Eight Varieties of Figs That Can Grow in Zone 7 and How to Summer Prune Them
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- This video talks about 8 different varieties of winter hardy figs that I am growing in Utah zones 6/7. These are all planted in ground and can survive without protection over the winter, but may not have time to develop and ripen fruit if they die to the ground. For that reason, I do protect all my figs over the winter. Here are the varieties that I am growing:
Olympian
Chicago Hardy
Brown Turkey
Italian Honey Lattarula
Marseilles Black VS
Negronne AKA Violette De Bordeaux
Ronde De Bordeaux
Black Mission
This video also covers summer pruning. I summer prune my figs to open them up and promote ripening of the figs. We have a shorter growing season here and our figs need to ripen by mid September so they miss the first fall frost.
Here is how I protect my figs over the winter
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Thank you for this....those trimmed leaves make a wonderful tea
Thanks for watching my video! I haven't heard of making tea with fig leaves! That is an interesting thought!
I have Negronne from OGW and all things being considered it is my best one out of the 22 varieties i have, Thank you, Great video
I am glad to hear this, thanks for sharing! I am excited for mine to ripen
Willard Bay Nursery had 2-3 varieties of figs when I was there a couple weeks ago, for those looking in Northern Utah.
Thanks! That is great to know!
These are beautiful figs!!
Thank you!
I’m in Zone 6. I have 2 prime south facing spots that I have been nurturing the soil to plant 2 of my potted figs in. I think I’m going to choose one Chicago Hardy and one Olympian to plant there. Hoping to not get die back to the ground and get figs from them each year.
That sounds exciting! You will likely need to cover them if you don't want them to die back each winter. Mine seem to take damage once the temperatures hit below 20°. I would love to hear how yours end up doing!
I'm zone 7 ..I've got brown turkey in ground 2 yr. Beautiful tree no fruit yet. I thinned it out but still nothing. I have a marasilles black vs 2yr (in pot) it bared a few figs this yr. But my favorite has been my in pot kadota fig. Love it bared several and taste like strawberry to me. Blessings and thanks
I've heard that Kadota is a good one!
Take a cutting from your Brown Turkey and plant it. Sometimes cuttings will fruit the first year far better than the parent tree. Some types of Brown Turkey fruit very late in the season but produce early breba if not pruned or damaged from cold. I`m getting ripe figs from mine and it`s almost November.
@baneverything5580 ill try that. This is a year since I commented I figure . At least another season and no figs again from the brown turkey.
@@LittleJordanFarm Also, try growing a cutting from your tree in a 3 gallon pot. Often being in a pot makes a stubborn tree set fruit. Also be sure the tree gets at least 6 or more hours of full sun. But fig trees can be weird. This happens to others too. I was worried it would happen to me because my trees only get 5 hours of direct sun exposure.
Gorgeous...i wish figs survived zine 4 outside...so want them!
Try them in pots! They do really well and you can keep them small. When they go dormant, you can stick the pot in a garage if it doesn't freeze in there.
@@gardenwiseadventures after I brought in aphids I dont bring outside plants in anymore..or soil...my garage is detached and unheated sadly...I could simply try growing one hydroponically for fun over winter.
I would have loved to get cuttings from you!!
I think fall will be a better time. They will root much easier then.
@@gardenwiseadventures I have tried rooting cuttings in water in the fall and new leaves grew faster than roots and eventually died off before they could get established in a pot. I've seen Asian channels that store cuttings in moist paper towel in the fridge and start rooting them early spring in potted soil or bags.
That would be interesting to try!
Here in Denver zone 6a I'm trying many varieties in ground. Some are not winter hardy. I cover them with 2 feet of mulch for winter. They all wake up nicely in spring.
I love that! What varieties are you growing in ground?
@@gardenwiseadventures trying many varieties. RDB, violetta de Bordeaux, Chicago hardy, Smith, col de dame noire,
I 258, Marseille black, rubado, tiger panache, campaniere, black and white Madeira, red Lebanese, LSU tiger, LSU purple, bourjasote grise and noire. Some have ornamental value others will ripen fruit with pinching. Buy cuttings on figbid when price is reasonable. They wake up in spring. Mulching for winter is key.
Do you have to protect all fig cultivates you grow in zone 7? Or are some capable of growing without protection?
@@jonathanstephens7015 here in Denver zone hardiness 6a, I have to protect all in ground Fig trees including the Hardy varieties ( hardy Chicago etc ). By covering with mulch 18 inches. Cutting down the fig tree to one foot above ground. Selling the cuttings on figbid.
@jonathanstephens7015 The hardiest ones really don't need protection to survive. They will top kill and then grow back from the roots. If all the stars align and the weather cooperates, they will produce figs that will have time to ripen. I protect my trees to guarantee fruit production and ripening.
My Chicago fig grown in a fire ring raised bed did not come back one spring possibly because I didn't water it enough when it started getting hot. What nurseries in Utah sell fig trees? I got mine from Ediblelandscaping on-line.
You can sometimes fins them at Home Depot or Lowes. I haven't seen them at any other nurseries in Northern Utah, though. Southern Utah nurseries should have them! I purchased all mine online.
I have three small potted figs that I want to take outside again. Do you think it's warm enough to leave them outside overnight? We're supposed to have a few days around 29 to 32 degrees overnight lows on the low end here in Ogden, Utah within the next two weeks.
I wouldn't take them out until it stays in the low 40's just to be safe. Once they get close to breaking dormancy, they are much more sensitive to cold weather nipping the new buds.