaylor 5 лет назад

Scott Head Thank you.

@CluelessHomesteaders 5 лет назад

I just got two gig cutting in the mail this week, no idea of variety. Gotta figure out how to plant it now...

@gamelard1963 4 года назад

soak it in water for a day. shave some skin off the bottom. and put it in soil. rooting hormone helps.

@literally._.lemons2340 2 года назад

How big does your Celeste fig tree grow? Do you keep it pruned to a certain size? I really want to grow one but I wasn’t sure about spacing. Also, can it grow ok if it mostly gets morning sun and partly into the afternoon?

@ScottHead 2 года назад

I keep my Celeste only as tall as I am so I can harvest everything. They really need as much sun as possible. You can try it where it is and if it doesn't fruit or fails to ripen fruit, dig it up, trim it down small, and pot it, move it to a sunny spot.

@HolySldr3 5 лет назад

Great video, I am a displaced Texan and I have been looking for a Celeste fig tree at my local nurseries but they don’t carry fig trees up here in Ohio. Do you sell fig cuttings?

@ScottHead 5 лет назад

In the dormant winter season 2019/2020 I will be selling some. Search Black Gumbo on Facebook and I will be selling through my page.

@chickenfarm09 5 лет назад

Is that all the bigger they get? I like mine, and now I know why it is also called sugar fig. It is so sweet like candy!

@ScottHead 5 лет назад

My Celeste are pretty small figs but they are the most prolific.

@BlackJesus8463 2 года назад

Dang Scott I didn't know you had so many figs. Seems like they never show in your newer videos.

@ScottHead 2 года назад

Yeah the freeze whacked them back this year so fig videos too a dive.

@allthingsnu4673 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video!

@SA-lr1sf 3 года назад

Most Vedios don't say which zone they are in. When we speak about fig trees, we need to know which zone. Are you in Texas?

@ScottHead 3 года назад

Zone 9a, Texas coast. In all video descriptions. 😊

@davidmac1121 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing your video! Scott, at the end on your video, I saw you have the panache tiger fig. I am looking for that variety fig. Can you sell for me some cutting of that kind? Please... Thank you so much!

@ScottHead 4 года назад

I actually have a plan to sell some cuttings later in the winter when everything is good and dormant. I don't know if I will get any off that particular plant, but if I do, I'll put you on the list. Email me at blackgumbo@gmail.com. :-)

@davidmac1121 4 года назад

Ok and thank you very much Scott!

@robsyardhoustonarea1720 6 лет назад

Nice video but my question is where you get that Texas Giant because I can't find it anywhere..... keep up the good work

@ScottHead 6 лет назад

Rob, I got mine last spring as a 1 or 2 year old plant (don't remember which) at 4 Wind Growers. I did not like the shape it was growing into, so I pruned it back to a 12" stump this spring and its really taken off. : www.fourwindsgrowers.com/store/other-edibles/fig.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=401&category_id=23

@BlazeBurlesque 4 года назад

Our fig tree which we grew from cutting from my husband's father just started producing this year and we discovered it's a Celetese! So I searched how to figure out how the heck they are ripe and you came up; thanks for the great no nonsense video!

@territ.5357 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video!!! Just planted a Celeste fig tree, today. It's a small trees about 4 ft. It's forming fruit. Will I be perhaps, be able to eat fruit this year?

@liltalent2381 4 года назад

Were you able to?

@memyselfundeye 2 года назад

Mine are getting huge but dont have that reddish color- still mostly green. Its getting a little softer but still green. Ideas?

@ScottHead 2 года назад

Its only time and patience... wish there was something more I knew to get fruit to ripen. This year my Celeste gave me nothing, just some hard green fruits and then it dropped them all due to drought.

@ceili 4 года назад

They look great. Do they ripen as early as improved Celeste?

@ScottHead 4 года назад

Never had an improved Celeste so couldn't give a good answer.

@julian777ju5 14 дней назад

Whys the flesh look purple?

@Dionne2U2 3 года назад

Mine are big, soft, but green. What could be the problem? Mine is celeste fig.

@Dionne2U2 3 года назад

Really soft. But absolutely no color inside or out.

@Dionne2U2 3 года назад

Sorry a wee bit of color on the inside around seeds. We have been getting a LOT of rain. Tree(bush) is about 2/3 years old.

@ScottHead 3 года назад

Got to wait, they first flushes of fruit tend to stay unripe. Give it some time.

@Dionne2U2 3 года назад

Thank you

@davidfox3650 6 лет назад

Which region and zone are you in.

@ScottHead 6 лет назад

Zone 9a, Texas coast.

@michelep1130 5 лет назад

The figs don't ripen off the vine like tomatoes?

@ScottHead 5 лет назад

No, the need to stay on the tree until ripe

@michelep1130 5 лет назад

@@ScottHead ty sir just wondering I will research it but the visual was great!

@TheSQLPro 4 года назад

What month do you usually pick them off the tree?

@ScottHead 4 года назад

Depends on the variety, right now my Celeste is ripening over the next few weeks, others are still hard and green.

@TheSQLPro 4 года назад

@@ScottHead I have Celeste and Brown Turkey. I see a few tiny figs on the Celeste already and I'm hoping it's the main crop. FYI just planted them last week from a nursery.