I am in South Jersey, Gloucester County, and I have done everything you have shown us to do and my potted figs are doing just what you said would happen. So a great big THAMK YOU, Ross!!!
Ross you have a beautiful fig forest - a real jungle. I have been following your channel for a long time. You impressed me with your advice, so I planted some figs myself. I'm from Slovenia, EU, and there aren't that many different varieties available here. Last year, the "Brown Turkish" fig had its first fruits 2x. This year, the San Pietro fig is also bearing fruit. For the rest, I hope they will bear fruit next season. Thanks for the tips you share with us!
I'm in Chester County PA. Your videos have helped alot. I bought a bunch of fig plants from Bill Lauris after your video chat w/ him. Still learning, but hoping for success. If you ever teach a hands on class, I'm in!
@Ross Raddi I am in the south, zone 7A. Purchased a Violette de Bordeaux late fall of ‘22. Potted it in a 55 gallon size planter which I kept inside all winter. Moved it to my deck where it will stay spring thru fall. It’s approx 3’ tall. Half the leaves are bigger than my hand.. really looks healthy…has a good 12 figs on it now. Because it will be an inside outside plant, I want it to stay small. How and when do I crop it??
Is it OK to pinch the top off when the tree has tiny fruit ? My trees are 2 years old, this will be the first time they have fruit. I love your videos, thanks.
I waited until this year to pinch my dark Nordland Bergfeige fig since I only got it in August of last year and I wasn't really happy with its height/size until about a month ago. Except, now it started fruiting and I'm unsure if I should remove all the fruits since the first frost is in September or bring it indoors and have it ripen under full spectrum growlights (they're UV to IR). There's also the chance that I could bring it back outside a week after the first frost since Calgary's fall climate is often a freeze followed by a few weeks to a month of above freezing temps. I'm not sure what would be best. Should I just remove all the fruits and let the tree focus on growth? Currently I removed the youngest fruits but kept 4 of them since I selfishly want to harvest something from it. Those fruits are currently around a cm in diameter.
I imagine you only do this for fig trees that are able to survive the winter in your zone? Ex. If I'm anticipating my dig dying back to the roots & resprouting each season, I wouldn't summer prune. Is that correct?
They'll naturally grow as a bush. The same technique can be applied to the bush form. If you want a tree, just remove the unhealthy/less vigorous shoots coming from the soil.
Hey thanks for all your great videos I really look forward to watching them and you have inspired me to start making fig vids myself. Do you recommend doing this on inground trees?
@@RossRaddi I'm down here in zone 8a/8b in Aberdeen North Carolina where the fig trees can grow with out winter die back and they typically form huge bush shape if left un maintained
Can pinching be performed in September? I’m in zone 9b high California desert and it will still be warm for a couple 2-3 months (Sept 28 today will hit 108°-110°!!)
Great info here! Say Ross (and RU-vid commenters) do you think it would be possible to air layer a year 1 fig cutting? I let a branch get way out of proportion and was thinking of air layering it as it has great structure by itself but with the tree is wayyy lopsided.
If the branch is close to Sharpie-thick and at least starting to turn brown I would go for it, I like using pure coco coir moist but when you squeeze a handful only a few drops come out.
It depends on where you're growing and the variety you're growing. Some growers summer prune heavily after the first crop of main to encourage a second. I wouldn't prune heavily for any other reason.
