Yep, that was about 2000 possible rooted new fig trees. I`d be sticking them everywhere but I`m half crazy. I don`t know how I`ll ever eat all of the fruit growing in my yard. But the way the birds and squirrels keep inspecting my trees is making me paranoid. My first brown turkey fig tree is only 2 years old and it`s already huge and loaded with figs and so is a cutting from it I planted in March. I have another in a pot and planted 4 Celeste and 4 mulberry trees this year too.
Great tips. I also will cut a foot or two distally first to remove the branch. Then cut where I want the final point, so the best cut is made with only a tiny bit of weight hanging on the tree. Two cuts is more laborious, but I don't mind doing that for my trees.
Planted my 1st fig tree this year, and 4 ape trees after I took you up on the recommendation to buy the book Grow a Tiny Fruit Tree. The fig was 6 inches tall when I planted it this spring and now its 6 feet tall with digs growing. Amazing tree. Wish I had that book 21 years ago when I bought my property.
I have a mediterranean climate, here in Melb, Aus. If you cut a fig tree like that here, within one growing season it would be right back at that height lol. Once established, I don't think I have ever seen a tree grow so fast. On the loppers, I found one that has click locks for the extension, so much better, lock them in and they don't move.
I'm so glad there were some fig trees propogated from those cuttings! I was getting worried for a minute that all those future fig trees would go to waste. Great job trimming that puppy into something more manageable!
Hey I just can't help it dude I just got to say it I just love you so man I can't wake up every morning I got to watch your videos before I do anything it's like you just make my day God bless you do thank you so much
I’ve had a pair of extended loppers but they were different from the ones you described. Probably one of the best tools I’ve ever come across for pruning/thinning taller trees. (Barnel b88t) is the model. Kind of expensive but I was absolutely amazed by their performance.
It went well for me, it was a lot I have 🤞 it went well for the tree’s future, my wife reminded me that the root system could become a septic tank encroachment issue I’ll let them rest a couple of years b4 doing anything (if I know me)
It may have been a black walnut but I think it's an elderberry tree.ps I don't think you went far enough I'd have taken that fig tree down to a stump. Yes I all so am a butcher of tree's. 😂🤣😃🌳🌳🌳🌳🖖♥️
I think it's a walnut? Hey DTG. Please tell . I have a 8 ft one that the jay planted under a 70 ft limbed up pine tree and I'm trying to decide its fate. Can we prune a pecan or walnut low too? I've never seen that. Thanks for the family oriented content with the slightly twisted humor along with a little faith thrown in! Our yard is a drought stressed food jungle here in central cal. Saving dish,bath, and laundry water now 💧.
My husband cuts a certain Pecan tree back into a bush every year. He says it's his favorite. (I think he likes it's stamina.) It grows about 8 feet a year. And it's in full shade, so zero Pecans. He's been cutting it back once a year for more than 10 years. So yes - you definitely can cut a Pecan into any size bush you want it to be.
I have a 30' tall by 30' wide fig tree. It needs pruning...ha! I need to take a picture and send it to you and have you tell me how far to cut it back. Good Lord, I will be apologizing to the tree the whole time! "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! David said to do this!"
That "weed" looks like a black walnut. Here in the North fig trees get killed down to the ground by winter cold and grow back from the root, so hard pruning won't kill the tree, but that will result in forming fast growing sprouts that will get too tall very quickly.
I have loppers which have a button to extend. They are good, sturdy and lightweight. You can get branches just out of reach of regular loppers and you don't have to worry about the handles sliding out on you. Love 'em.
That's a pecan tree. No, you don't want it there. You're right. "If I could transplant it." LOL! One that big isn't coming out without a fight to the death.
I thought you were going to say "fig cuttings will be available for sale on my daughters etsy store." Do you have any idea what variety of fig was grown in the South years ago? My Great- grandmother from Meridian, Mississippi had a huge fig tree and I grew up on her fig preserves until one nasty winter freeze killed her tree.
It's fig glut / harvest time here in the SW of Western Australia. The tree in the house garden is actually very prettily shaped and would be a nice bonzai for the jolly green giant. For a mere human, who battles the parrots and magpies (and ants) for the fruit, this will be the year that baby gets a haircut that I will strictly keep saying 'don't worry, it'll grown back' ... We don't need all the fruit and the birds just propogate the darn things! And the wood will burn nicely ...
Does this trees root not effect your foundation since it is so close to the house? W ejust got a home inspection done which showed our massive Fig trees roots growing up into the crawl space.
@@gardengatesopen actually I bought bareroot stock as there's no elderberry growing around here. The instructions said to trim off the top 4 inches and discard prior to planting. That seemed wasteful. I stuck the little nub in the dirt and it grew about 12 inches and has put up some new growth to the sides.
That looks like a Pecan weed to me! My hubs cut them back just like you did. He thought he killed them too... Until a few months later, now we have several Pecan bushes in the yard. (I tried to tell him, but that man just won't listen... )
I just pruned the ones in the front yard and dammit I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,fighting them even one twitch bounced and caught me in the back of the neck.😂😂
You look good in the bee suit David. Fig trees are very forgiving, and are very prolific plants. Extreme cold weather can kill the fig trees ,extreme hot weather kills the figs, By the way, the fig fruit is a flower not a fruit!!!
Wilkinson is the one I use with what they call a Japanese blade, very good one handed whilst hanging on with other. It will take a water shoot off with one swipe cleam as a whistle. I laughed out loud with the latex comment on size of the Good tribe, a football team.
David - I love your style. Chop. Drop. And let nature do the work until and if you feel like doing something later…. I have a wild fig that came up. How long before I know if it will bear fruit? If it bears fruit, I’ll prune it and propagate. That’s why I’m asking.
Interesting that you don’t worry about pruning in the middle of summer. My dad killed a beautiful 30 foot fig my great grandfather planted because he pruned it in 110 degree heat.
Donna Gaudette asked: I am surprised that you didn’t cut away the two stems that were laying on the ground. Is there a reason. Somehow it didn't post to the main comment section, I found her question in a response to another question, thought I would post it here!
DTG, I had that same saw and it closed on my knuckles, be careful. I ended up having hand surgery since it was rusty and pushed the mango sap into my finger. I love the ZEN ART OF TRIMMING. Lots of trim vids on my channel, hehe. Great vid!
I TRIED to kill an apple tree that was here from before we moved in--it was way overgrown, and the apples were terrible, and it was in the way. I chopped EVERYTHING off. It's now growing back and has little apples on it. I figure I'll give it another chance this year and if they're still terrible, I'm breaking out the chainsaw and it's all going in the compost.
For u-Pick, I would go 10-12'. Let them breathe. The roots will appreciate it and you'll have lots of air and picking space around each tree. Train them to multi-branch.
david leaves a tiny stump..... neighbor:ARGHHH MY TREE! .. david: Its perfect!
David: I’m allergic to latex.
Me thinking: is that way he has 10 kids 😂
Bro.... That's a good one 😂
It's one hell of an excuse.
You are BAD!😆( just kidding )
Hilarious!
lol
What neighbor doesn't know is David is harvesting biomass for HIS garden :)
I'd do the same.🤣
and transplants👍😅
The neighbor is actually my grandma! She told me about this video.
I had to prune two figs like the one you did, saved a lot of cuttings and now have 30 fig trees that I will eventually sell.
Great work. Good return.
Excellent!
So you can root whole branches?
@@thatbme35 I never rooted anything larger than three-quarters of an inch in diameter and 3 feet long.
Yep, that was about 2000 possible rooted new fig trees. I`d be sticking them everywhere but I`m half crazy. I don`t know how I`ll ever eat all of the fruit growing in my yard. But the way the birds and squirrels keep inspecting my trees is making me paranoid. My first brown turkey fig tree is only 2 years old and it`s already huge and loaded with figs and so is a cutting from it I planted in March. I have another in a pot and planted 4 Celeste and 4 mulberry trees this year too.
I can't wait to see an update on Daughter the Goods rooted fig trees.
Great tips. I also will cut a foot or two distally first to remove the branch. Then cut where I want the final point, so the best cut is made with only a tiny bit of weight hanging on the tree. Two cuts is more laborious, but I don't mind doing that for my trees.
Most entertaining pruning video i've seen. My poor fig tree doesnt know what is coming.
Mine either!! It’s double the size of this one and I can’t wait to share the starters with family, friends and neighbors. 😊
Planted my 1st fig tree this year, and 4 ape trees after I took you up on the recommendation to buy the book Grow a Tiny Fruit Tree. The fig was 6 inches tall when I planted it this spring and now its 6 feet tall with digs growing. Amazing tree. Wish I had that book 21 years ago when I bought my property.
Apple tree
Excellent.
That's a pecan or a walnut "weed" in the middle of the fig.
That's nuts.
Train up a fig tree in the way that it should be smaller, that when it is older it would not depart from it.
Hezekiah 5, right?
😁
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
@@Huntnlady7 You got it! I was about to cite that scripture too…😆
😉 true story
Love the propagation.
Don't forget to give us an update on these ❤
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David- Sticks tree in hole with NO cares given. Tree grows.
Me- Goes all extra to plant tree with ALL the special recomendations. Tree still dies.
I have a mediterranean climate, here in Melb, Aus. If you cut a fig tree like that here, within one growing season it would be right back at that height lol. Once established, I don't think I have ever seen a tree grow so fast.
On the loppers, I found one that has click locks for the extension, so much better, lock them in and they don't move.
Same here in Louisiana. Fig trees grow a few inches per day in early to mid summer.
I'm so glad there were some fig trees propogated from those cuttings! I was getting worried for a minute that all those future fig trees would go to waste. Great job trimming that puppy into something more manageable!
Give away the cuttings to your viewers David that would be great 👍
The actual GASP I JUST emitted!🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️🌿🌿🌿🌿
Good job
I was so stunned that you were not going to take cuttings from all that bounty and then your daughter did. Phew! Haha.😉😊
Wow, so glad I saw this. I have a huge fig that needs to be pruned. I will also try my hand at starting so to sell.
David: Cuts the entire tree down*
Neighbore: You aren't supposed to do that!
David: I do that anyway 😂😂
Tree of heaven
Hey I just can't help it dude I just got to say it I just love you so man I can't wake up every morning I got to watch your videos before I do anything it's like you just make my day God bless you do thank you so much
Thank you, Fred - God bless you too.
Hickok loppers, Made in 'Murka, love em
Heck yeah! I love mine as well.
I’ve had a pair of extended loppers but they were different from the ones you described. Probably one of the best tools I’ve ever come across for pruning/thinning taller trees. (Barnel b88t) is the model. Kind of expensive but I was absolutely amazed by their performance.
Many helpful words I appreciate it as I have 2 mature fig trees on a new to me property. I had no idea what to do with them now I do, thanks
It went well for me, it was a lot I have 🤞 it went well for the tree’s future, my wife reminded me that the root system could become a septic tank encroachment issue I’ll let them rest a couple of years b4 doing anything (if I know me)
Hilarious first action shot! Better than Benny Hill. Bravo!
Not gonna lie, I was expecting an intergalactic robot dance scene.
San Diego Growing Zone 10b checking in 🌱👩🌾
Pruning Pants!!👖😆
NO FEAR!! 💪👍
(That was one SERIOUS Fig tree!!!) 🤪🌳!
Was it a Pecan tree?? 🤔🤷♀️
Figs are amazing. Mine died completely to the ground a couple of times when it was younger during hard freezes.
Montreal gets -30c in winter. The olds italians figurd out how to grow figs here anyway
Army of helper children 👍
I hope you are making cuttings!
I whole heartedly agree about the loppers. Multi purpose tools often don't serve any purpose at all.
Thanks! I was recently wondering why I'm not supposed to prune my apple trees NOW. Now I know!
David's pruning again. Hold me I'm scared!!! ^_-
OMG !!!! You killed Lil Figgy..... lol. All those lil fig trees you just made. Love the information.
Now to propagate 1000 fig trees from the cuttings!
My 9 year old says you looked like a mad scientist cutting down that tree 😆
I was wondering if you were going to try to root any of that fig. Got my answer at the end. I should have known better.
A small shredder/mulcher would have been handy!
Can easily propagate fig trees from cuttings.
Yes - a shredder would be great.
It may have been a black walnut but I think it's an elderberry tree.ps I don't think you went far enough I'd have taken that fig tree down to a stump. Yes I all so am a butcher of tree's. 😂🤣😃🌳🌳🌳🌳🖖♥️
Love the music 🎶
Thanks! Exactly what I needed to know.
I think it's a walnut? Hey DTG. Please tell . I have a 8 ft one that the jay planted under a 70 ft limbed up pine tree and I'm trying to decide its fate. Can we prune a pecan or walnut low too? I've never seen that. Thanks for the family oriented content with the slightly twisted humor along with a little faith thrown in! Our yard is a drought stressed food jungle here in central cal. Saving dish,bath, and laundry water now 💧.
I am experimenting with pecans still. I've seen a guy cut them low. Practical Primate has a video.
My husband cuts a certain Pecan tree back into a bush every year.
He says it's his favorite.
(I think he likes it's stamina.)
It grows about 8 feet a year.
And it's in full shade, so zero Pecans. He's been cutting it back once a year for more than 10 years.
So yes - you definitely can cut a Pecan into any size bush you want it to be.
I have a 30' tall by 30' wide fig tree. It needs pruning...ha! I need to take a picture and send it to you and have you tell me how far to cut it back. Good Lord, I will be apologizing to the tree the whole time! "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! David said to do this!"
Are they climbable?
You are kind of funny, I like that. I'm growing Figs as well but still 1 year old, still small, been pruning them to keep them small.
Great video David going to trim my large tree today thanks
Always great to have minions.
I have great little helpers.
Elderberry growing near. They grow everywhere on my property.
That "weed" looks like a black walnut.
Here in the North fig trees get killed down to the ground by winter cold and grow back from the root, so hard pruning won't kill the tree, but that will result in forming fast growing sprouts that will get too tall very quickly.
You are right about the extending pruners!
My neighbor always asks me how to prune his trees. I have to show him this video. 👍
LOL "help I was jumped" 😂
Love the Beastie Boys!
I have loppers which have a button to extend. They are good, sturdy and lightweight. You can get branches just out of reach of regular loppers and you don't have to worry about the handles sliding out on you. Love 'em.
May and sept
That's a pecan tree. No, you don't want it there. You're right. "If I could transplant it." LOL! One that big isn't coming out without a fight to the death.
Those nuts take over. Been killing them all summer
@@ElevenBird Reminds me of the pirate who had a giant steering wheel on his belt buckle.
@@rehoboth_farm 😂🤣😂 love it!
Time for the pirate flag on the farm!!
Looked like a Walnut tree (the volunteer tree) 😊
You are kinda sportin a Mike D look. It's cool, keep it.
Lots of babies!
Is fig tree wood good for anything? (Besides compost, possibly.)
Apparently larger sections are decent for small projects.
If nothing else they could be used as supports for small plants like tomatoes or larger for making a trellis for grapes.
When should I prune my Container Fig Plants in Long Island New York?
Pecan seedling tree growing in the middle of the fig tree?
Oh my... My fig is WAY bigger I hope you have lots of great knowledge in here cause I'm scared 👻
That Edible looks like my black walnuts
awesome, thank you
I thought you were going to say "fig cuttings will be available for sale on my daughters etsy store." Do you have any idea what variety of fig was grown in the South years ago? My Great- grandmother from Meridian, Mississippi had a huge fig tree and I grew up on her fig preserves until one nasty winter freeze killed her tree.
Usually Brown Turkey or Celeste.
It's fig glut / harvest time here in the SW of Western Australia. The tree in the house garden is actually very prettily shaped and would be a nice bonzai for the jolly green giant. For a mere human, who battles the parrots and magpies (and ants) for the fruit, this will be the year that baby gets a haircut that I will strictly keep saying 'don't worry, it'll grown back' ... We don't need all the fruit and the birds just propogate the darn things! And the wood will burn nicely ...
Does this trees root not effect your foundation since it is so close to the house? W ejust got a home inspection done which showed our massive Fig trees roots growing up into the crawl space.
Huge fig tree wow and you do look like a beastie boy ps.. was that elderberry growing in the middle?
Yes - elderberry!
@@davidthegood
I thought it was a Pecan!
Soooo, will the elderberry die from a severe lopping?
@@gardengatesopen The instructions that came with my elderberries said to cut them to within 6 inches of the ground close to or after first frost.
@@rkng1 OK then!
Good to know!
I've not grown an Elderberry
-Yet!
So now I will know.
Thank You ❤
@@gardengatesopen actually I bought bareroot stock as there's no elderberry growing around here. The instructions said to trim off the top 4 inches and discard prior to planting. That seemed wasteful. I stuck the little nub in the dirt and it grew about 12 inches and has put up some new growth to the sides.
have a fig tree in south florida. they are tasty!
DTG; have you heard of power tools? They are our friends!
Was that a black walnut growing up through the center?
That looks like a Pecan weed to me!
My hubs cut them back just like you did.
He thought he killed them too...
Until a few months later, now we have several Pecan bushes in the yard.
(I tried to tell him, but that man just won't listen... )
Teach it to be small.😂 💖
🌱👍
Another Dimension another dimension
I just pruned the ones in the front yard and dammit I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,fighting them even one twitch bounced and caught me in the back of the neck.😂😂
The "weed" tree looks like a Pecan.
I always start laughing about a minute in. Thanks, man.
Season the pre-cut pieces of the big stumps. Best wood for smoking fish, bacon or chicken. Thank me later!
I never tried fig before - thank you
Oh you surprised me! I new it! Babies
Fear.
Yup. Lots of that going around, not just in pruning circles.
Is fig wood good for anything useful?
Fig tree cuttings propagate super easily!!
You look good in the bee suit David.
Fig trees are very forgiving, and are very prolific plants.
Extreme cold weather can kill the fig trees ,extreme hot weather kills the figs,
By the way, the fig fruit is a flower not a fruit!!!
Thank you. Figs are very strange, aren't they? I love them.
I'd be making a few cuttings myself, :)
Can one of those big branches be rooted? Possibly?
Sometimes. The younger ones seem to root more easily.
Does anyone know what brand the pruning saw is that he's using? I've gone through several and have yet to find one that works well.
Wilkinson is the one I use with what they call a Japanese blade, very good one handed whilst hanging on with other.
It will take a water shoot off with one swipe cleam as a whistle. I laughed out loud with the latex comment on size of the Good tribe, a football team.
What's the song playing at about 13 minute mark?
How old was that thing?
David - I love your style. Chop. Drop. And let nature do the work until and if you feel like doing something later….
I have a wild fig that came up. How long before I know if it will bear fruit?
If it bears fruit, I’ll prune it and propagate. That’s why I’m asking.
I'm not sure how long they take from seed to bear fruit.
Interesting that you don’t worry about pruning in the middle of summer. My dad killed a beautiful 30 foot fig my great grandfather planted because he pruned it in 110 degree heat.
That is pretty darn hot.
Donna Gaudette asked:
I am surprised that you didn’t cut away the two stems that were laying on the ground. Is there a reason.
Somehow it didn't post to the main comment section, I found her question in a response to another question, thought I would post it here!
Did anyone figure out what the volunteer edible was that he cut down? The suspense is killing me!
DTG, I had that same saw and it closed on my knuckles, be careful. I ended up having hand surgery since it was rusty and pushed the mango sap into my finger. I love the ZEN ART OF TRIMMING. Lots of trim vids on my channel, hehe. Great vid!
Yikes
Lmao that pecan seedling is great find but in a horrible spot. Sucker gonna be 150 feet in 80 years lol
I TRIED to kill an apple tree that was here from before we moved in--it was way overgrown, and the apples were terrible, and it was in the way. I chopped EVERYTHING off. It's now growing back and has little apples on it. I figure I'll give it another chance this year and if they're still terrible, I'm breaking out the chainsaw and it's all going in the compost.
You could always graft a better type on it. That rootstock is strong!
Don’t forget to share those cuttings!!!
Black walnut growing in the middle?
If im not wrong, im pretty sure that tree growing between the fig was a jaboticaba of some sort.
I'm Allergic to Latex but the biomass was worth it ,oh and the 50 cuttings.wait I haven't tried these figs yet,well try anyway
I have a fig tree 3x that size in the yard of the house we just got - so many fils we can’t reach dripping juice all over it’s a disaster
Thank you David and daughter. I have a fig tree that needs to be pruned and I want to root some of the cuttings!
I'm putting 25 of them in a row should I grow them like a tree or bush
It is up to you. You'll probably get more fruit spreading them farther apart.
@@davidthegood I was thinking 6 ft should I go more
@@pondholloworchards 6' is fine if you plan to prune. I would rather go 8, but it takes longer to fill in. If you want privacy, plant closer.
@@davidthegood it's for u-pick, thanks for the fed back
For u-Pick, I would go 10-12'. Let them breathe. The roots will appreciate it and you'll have lots of air and picking space around each tree. Train them to multi-branch.