Evaluate Your Fig Tree: Putting all of the Lessons Together for Success
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- The video provides guidance on evaluating fig trees two months after the last frost to ensure they are healthy and beginning to form fruit. It highlights the importance of factors like sunlight, water, nutrients, and proper pruning techniques to promote optimal growth and fruit production. Practical advice includes methods to increase sunlight exposure and the use of pinching to encourage branching and better tree structure.
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Introduction (0:00):
Evaluating fig trees to determine their needs at this stage of growth.
Fig Tree Timeline (0:32):
Explanation of fig tree stages 15 to 45 days after the last frost, including activities like up potting, planting, and regular maintenance.
Evaluation Time (1:10):
Evaluating fig trees two months after the last frost for fruit formation and overall health.
Fruit Formation (1:45):
Importance of checking for the beginnings of fruit formation on fig trees.
Identifying Buds (2:21):
How to identify fruit and branch buds at the points where leaf stems attach to branches.
Four-Part Problem (3:35):
Factors affecting fig tree fruiting: sunlight, hormones, nutrients, and water.
Importance of Water (4:07):
Ensuring continuous water supply to prevent fruit formation from stalling.
Increasing Sunlight (4:39):
Methods to increase sunlight exposure by opening up tree centers using stakes and limb spreaders.
Checking for Virus (5:45):
Assessing branches for fig mosaic virus and its impact on productivity.
Example Tree (6:14):
Evaluating a specific fig tree's growth and deciding to top it to encourage branching.
Pinching for Branching (7:50):
Using pinching to promote new branch growth and better tree structure.
Case-by-Case Evaluation (8:24):
Addressing each tree's individual needs for pruning or form adjustment.
Pinching Young Trees (8:54):
Pinching young trees to encourage scaffold formation and avoid wasting a growing season.
Pruning for Health (9:30):
Pruning to manage fig mosaic virus and improve tree health.
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Thanks for the video. I made the mistake of waking my fig up during the long dark winter and then putting it out too early. The tree grew long spindly limbs during it's time inside, then completely stopped when I set it out. Dropped most of its leaves too. Now it's finally sprouting new leaves and it looks like there is a few fruit buds too, but the limbs are so long and thin and spindly and growing longer still. I doubt it could even carry fruits if it ends up growing them. From what I have learned watching videos, I'm gonna leave it be until the autumn and when it goes dormant again, I'm going to prune it back hard to encourage thicker growth and more branching. I'm not sure if I've got the right idea, but the tree has been very forgiving so far.
Love your content, fig boss. ❤
My figs went in the ground this spring. Thanks to your wisdom, they look great! In SE TX, we are drowning in rain. They are planted high but can only take so much.
I rednecked the shaping with twine and garden stakes. Along with rocks to weight them. Not pretty, but works.
THANK YOU!
I’m excited for this video. I have 7 fig trees that are all about 4 years old. I still haven’t harvested a single fruit from them. Lots of leaves but no fruit
That doesn't sound right. Send me photos of your trees. I'll try to help you out.
@@RossRaddi Good news, I just got back from a weekend away and when I got back my fig trees set fruit for the first time ever! I think that's a little late in the season, but I'm in zone 8a.
Nice thanks.
My first year growing figs. The tip on pinching the top off is helpful and I will be applying it to my plants. About how tall do you like them to get before pinching? Thanks for sharing.
if it's a single-stem whip, at about 30 inches in containers.
Nice video. I have a few trees from cuttings in 6b, do those fruit usually the first year? Haven’t seen any but seeing some tree growth. Thanks
9:14 whats that variegated plant you have in the background Ross?
Hello. Can you give me a comparison in terms of protection between Brown turkey and black Madeira or Italian 258.
I would be grateful for your reply.
Ross, how cold does it get in the coldest days in philly to see how bad can figs take the cold outside? Also what’s the coldest without diying back? And have u experienced having sycomores (the figs that Turn into big trees with fruiting trunks) thanks for the efforts in content man
This will give you some good info on their cold tolerance www.figboss.com/post/a-hardy-fig-tree-starts-with-the-variety
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Will pinching water shoots / suckers in September encourage lignification by the winter?
If the tree stops growing. If you want better lignification, it's all about minimizing your winter pruning.
My tree just sending out shoots. Zone 7a
Ross, I cut some of my single whip trees down to 15 inches over winter and uppoted them. These were all very healthy but are now showing very bad FMV growth. Sad to see really, and surprising. Any advice on dealing with this?
Send me photos of the trees.
@@RossRaddi thanks, I just sent a message through your website contact form.
It's probably too late to ask this question, but I will ask . My fig tree is now 4 years old. It only produces green fruit. I chainsawed it the other day and there are two large stalks that are about 3 ft high. Should I
finish chopping it down or leave it alone? Unfortunately, I listened to a neighbor that told me there were some varieties that only produce green fruit. Wish I had found you before I took the chainsaw to it
Send me photos of your tree with details on your growing conditions. I'll do my best to help.
@@RossRaddi I took photos but don't see a way to upload them. I can give you my email address on here if necessary
@@rachelhardyalexander845 Contact me on my blog, figboss.com - I'll respond and you can upload the photos there.
@@RossRaddi Thank you. I sent you my email address there
@@RossRaddi I couldn't find an upload/paperclip button. I replied to your email and sent them there, but is that email monitored? I double checked your blog and saw a paperclip but it wants me to share a link. Sorry to be a pain
Ross I need help ? 4 years ago I bought a fig tree it’s bad it’s Crocked draped there’s no leader 100 pruners what do I do
I failed my fog evaluator status
I am panicked 4 years no fruit monstrosity
Not sure what you mean. Send me photos of your tree.
Can you over fertilize a potted fig tree?
Absolutely. The biproduct is salt when you use synthetic fertilizers. Too much salt in the soil can damage the roots.
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@@RossRaddi What about using home made worm tea?
Please Ross, lose that hat. . Love your advice and help through the years.
What's wrong with that hat?
The hat keeps him from skin cancer. Keep the hat!