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Woohoo!

They’re so good!

Very cool yeah the American ones are on the smaller side, but these Japanese ones get huge!

😂 appreciate it! Yeah, they were something else. They get soft and tomato like as far as texture when you’re harvesting them I am planting two non-astringent varieties too to complement this astringent

It's a nice reliable honey fig. It really benefits from an extra day or two of hang time to let it get extra ripe.

Highly recommend. They look beautiful in the yard.

Fuyu's are great, I bought my first one this year as well as a Jiro. They are both non-astringent so you can eat them early, but they will ripen like this one for you if you let them hang on the tree. So delicious. Excited for you!

It's delicious and you will have a fun time wrapping your head around it's flavor and how unique and delicious it is!

Big claim and I love it! Haha, that persimmon was something delicious, it has a very autumnal flavor profile where figs have a nice summer flavor to them, even the fall figs.

Hey Thanks Bob for reaching out. I have your emails and I responded to ya. Keep posted for your cuttings to arrive in the mail this week. Sorry out the delay of my response, it's been quite busy. All my best, Phil

It's ok bud. I found it. Stuewe and Sons.

Hey Thanks Brent! Apologies on the delay of my response. I get nervous when my potted figs get below 25 degrees but If it's below 20 I usually will do some sort of protection or bring them into a warmer space like a garage or greenhouse. I generally have about 1 or 2 days a winter where it gets into that territory. I do have a store at philsfigs.com but no amazon store yet - just set one up. I use Stuewe and Sons and the small ones are the deep trays from All About The Garden and you can use Phil 10 for 10% off on those. They do well with the smaller cuttings.

@@C3Voyage Ah sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, it's been a busy holiday season.

@@Philsfigs I appreciate the response regardless. I've bookmarked your site for future cuttings. Thanks.

so cool right?! One of the best parts was that it happened after I built everything and then noticed it. Everything is a little more built out now, but I would love to scale the plant nursery in this manner.

Hey shoot me an email phil @philsfigs.com and I can follow up with you. Thank you for the kind words and I look forward to connecting with you!

That’s a great idea

Hey so I couldn't keep up with spraying as this sulfur was hard to mix in with water. Also They sprayer at the time wasn't that great. Another thing I found out is how the sulfur can be harmful for the mycelium and fungus under the soil. I am now looking back at copper fungicide and I have a new sprayer that is going to mix it and disrtibute it well

Such a gift!!!

I'm hoping that it was worth the wait! Plus to have the perlite already in there was such a win and money saver!

I'm SO excited to see the chia pet roots you're talking about on my plants next year. That's the goal. Thank you!

very cool and easy!

If you're in zone 8 wait until the tree is completely dormant. I think now will work. Any cooler a growing zone and I would wait until spring right before it wakes up to move it. Since you're with me in the Southeast I would go ahead and transplant it now if you have a string of warm or mild weather days ahead of you.

If you watch my pruning video from last year I talk about the rule of 3's which allows for good airflow and a well developed canopy at the same time. This will aid in abundant crops of figs. Figs fruit on the new growth and they do well with substantial pruning (up to 1/3 of the tree) and will grow well for you.

You can rejuvenation prune more than 1/3 but it may kick into a growth mode that may delay the fruit set for the year as the tree just wants to grow back as much as possible. Some figs like the Mt. Etna types (Hardy Chicago, Marseilles Black, etc.) that can be pruned to the ground every year and still set abundant amounts of fruit.

Thank you for the thorough response! I will check out your video recommendation. I have watched over 10 of your videos since I asked you those questions. I like your presentation style. Very relaxing to watch.

@@sunnyday1639 That means so much. Thank you!

Thank you! Please enjoy the vids and reach out with any questions.

haha glad you caught that! I will have Paradiso available I've had it since 2015 and it's a keeper. I really want to have show off the breba on it as it's some of the best breba I've had too. I don't have have hivernenca available per say but I'll have a few Hative D'Argenteuil and Nuestra Senyora Del Carmen so keep posted for those as well. I had some success with green cuttings by directly putting them in water and letting the roots form that way. I saw some rooting inspiration do it that way. That being said I almost never propagate with green cuttings as they aren't very resilient. I hope that helps!

@@Philsfigs you're the best

@@edslim718 You're too kind!

Hey that's a fun idea I'll have to ask and maybe you guys can reach out to him too! He's super nice and kind. I love his videos.

Hey Jake - it depends, but it’s more of a misting than a true watering. As cuttings they need moisture and humidity but verrry little water to root and prevent rotting out. I mist every day or so if needed as the greenhouse can get warm and cause evaporation but for watering the moisture stays in those longer pots longer.

@ thank you sir!

Thank you! It means so much to hear that! Stoked to share these cuttings with you all.

Yep it will react accordingly. I would be more concerned in the spring when it wakes up too early!

Thank you! Those are all fantastic varieties and the Owari is just like my Brown Select. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Happy Holidays and I'm glad this is helpful for you. Growing up in the Northeast I was always accustomed to bringing fig trees inside or wrapping them / protecting them from severe winter weather, but now that I live in the south I find it so much easier to manage my figs. Keep me posted if you have any other questions.

you can keep the the slightest bit moist, in the winter I only water if the root ball is completely try otherwise if its somewhat moist I will leave it alone.

@ thank you :)

Oh that would be really cool to add a heating water element to my water barrel! I'll have to try that out as long as it doesn't melt the barrel.

@@Philsfigs 100w won`t get it too hot but check it just to be sure. A 600w immersion heater takes about an hour to heat 5 gallons of water to 120 degrees. You can partially insulate a barrel to allow a slower release of the warmth.

@@baneverything5580 very cool. Let the experimentation begin!

Oh wow those are some cold temps! I hope your strategy works well this winter!

@@Philsfigs This many winters with single digit temperatures is very unusual. We`ve seen a lot of unusual winter weather since 2016. We had snow several times each winter then all the Arctic blasts. A lot of very old large fig trees were frozen back to the roots. I`m gonna plant at least 10 fig trees to have enough when I lose the branches on mine. I`m getting a Hardy Chicago next and I may try Olympian for the huge figs. I ordered 4 Celeste tissue culture trees but whatever they are they aren`t the normal Celeste we grow in Louisiana. The trees have both very large long thin fingered leaves AND spade leaves. What could they be? No fruit this year but one tiny fig that aborted looked very dark on the end and the leaf stems have a reddish tint.

@@baneverything5580 Hmm that's interesting on the celeste, it sounds like a tena or a brunswick. Keep us posted. the figs that can die back and fruit for you every year like Hardy Chicago or other Mt. Etna varieties will be a great option for you. You may also want to consider Longue D'Aout, Paradiso, and White Genoa. They have all responded quite well to rejuvenation pruning for me pruning all the way back to the ground.

haha! Good to know about how they grow into the bag. Maybe I just put them in the ground after they grow into the bag.

Thanks, I appreciate it! For my container citrus I will either put them in my unheated garage during the cold snaps and then move them back out to the south side of my home right there at the outdoor shower patio area. I do have a greenhouse for the really temperature sensitive plants I grow. I left a my Citrumelo outside completely (grapefruit / trifoliate hybrid) and I left a small trifoliate seedling outside too.

@@Philsfigs thank you

@@scotthucks7966 Happy to help!

Thank you! Congrats on your new citrus trees you're gonna love 'em!

Thank you! haha its addicting to garden once you figure out some of the techniques plants really love.

For containers yep! It's exceptionally cold this time of year for NC though. I would also try planting it in the ground on the south side of your home. Being against the home will give it the thermal radiant heat and you can also do that effect with pickle barrels or rain barrels. Also my inground satsuma I wrapped in incandescent lights for heat and covered it with a frost cloth. I hope that helps!

@ yup. I’m from NC too. I put a large container fig up against south side of house beside a planted fig. Unfortunately my greenhouse is unheated. I do have a barrel of water inside. I’m going to get some of the plant jackets like Anthony The Millennial Garden shared link to for my outdoor trees. I didn’t know if you had any different ideas. No affordable way to get power to my greenhouse. Thanks Phil

@@superdave336 Yep I remember that. I hope you fared well in this cold snap! Has the barrel helped your greenhouse at all with radiant heat? I have a frost cover and incandescent lights on mine right now and it seems to do the trick nicely, but only for the in-ground trees.

@@Philsfigs it helps some but Anthony said I needed more to really help. I’m going to fill some 5 gallon buckets because I don’t know if I can fit another barrel in with all my plants. The buckets I can put under the shelf.

@@superdave336 It's always better to hedge your setup and make sure everything stays warm and happy.

Great to hear! It's so worth it to grow citrus here. It was wayyy easier than I imagined as they need less watering than my other potted plants (much less watering!)

Awesome to hear you have those varieties. Hopeful your tree made it through the cold! It was down to 23 here in ILM

Thanks, Dave! Yeah, it’s part of the deal and the cuttings feel pretty good so I’m excited about that

I have a tiny fig growing too from a cutting. 3 big leaves dark green and few new smaller one. Even my tomato plants are happy. NW Houston here

@@TXCherokee Cool, Thank you

Of Course! Glad you appreciated it!

Thanks! I’m trying to be hopeful as I’ve seen some good results here on the East Coast. It helps that we have really humid weather. It does get really hot so the roots can get cooked in the plastic pot so I’m hoping that if I can maintain the moisture level that’ll actually grow better, but this is all a theory that I have to try.

@ All about enjoying the journey Phil and learning as you grow!

@@oregonfigs3314 you know it my dude!

Hey, thank you that’s great to know how to adapt to watering the plants in these pots and changing the soil conditions with these pots!

Nice! Yea I’m excited bc they’re so well adapted to this climate here they will grow easily and nicely

Wow I can't even imagine those conditions you need a jack hammer just to get a deep enough hole to plant your trees! Thanks for the insight on a difficult establishment thats good insight and I wonder how to transition the soil.

Haha yea it's nice I didn't realize how good it was until some of the feedback on this post. I really am grateful for the soil in the space for sure.

Yea that sounds like a VdB or Beer's Black or Negronne. I think you'll still enjoy those figs. Congrats on all of your garden ventures! it's amazing what we can do with a few dollars and some sunny space!

Haha glad you liked that move. I am really excited for these persimmons including the other varieties I have in the space. One day I'll have a bunch of them haha!