Why People Fail at Growing Fig Trees
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- Many people fail at growing fig trees. Fig trees are easy to grow. If you follow these techniques, you can easily grow fig trees without any failure
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The neighbors down the street have 2 big fig trees that will grow out sticking out over the sidewalk. 4 winters ago someone broke off some of those small branches and threw them on the ground. I walked by them for 2 weeks before deciding to try growing a tree. Just stuck it in the dirt. Come spring it started to grow and produced 1 fig the size of my little finger=so cute! Now it's 6 ft tall and figs galore! Bonus, The leaves make a delicious tea!
That's awesome!!
The Sap of a fig tree can deaden Toothache pain, but in my experience it has to Be right on the location of the pain.
And if it's a Deep toothache such as in the Root of the Tooth ( i.e. an Abscess ) You'll Need something more !
Like a Root Canal. [ And a Silver or Gold Amalgam filling ].
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Jag, I live in Chicago it's very cold until like June, but I will plant them outside in the backyard. Then as you mentioned take him inside for the rest of the months and water them well, but not in the winter. TFS !
Thank you. My Chicago Fig in Connecticut is in the ground in full sun. Adding the fertilizer and extra water should help me grow great figs this season.
i love this channel. no intro, no editing. direct record and upload . And all videos are so informative
He does very good videos indeed
No editing????? 😂
@@justanerd414 suzy boozy
i dont think we watched the same video then
This week I saw my dog jumping up to bite a fig off the tree. 😅
Very smart pup!!! Getting his/her own snack. Love your comment ❤❤
There's a video of a cow getting into it's hind legs for a few seconds to pull at a branch for a piece of fruit. Your comment reminded me of this.
This is why dog necks are getting longer
My three farm dogs pick fruit. But if I did not have dogs there would be no fruit at all due to the local critters
They like semi-ripe pears. Now they have discovered that one non-astringent persimmon tree has edible fruit. They have been trying the other astringent persimmons, but not eating them. If I had a lot of ripe figs they would learn to eat them also. I posted this info on nafex and the new moderator that looks a little very young jerk deleted it.
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We have a fig tree/bush in zone 7A and we don't nurture it at all. It's older than I am. It was my grandmother's and it wasn't planted in a good place. We cut it all the way back one time and it's still going strong. We've had temps in the single digits in the winter several years. I'm not a big fan of figs other than the fig preservers my grandmother made. I'm not trying to kill it anymore, just keeping it trimmed. I don't think you can kill it. Good luck to anyone who does like them. I hope they grow as strong for you as my grandmother's has.
I'm in Kentucky, where are you?
I'm rewatching the video to take notes. My fig tree is now going on three years old after its rebirth when it nearly died initially the winter after planting. It is about 6 feet tall. Based on what you say, I haven't been watering it enough during our dry periods. I'm in zone 8a SC and the tree is in a micro climate that has to be at least 8b or 9a facing south and gets sun all day long. It gets sweltering hot here - over 100 degrees F in the summer often and 90s almost daily from May - August. I hope next year it will fruit for the first time. My next door neighbor has a couple fig trees that are probably 15 or 20 years old and he gets TONS of fruit every year. He says he does nothing to care for them except he prunes about 2/3 of the height of the trees off in spring and they regrow and produce abundant fruit during the summer/fall.
I grew a fig tree from cutting without hormone and its so huge in my greenhouse
I took six cuttings. Just put them in a cup of water. It all grew roots. I put it in some soil..all 6 cuttings is now growing. Very easy to grow from cutting. But I took the cuttings just before spring. Right before the tree was about to wake up.
My father grew fig trees in SW Pa. In the fall he would dig a trench the length of the height of his tree. He would then put the earth that he dug up over that tree. Then he put lots of mulched weeds on top. I used to think it looked like a grave! In the spring he would dig up the tree and it would green up in a couple of weeks. He used a lot of compost, too. I have fig trees that are over six feet tall and get more figs than daddy, but his tree had to be kept small. I must tell you, though that I live in Houston, Texas! I enjoy your channel very much; you are concise and by the looks of your gardens, you know what you are talking about! 😊
This video offers the most comprehensive info on propagating, cultivating, maintaining, and enjoying fig trees.
Easiest plant to propagate although I have taken cuttings in Fall after leaf drop (in 7b). After I had a dozen or so 12" branches I wrapped them in damp news paper, placed the bundle in a plastic bag, and into the fridge for the winter. Took them out in Spring and planted each into a mix similar to Jag's (with perlite instead of coconut coir) and they took off.
Hi, Nice information. I have a little to say/share. This may not be applicable to the region you are growing fig trees, however, this might tickle your curiosity.
A fig cutting from Spring season is already growing tiny figs here in South India. A comparative zone would be 13b and above (15 degree Celsius in Winter to 39 degree Celsius in Summer).
Also, it is believed that figs grow only on new stems, so the farmer prunes it twice in a year and manages to get two crops. Most importantly, the Winter pruning for a Summer crop, is done by pruning the tips of the branches. The pruned branches grow new stems on which figs grow at every leaf node. These are sweeter. Next, the farmer prunes (before monsoon rains) the plant down to 1 or 1.5 feet from the ground! You just have a stump now. The plant produces 4-5 new stems, which grows figs at each leaf node. This is Winter crop and not as sweet. Next pruning is again at the tips only to get a Summer crop and so on. The idea is to produce more new stems, harvest more sunlight and grow more figs.
In your region, due to frost challenges, you might be growing them as trees with umbrella canopies. Maybe, you can consider to prune the tips after harvest and get more figs from the new stems that will now grow!? Just wondering.. 🤔
Hey Jag. Great information. I bought four figs and lost two. I am going to root a few instead of buying more. Your instructions was simple and easy to follow. Keep it up and take care
I live is Georgetown SC. If we dig a hole where I live you dig a bucket and the hole fills with water and the tree dies. So you have to plant your Fig Tree in a mound and the roots will grow into the grown from the mound. I have two Fig Trees a LSU Gold Fig and a Celeste these trees grow great here it very hot an humid here. ....
NC Piedmont area and we have a Celest that is over 100 years old that is huge. My favorite fig. My grandmother had a Brown Turkey, it was good but very big but not as good a flavor as the Celest.
Thanks! Love figs! I have a Brown Turkey Fig in a container that it may never come out of. Sure would love to plant it in my sunny yard! I will try growing some cuttings...
Another home run as all are so loaded with details. Thank you.
Love your channel... I always come away knowing everything I need to know about the subject matter!
I love figs. And yes, my tree died. Growing on the high plains of Colorado is quite challenging. Thank you for this very helpful video!
I have planted around 300 black fig plant at Chand Bagh School Muridke. My work place.
I bought a very young fig tree from a nursery last summer. I cut one of the branches and planted it and now I have 2. They have both almost doubled in size since I bought them and are very leafy. They are around 2 feet tall now. I have them each in a very large planter next to the 2 persimmon trees that I grew from seed over the summer as well. I'll be taking them both indoors soon since the weather is starting to cool.
" You Never Appreciate the Water until the Well Runs Dry " !
We had a Fig Tree in my Parent's back yard ! It usually produced well !
But one year at the end of the [ fruiting ] season, went by the " Fig Tree " and turned a Leaf aside and saw 2 June Bugs
in one Fig, and one in another Fig Next to it !
So I picked either one or both ( this was in about 1984 ) out of that Fig and cupped them in my hand
( June Bugs can't sting you ) .
They were ' Strong ' And so I carried them away and let them go elsewhere away from the Tree .
They were a Bit of an Amusement !
I have chicago hardy I love my Fig Trees!! I will follow what you say about the compost and this year they grew the tallest so far about 5 ft
Thank you for this video I love figs over the summer I bought my first fig tree thank you for all of your advice,brig from Tehachapi ca
Hey friend, wonderful information!
Thanks!
Very informative video. I container my fig trees and this summer in 100 degree+ weather, I had to water them am and pm.
Just what I needed to know. TY!
Thank you Jag! Blessings 🤗
Well done I ❤ figs and have grown them before indoors facing south in a window.
Awesome video, thank you!
❤❤Tuck ❤❤looks dapper in his spring hair cut, my dog is his same age and size. Wish I had filled my 6 huge raised beds the way you did. It took me forever the way I did it by mixing my home made container mix in a wheelbarrow over and over again, it literally took a whole week to fill them with mix that way and I was exhausted.
Thanks for the info! 💚
Have a fig tree when it was 2 years old I let it fig, and let them drop off for better growth the next year. Covid year and have not gotten figs since. little tinny ones on 5 year tree, this last year. Thank you for the hints of taking care I will compost it this spring, and water it a little more. We sandy and region 8 b, 9a. Washington state coast.
Great information. Thanks ❤
Heaps of helpful information. I have a mature fig that I will be pruning. Thank you for your help.
Thank you great job as usual.
I have a 6 year old green fig that I had growing in a pot in the North. It didn’t produce any figs while I was trying to grow it there. I brought it with me moving to SC. South. It took off in my screen room. I took a cutting last yard to make sure I still have a green fig plant. I was able to get cuttings of a black mission fig. It is less than a year old. It was a stick when I received it. Now in a pot, zone 8a-9 I will wait until all the leaves fall off and maybe a couple of figs will ripen in that time! I would love to have you mail out cuttings from your beautiful fig trees. I am trying to get my neighbors to learn about fresh figs
We planted a young fig tree already hanging fruit. By morning it was covered in birds, happier than usual in the morning. The fruit was gone in a couple hours.
Saved !!! Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼👊🏽
Wow got it down to the gallons of water. #amazing
SUPER HELPFUL-- THANKS!'👍🏽
Thank you for such awesome videos
Excellent video!!!
Thank you Jag💖
How I love to eat organic figs. I want my own fig trees. 😊 Thank you for showing us how to grow them.
This is a great video!
I see even experienced farmers making this mistake of calling compost a mulch. If it wicks water, it's not a mulch. You're basically just adding more soil on top and doing nothing to reduce evaporation. You're better off planting a living mulch for a groundcover, for example some strawberries so you get two harvests in one.
Thank you for your information.
Great data, we are at about 4,500, have 4 figs now, out of about 25 trees. Trees are all planted in plastic 55 gallon drums to keep them warmer in the winter, and keeps the squirrels off of the trees plus protects the bark from the sun in the summer. And have to put an electric fence around the perimeter to keep the deer off of them. Keep researching edible plants, now looking into the cranberry hibiscus.... Yes have Moringa and other odd trees that like the desert such as the Jujube... What fun.
I am in zone 5. I do grow the CHICAGO FIG which grows very well in the midwest . However this year my fig tree really too off and it looks like your tyrees in this video fin silky. I do have figs on the tree now just waiting to harvest them. Your trees are beautiful.
I had a nice Dakota brown fig tree planted in our front yard. Someone actually took the time to not only dig it up and steal it but also to fill in the hole after it was removed. No other tree in the orchard was touched but the fig tree was gone almost immediately after it was planted!
😮. With that amount of effort, you’d think they would plant a decoy tree in its place.
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That is so weird
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Thank you VERY MUCH 🌷
I have one of those HUGE fig trees in my back yard that bears so much fruit. It was here when we we bought the house, looks like it's been here a very long time, and it almost reaches the 2nd floor of the house. I get super excited each year when the leaves return and then I spot those green babies all over the tree. I have yet to eat one because the darn squirrels get every single one of them before they get ripe. I'm not even sure which kind of fig tree it is because of the squirrels. 😒
Yes. I have a fig tree, and haven’t eaten one in years. The birds, the squirrels, possums, raccoons…I’ve seen them all in my fig tree, helping themselves.
@@samanthawhang7498 I didn't even think about other little critters since I never see them at work. They refuse to share with me LOL
Do some research. There has Got to be More than one way to to " Protect the Fruit " !
You're blessed to have a good tree. Squirrels...cute little devil tree rats.
Jag I put my fig tree in a large tub. It was nearly dead at the garden shop so i took it home and with some tlc it produced 3 figs the first season. This season so far 2 fruit. I am so happy just to see a fruit on the tree. Any advice is welcome please. Your videos are amazing and thank you from NZ
New Zealand is Pretty Close to " the South Pole. " If it were me I would build a Greenhouse around it, and follow
the best Advice from my research !
If it hadn't taken off yet I would have put it in a Planter or Wine Barrel and Either brought it in for the Winter, or gone
with a Greenhouse with some kind of [ as close to natural ] heating [ as possible ].
Thanks
Your trees are lovely!!!
We have a huge fig tree that my grandmother put in back in 1994 from just a small twig.
I’ve started growing cuttings for lil fig babies. Last summer (2022) One went to a csa in Vermont and they had fruit this fall. Another went to my parents church, (here in CT) and the last one went to my yoga ashram in Florida.
Next spring I hope to pass out many fig babies. :)
My sister in Fallbrook gave me a 12" tall Chicago Hardy she grew from a cutting and I brought it back to zone 5b Iowa. It has grown to five feet and has figs! I'm afraid they might not ripen before I have to bring the pot inside but it will have a sunny south window. 🤞
thanks for this video sir
Wow, I can't wait to plant a fig tree.
Always wanted to do that.
Always wanted to plant you fig Tree
I was recently gifted a fig tree cutting. I was worried about planting it. But now I know what to do. It's Spring here, so time to plant her out.
thanks for sharing
You do good, thank you
Thank you!!!
Min 8:12 Discusses how much water to give your figs. This is important. I was underwatering my fig trees and they were growing too slowly and not producing much.
Hi Jag! Had been trying to grow Parijath (Harsingar) for past 3 to 4 years now with cuttings and even seeds but so far no success. Also bought live expensive plant from some nurseries but they eventually died. Would you make a video on how to grow them please? I live in Los Angeles and the climate is pretty good for growing all kinds of plants.
Thank you for this great video! When is the best time to prune fig trees? I'm in western australia. And should I prune back any branches other than those growing fown or horizontally, to encourage growth or stop it growing too tall? Thank you!
I have my fig tree for 2 years now not producing fruits yet, hopefully getting fruits this year
I know what I'm doing wrong now! Thank you very much sir, and my poor 4' 5 year old fig tree thanks you as well! 😅
Have you considered hardy kiwi? I’m in zone 10b southern ca.. I can’t seem to get the male pollinator to grow
Very informative. I have a question. I have two fig trees growing in my backyard, probably some birds dropped the seeds. One of them is not producing fruit yet and other one does not have good figs . Is there any way to graft it to produce the fruits or different varieties?
My three foot, first year Chicago Hardy produced four yummy figs.
Wow 841K subscribers now?!?! I remember watching you years ago
I have one black mission 3 feet tall and it produces as much as a fig every leaf. I gave away my good clone this spring and the other died for some mistake or other and now that the heats over im looking over my branches deciding which ones to prune for clones. My other good fig is Brown Turkey which produces huge soft sweet brown figs. I also have Kadota but just am not getting its fruit to ripen havent figured out why yet.
Hello Jag! Very informative video! Where to find the chicken paletted organic manure? Please advise!
When and how do you prune them. I have a 10ft tree with goblet shape stem arrangement at the top no fruit yet and it’s 3 years old.
Thanks l have figs trees in zone 7a, b.
I have one, in a pot. It's too cold here, zone 5. I take it inside in winter. Never had a fruit.
I love figs
Do you get water sprouts growing from the branches of figs? With other fruit trees evidently it is best to encourage branches to grow parallel to the ground which stops water sprouts from growing and increases fruit production. Is this the same with figs?
I live in south Florida and planted 2 fig trees that died after 2 years, root knot nematodes. Was told to plant in pots so I did. They are nice but small with little production. Any thoughts on growing figs in ground in south Florida?
I have a black mission I bought, and another I created from a cutting off the same plant. They're now about 2.5 years old and they've never produced any fruit. The stems are maybe 4-5 feet, each has about 4. This year I put them in the ground, mulched heavy with compost then shredded leaves. I did a 444 organic fertilizer around them. It's crazy to me they don't fruit. I am in northern GA in zone 7 and we get a few frosts, so they basically regrow each year as so far while they are young the frost kills the stems. Is there hope for them fruiting next year, on year 3? Do you think this is one of those organic tissue that will never fruit? Are black Madera a type that only fruits on second year branches? I have an Omega that does fruit well even though it is year 1, it is in similar growing conditions to the madera.
In 1985 or later my " Sister in Law [ to be ] Visited with some [ of her ] family members. the Fig Tree we had, possesed 3
..Trunks ( about 4" or 5" inches each ).
There was two [ 11 to 12 yr. old ] boys that came along, and they found some hammers and started " Beating the Trunks " !
I found them doing this and I Stopped them and Said to myself; This Tree is 50 years old, And in 5 minutes, These
boys " Killed It, " / " EXPLETIVE " !
Their Aunt came over [ and they said, " He said a bad word. " ] / And she told me, they meant no harm, and they are usually
" severely disciplined " from their dad .
Anyway the Fig Tree " Recovered after a time " and " Resumed it's usual Life " !
Very interesting, we have a pest that bores into stems and eventually tunnels down the stem and if not caught will kill the tree. Never been able to grow one successfully.
Lost my tree to the ground to the same bug. It came back from the root. I kept it sprayed this year. So far, no sign of the bug. (no fruit yet either)
How do you manage the watering with all those trees¿
I have bug issues with my figs. Beetles get to them when fruits are still green.
Anyone know what to do with a copper coloured fungus on some leaves. And 2 leaves curling ?
Thanks for another educational video. I am learning a lot from you. I hope I can ask you here! This year my Black mission fig produced tons of fruit and still putting out fruits until now but I ran into problems with some fruits having what I think fruit fly larva (worm) in the fruit. I do all organic ways in my garden. What would you suggest to prevent this from happening? Any input will be greatly appreciated and thanks for your time.
You can wrap the tree in a fine mesh before they begin ripening or wrap the individual figs.
I would ask on Ourfigs forums. Also research Black Fig Fly as it's possible that's what you have.
Ja, I planted an LSU Purple fig 10years ago. It has never grown over 5‘ tall & has sparse fruit. I have sandy-loam soil. What’s my problem?
There are hardy fig varieties that grow in zone 5, I believe Chicago is the name of my fig tree
How do you prune the tree after harvested the fruit?
What about growing figs in the tropics, where you have the monsoon for several months of the year?
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Timely video Jag... I'm in San Jose and actually looking to transplant a container fig into the ground soon. The tree is about 4 foot high in the container. Would you recommend I wait until Spring or is a tree this old OK to transplant now in mid-later October? Thank you!!
Please let me know / post SC scar to your question when you find out? I was / am going to transplant some young fig trees I propagated earlier this year in my backyard within the next two weeks (I'm in Houston, TX) and I have the same question as you.
If I do put them in the ground I will protect them with frost cloth and Christmas lights in case we have one of those freak freezes where the temperature dips down to 20 degrees.
@@hawklatino - Good luck with your transplants. Hopefully Jag will see the question and chime in at some point. Thx!
What to do my fig plant is don't have leaves.it is trying to grow leaves but it is struggling. Please let me know how can help my fig to revive.
How to grow fig in tropical county? Got 2 leaves for the last 3 months
How nice to them fig ripe naturally on trees. Here in south east Asia we have to wrap it with plastic bags or plastic containers. Birds and squirrels can get them in daytime, civet cats and rats in the nightime.
Interesting, we have different experience. I am in zone 7b and we grow figs in protected areas [yard, near the wall]. We do not water them, except if it is extremely dry. I talked with others nobody is watering the figs. So rule is water not needed. Figs in my aunt's garden are as tall as yours [this is 3rd year] over 2m. Soil is clay. Figs are white [yellow] I don't know exactly the brand, she got them.
Depends on where you live. You’re getting roof runoff and apparently a decent amount of rain. Where I live, I get maybe 3-4 fruits per tree with some supplemental watering (I don’t actually water enough).
@@bmiles4131 Also you moght have hybrids and we use natural ones. Have a nice day
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I live in humid tropical area and my fig tree gets black spot fungus every year and all leaves drop . My tree is 3 years old and it is still 2 feet tall, it has grown 3-4 inches in 3 years . .
I am thinking about ripping it out and planting something else .
Is it true that deer like to eat fig trees? How do you protect against them. I have 2 fig tree starts that I’ve been keeping up at the house, but the plan is to have them out where deer do come through at night when they are larger. I sure would like to not lose them.
I tried growing figs from cuttings, I felt so frustrated and discouraged that out of 13 which all of them were rooting last year, only 4 survived and alive until this spring, and all the 4 doesn't seem to grow happily, all of them now in early May shedding leaves..not sure what I did wrong, may be too much watering. I see that you put wood chips mulch, how did you spread fertilizer afterward, did you have to set aside all the mulch first then spread fertilizer or spread it over the mulch?
What about pollination?