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Honestly in your area you can take cuttings during any season and easily root them. I am located in zone 8b here in the US and I take cuttings as necessary from any of my fig tree varieties that are not fruiting and easily root them.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 how can you show me the process.and show I use cocopeat or soil.

Thanks! I use a mixture of 40% moisture control potting soil, 40% peat moss, and 20% sand. For fertilizer I use composted cow manure once every 90 days during the grow season.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 thank you friend I appreciate the info and will try your soil mixture and fertilizing regimen 👍

That would be the Tauro Fig, I do have that variety in stock. Photos of this variety can be found online, search Tauro Fig or Tauro Fig Trees.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 thank you

Are you interested in the Vasilika variety of figs or a different variety?

Hi Carolyn, rust typically begins to develop here in my area around August and October and by that time of year here most varieties of fig trees have already fruited or are already in the midst of fruiting. The varieties that have already fruited we don’t fertilize again until spring. The varieties that are fruiting we only fertilize with epsom salt and if they do have rust on any of the leaves we remove those leaves from the trees and discard in the garbage bin.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 I live in the Houston area and first time growing fig trees. When I saw the rust I was so worried. Thank you for your video.

Quite similar in flavor and texture, the flesh of the Verdone is typically a darker red than the Verte but overall there’s not much difference besides the size and weight of the fruit with the Verdone averaging around 34 grams and the Verte averaging 31 grams. If I were in the market to purchase a strawberry fig I’d buy one or the other due to their similarities, but I think that it would be a waste to acquire both.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 Thank you for your response, how about the ripening time? And which one is actually bigger?

I actually own a small fig tree nursery here and I grow and sell many fig tree varieties. I have stock trees that I take cuttings from every year to grow more fig trees of my favorite and most popular varieties.

Yes most definitely give it a try, I have experienced high levels of success over the past several years using this method.

These are main crop figs brother, no brebas on this variety this year, my food forest is located in a partially shaded location, I typically only get brebas on container grown fig trees in sunny locations or or in fig trees in sunny locations.

Many blessings in your favor up there brother Steve 🙏🏾 Thanks for joining me for this video!

Hi Christee, no worries, different varieties of figs ripen at different times of the grow season, some varieties are swift to mature and ripen early in the season like Celeste figs, some take longer to mature and ripen late in the season like Sumaki, Strawberry Verdone, and MIB figs.

I suggest that you fertilize your fig tree with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of epsom salt and one gallon of water, mix thoroughly and apply twice a week for the next 3 weeks, be sure that your tree receives full sun and is located in an are with well draining soil. If growing in a container fertilize twice a week for the next 3 weeks and water in fertilizing if necessary

Hi and yes I can help you with that NovaPrincess, I recommend pruning the top and upwardly growing branches of your trees as evenly as possible, this will cause your trees to grow and spread in an outwardly direction. Bear in mind that your trees will produce less fruit this season as you will probably be pruning some of the fruit producing branches. Next season however your trees will produce heavily. Prune your trees annually to keep them at your desired height.

It is possible, I highly recommend removing all foliage from the branch leaving only the growth nodes, cut at a 45° angle on both ends, and rub aloe or onion on both ends and anywhere else the branch has been cut. Plant entire branch 3” beneath the soil in a partially shaded location. Water the area well and allow at least 30-45 days for the branch to sprout roots and an additional 2 weeks for sprouts to reach the surface of the soil, hope that this information helps.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 many thanks. God bless you

Thanks for watching, I totally appreciate you Kim! I’d remove the leaves and leave only the leaf buds on the stems be sure to cut the ends of the stems that will be in water at a 45° angle just below the bottom growth node. 2” of water in your containers will be enough and change your water every 3-4 days.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 Thank you for your reply! I will try this! Hopefully I'll have good luck with rooting them. Thanks again!

3 gallon Celeste Fig trees are $35 right now my friend, thanks.

Greetings Brett, yes I’m super excited to have them looking well in ground here at the nursery, looking forward to an awesome grow season brother, thanks!

Blessings to you Steve and Tuesday morning greetings to you up there brother, thanks!

Would love to have you visit me here at the nursery Avery, thanks for watching this video my friend!

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 My latest edition to the fig patch! I've acquired an heirloom Egyptian Fig tree from a friend that lives on Stanton island NY, he took cuttingings from the mother tree thats from Alexandria Egypt Its redish gold on outside with red pulp, he says its divine, with a creamy berry taste

Good morning Lori and thanks my friend! They should grow quite well for you down there in your area and super fast too!

Hi Vicky, thanks! How are you feeling my friend?

Leafing out nicely! They look great!

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 Getting better! Finally able to spend a little time outside. Asthma is nothing to fool with!

@@halfanewfie2 so happy to hear that you are able to get out a bit, I have chronic bronchitis so I can totally understand what you are going through my friend. 🙏🏾🙏🏾You are in my prayers.

@@figtreegrower3152 Much appreciated my friend, thanks! Looking forward to a great grow season this year.

Hey Danny thanks for watching this video! Email me at southgeorgiafigs@gmail.com for tips and information on fig growing and variety specific pointers and helpful information.

Hey Brad, we are only offering cuttings for sale at this time. We have around 10 varieties and we will begin offering them for sale on February 1st. Please check back with us at that time.

Thanks for stopping by our channel to watch a few of our videos Scott, best wishes with your cuttings.

Greetings Scott, thanks for watching our videos my friend! I suggest that you wait until the roots are a minimum of 3” in length before transferring the cuttings to soil

Hey Brett, thanks man, it’s a work in progress, hope to have this one filled by Mid December and the other one by mid January.

Much appreciated my friend! Hope to take about 20 cuttings from these trees in a couple days and propagate them.

Greetings my friend and thanks for watching. The Angelica Green Fig is honestly the most productive variety among the fig trees featured in this video. I am in Hardiness Zone 8B.

Thanks CeeDee! Had a way early 2 day hard frost pass through here a few days ago and I was totally unprepared, hadn’t yet installed my heaters and grow lights and somehow, miraculously, when virtually everything around these fig trees either died or went into dormancy, they were totally unaffected.

The tree shown in this video is actually a Blue Celeste Fig tree but we do have the Yellow long neck fig tree in stock.

Thanks for watching and greetings my friend. I highly recommend using sand (like sandbox sand or construction sand) if possible. When rooting fig cuttings you can use any type of soil but using sterile sand increases your chances of successfully rooting the cuttings because sand holds less water and soil that allows water to pass right through reduces the chance of your cuttings rotting instead of rooting. Potting soil is good for plants that already have roots but not good for cuttings because it contains things like manure, compost ect. so it is not sterile, and retains a lot of moisture.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991can I ask you to repeat what you recommended? 50/50 of white sand and coco (coir ??), not clear from video.

@@aerojmy use a 50/50 mix of sand and potting soil for best results but sand and coco coir will work too if you add a bit of fertilizer to the mixture

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 thank you so much!

It truly is Brett, these last few figs that I have harvested seemed to be withering up and I thought no way would they make it, 2 days later they were starting to swell, 3 days later they were plump, juicy, and delicious 😆 l saw your last two videos on your ripening figs, what is your average night temperature there? We are expecting a chilly 🥶 34° here tonight and I had moved all of my potted fig and other fruit trees into my greenhousea few weeks ago and they are looking great but the ones that I have planted in in the ground are all looking like fall has arrived with yellowing and browning leaves all over.

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 currently we are have a very 'mild' spell, night temperatures are still between 45 and 50f ! It only goes up to around 55 to 57 during the daytime. Probably the nights are mild because its cloudy and rained almost every day for the last month 🤪🤪. All of my tropicals are still outside !

Much appreciated my friend, thanks for watching!

Yes we do Broke Farmer, contact me at southgeorgiafigs@gmail.com

Hi Tiana and thanks for watching this video. We will have cuttings available for sale from November 1st until March 1st, our website is temporarily closed for maintenance and product updates but will be back up and running by the last week of October, thanks.

Hi Jenny and thanks for stopping by the channel to watch this video! Yes definitely give water propagation a try, now until around November is prime time for fig propagation if you have healthy and viable cuttings available. One thing that I have added to my fig propagation methods is thoroughly washing my cuttings in warm and mildly soapy water (use Dawn antibacterial dish soap if possible) doing this removes any fungus or mold spores that may be present on your cuttings and reduces the possibility of disease forming on your cuttings during propagation and increases your success rate. Let me know how your water propagation experiment goes ok?

@@southgeorgiafigs3991 Thank y’all so much! 🙏