I LOVE the way you explain things... I've watched a lot of other fig channels and yours is the most comprehensive and easiest for me to understand. Great channel!
Katrina! Thank you! That means so much that it's helpful for you to understand and apply to your own trees. Keep me posted on the progress of your trees. Happy growing.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful for you! Fox Farm is good stuff. I've found that their potting mix has gotten quite pricey, but that would be wise to look into their fertilizers. Thanks!
Hi Phil! I so needed this video today. 😊 I've been on the fence with what is the best fertilizer for my figs and how often and when to fertilize. It's good to get advice from someone who has experience actually using these fertilizers, and you can see the results on their plants. I like the tree layout.
You're so very welcome! I'm glad this was helpful for you. Its important to keep it SIMPLE and EASY so we can trust that what we are doing makes a difference!
Between Epsom salts, pelletized Dolomite, pulverized eggshells, and slow release fertilizer, my micronutrients are working pretty well for my two potted Brown Turkeys. The dolomite is lot slower releasing calcium than the powdered eggshells. If I had the climate, sun, and room I'd surely have a lot more pots! Nice composting there Phil! I have greenhouse envy now - alas, no space up here in zone 6b-7. Great presentation!
That’s a great combo of nutrients! Plus, your dolomite is also going to be part calcium and part magnesium in its structure vs straight calcium like the egg shell.
Best video I have seen on kick starting figs trees in Spring!! What is recommended after Spring feeding for a 3 yr old, potted tree? Do I just give fish emulsion, every 2 weeks for rest of the summer until August? I have a Celeste fig in Zone 6b-7a.
Thanks for the kind words! After the fish emulsion, application in the spring, try some slow release IV Organics fertilizer or something well rounded to promote fruit and root development. You can sprinkle bone meal and garden lime
Good video. It's time to fertilize some. I have fish emulsion and some other liquid fertilizer to use. Ran out of slow release and will check out the iv organics. Thanks for sharing.
Good video. It's fertilizing time. I have fish emulsion and another liquid fertilizer. Need more slow release and will check out iv organics. Thanks for sharing.
Of course! Glad it was helpful. I hold off really as they don't need much. I just started to apply some foliar spray of a diluted fig fertilizer, but I've only done it once. for fig cuttings their root system is so new they really don't need much at all.
I do the large batch bucket thing too but once when I was shaking the Alaska bottle I didn't realize the cap was loose....spilled it all over myself. I'm not sure how I didnt puke lol
Quick question. 1st year using greenhouse. 6mil greenhouse plastic. Inside greenhouse they get 8-9 hrs of sunlight. If I put my leafed out trees up against east wall of house getting sun from 9a-12p. If I left them there for a week then moved them slowly away from house into more sun you think leaves would burn? Thx.
Depends on the intensity of the sun. I would move them outside on a cloudy day and / or for part of the day to let them adapt. where are you located? If you have intense sun this time of year you'll want to do it gradually. If you have a little leaf sunburn it's not the end of the world they'll push through, but staring from morning light, then, morning and midday, then all day over the course of a week will be much less stressful on the tree. I hope that helps!
Ah gotcha @@jrichards9874 I think moving them out part of the day to full day by the end of the week. If they are mature trees and get sunburn they will most likely drop those leaves and push out new growth too, but you don't want to stress them too much to stunt their growth.
@@Philsfigs thanks. I have a bad back and have close to 100 potted trees between 5-10gallons so I was hoping to avoid fig shuffle. I live not far from you. Outside of Charlotte NC. Supposed to be rainy days coming up so I will put them out next to house on rainy days and hope for the best. If leaves burn and I have to wait for new growth so be it. I just can’t do fig shuffle with that many trees and a bad back. Thanks
I haven't yet! This year is the year (hopefully haha!) It looks like they would be the size of a Stella / Dalmatie with the same contrast, so I'm really looking forward to it.
Hey Matt, So sorry to hear! I started digging in my orders to try to find you. When did you pick up trees from me and when did the browning of the leaves begin? Sunburn could be the culprit if it just started happening this spring but if it's later in the year it would be because of a couple of reasons. reach out to me directly and send me pictures I want to make sure you're figs are doing well. Talk to you soon.
Hey Thank you! I'm an avid and competitive surfer. I also ran half marathons and played college lacrosse, as well as a variety of other sports. Always moving my body!
Some can thrive off of marginal sun hours than others. See: Ronde de Bordeaux, Stella/Dalmatie, Negronne, White Genoa, and Negronne/Violet de Bordeaux/Beer's Black. Let me know if you have questions on these but they do well in shadier areas. As a whole, fig trees do better than you think in places that don't receive full sun all day. 4-6 hours of full sun is perfectly fine. The aformentioned varieties I've seen them grow well in shadier spaces that receive 1-2 hrs of full sun if that. Enjoy, and reach out with any other questions.
Ah thats no fun. It may be time for you to add some bone meal, which is rich in Phosphorus. Amending the soil of the tree with Phosphorus will encourage fruiting, holding onto fruit and ripening fruit. It will also help with the root system as well. I sprinkle a couple cups or more depending on the tree size in the late spring.
@@rhuff78 Ah yea man I've spoken with others in the same situation. This will help and I've heard epsom salts will help too. They grow so well here for sure, are you in the ILM area?
I avoid chemical fertilizers. They tend to kill soil biology. So I do compost teas, worm tea, FPJ, labs, hydrolyzed fish, kelp, rabbit poo, rock dust. My biggest struggle is finding natural phosphorus.
I agree in many circumstances to apply fertilizers that contribute to the microbiomes of soil which contributes as a whole to the long term health of the plant. I will say some gardeners growing conditions are different than others so you have to find the application that works best for a given situation. I will say for my garden, I've used both, but the organic stuff encourages all those goods like mycelium, earthworms, etc. as I aspire to move these trees into the ground at my nursery or in someone's home at some point i feel that it makes the transition easier. Thanks for sharing your soil amendments! I'm going to look into them!
pretty cool right?! Atmospheric nitrogen will be fused into rainwater. It often happens in higher density in thunderstorms with the electric activity. If you've ever seen a lawn after a thunderstorm or rainstorm its often a result of that nitrogen infused rainwater. Cheers!
@@sheckydiamond7533 www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/acid-rain-and-water I found this article from the USGS to give helpful context about acid rain and rainwater pH.
Excellent DEMO and so many helpful fertilizing tips! Looking forward to seeing your fruitful fig trees! 🤩🙌
Thank you, really appreicate it! Gosh, I can't wait to be eating fresh figs!
I LOVE the way you explain things... I've watched a lot of other fig channels and yours is the most comprehensive and easiest for me to understand. Great channel!
Katrina! Thank you! That means so much that it's helpful for you to understand and apply to your own trees. Keep me posted on the progress of your trees. Happy growing.
Excellent tips. We came across some Fox Farm happy frog at a good deal. Looking forward to seeing the results!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful for you! Fox Farm is good stuff. I've found that their potting mix has gotten quite pricey, but that would be wise to look into their fertilizers. Thanks!
Hi Phil! I so needed this video today. 😊 I've been on the fence with what is the best fertilizer for my figs and how often and when to fertilize. It's good to get advice from someone who has experience actually using these fertilizers, and you can see the results on their plants. I like the tree layout.
You're so very welcome! I'm glad this was helpful for you. Its important to keep it SIMPLE and EASY so we can trust that what we are doing makes a difference!
LOL at 5:54! Sure. I can see it clearly. 😂😂😂
lol Thanks for your patience in my video presenting glad it gave you a good smile.
A man who loves gardening ❤❤❤ a true man and so attractive
Very kind of you to say. Thank you.
Between Epsom salts, pelletized Dolomite, pulverized eggshells, and slow release fertilizer, my micronutrients are working pretty well for my two potted Brown Turkeys. The dolomite is lot slower releasing calcium than the powdered eggshells. If I had the climate, sun, and room I'd surely have a lot more pots! Nice composting there Phil! I have greenhouse envy now - alas, no space up here in zone 6b-7. Great presentation!
That’s a great combo of nutrients! Plus, your dolomite is also going to be part calcium and part magnesium in its structure vs straight calcium like the egg shell.
Best video I have seen on kick starting figs trees in Spring!! What is recommended after Spring feeding for a 3 yr old, potted tree? Do I just give fish emulsion, every 2 weeks for rest of the summer until August? I have a Celeste fig in Zone 6b-7a.
Thanks for the kind words! After the fish emulsion, application in the spring, try some slow release IV Organics fertilizer or something well rounded to promote fruit and root development. You can sprinkle bone meal and garden lime
Good video. It's time to fertilize some. I have fish emulsion and some other liquid fertilizer to use. Ran out of slow release and will check out the iv organics. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful! Hope your figs explode with growth this spring!
Good video. It's fertilizing time. I have fish emulsion and another liquid fertilizer. Need more slow release and will check out iv organics. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!
Hi Phil! Thanks for the video! How long until you start fertilising the small cuttings that are just starting to leaf out in your greenhouse?
Of course! Glad it was helpful. I hold off really as they don't need much. I just started to apply some foliar spray of a diluted fig fertilizer, but I've only done it once. for fig cuttings their root system is so new they really don't need much at all.
Nice love my figs
So glad! They're they best.
I do the large batch bucket thing too but once when I was shaking the Alaska bottle I didn't realize the cap was loose....spilled it all over myself. I'm not sure how I didnt puke lol
oh no hahahahaha! I'm impressed I hope you were able to wash it off easily!
Quick question. 1st year using greenhouse. 6mil greenhouse plastic. Inside greenhouse they get 8-9 hrs of sunlight. If I put my leafed out trees up against east wall of house getting sun from 9a-12p. If I left them there for a week then moved them slowly away from house into more sun you think leaves would burn? Thx.
They are mature trees by the way.
Depends on the intensity of the sun. I would move them outside on a cloudy day and / or for part of the day to let them adapt. where are you located? If you have intense sun this time of year you'll want to do it gradually. If you have a little leaf sunburn it's not the end of the world they'll push through, but staring from morning light, then, morning and midday, then all day over the course of a week will be much less stressful on the tree. I hope that helps!
Ah gotcha @@jrichards9874 I think moving them out part of the day to full day by the end of the week. If they are mature trees and get sunburn they will most likely drop those leaves and push out new growth too, but you don't want to stress them too much to stunt their growth.
@@Philsfigs thanks. I have a bad back and have close to 100 potted trees between 5-10gallons so I was hoping to avoid fig shuffle. I live not far from you. Outside of Charlotte NC. Supposed to be rainy days coming up so I will put them out next to house on rainy days and hope for the best. If leaves burn and I have to wait for new growth so be it. I just can’t do fig shuffle with that many trees and a bad back. Thanks
Correction. I will shuffle my favs. Lol. Just not all trees.
Did you get figs off the White Adriatic this past year? I have 2 but no fruit yet, I rooted them over the winter! Great video as usual!!
I haven't yet! This year is the year (hopefully haha!) It looks like they would be the size of a Stella / Dalmatie with the same contrast, so I'm really looking forward to it.
All the figs I bought from you had a virus. Now the leafs are turning brown and falling off. Didn't have this issue with other vendor. please advise.
Hey Matt, So sorry to hear! I started digging in my orders to try to find you. When did you pick up trees from me and when did the browning of the leaves begin? Sunburn could be the culprit if it just started happening this spring but if it's later in the year it would be because of a couple of reasons. reach out to me directly and send me pictures I want to make sure you're figs are doing well. Talk to you soon.
Great video!
What is your sport?
Hey Thank you! I'm an avid and competitive surfer. I also ran half marathons and played college lacrosse, as well as a variety of other sports. Always moving my body!
@@Philsfigs awesome! I’ve done triathlon. Focusing on figs as a rehab an Injury
@@larawines4875 Oh awesome and congrats! Gardening is a great resource to give you movement as you recover. I hope your recovery is going well!
I really like Agrothrive
Good to know I'll have a look!
Are they all the same fig????? Or different types....
The ones I've highlighted are different varieties of figs. I have all different types and multiples of each type.
Great job 👍
Thank you!
Is there a fig tree that doesn't take a lot of sun
Some can thrive off of marginal sun hours than others. See: Ronde de Bordeaux, Stella/Dalmatie, Negronne, White Genoa, and Negronne/Violet de Bordeaux/Beer's Black.
Let me know if you have questions on these but they do well in shadier areas. As a whole, fig trees do better than you think in places that don't receive full sun all day. 4-6 hours of full sun is perfectly fine. The aformentioned varieties I've seen them grow well in shadier spaces that receive 1-2 hrs of full sun if that. Enjoy, and reach out with any other questions.
I need something my fig is 5 years old grows like a weed but has never produced a single fig. I don’t know what to do
Ah thats no fun. It may be time for you to add some bone meal, which is rich in Phosphorus. Amending the soil of the tree with Phosphorus will encourage fruiting, holding onto fruit and ripening fruit. It will also help with the root system as well. I sprinkle a couple cups or more depending on the tree size in the late spring.
I’ll definitely give that a try. Every year I’m like “ this is the year” and ever year we are disappointed. Here on costal Nc the figs grow so well
@@rhuff78 Ah yea man I've spoken with others in the same situation. This will help and I've heard epsom salts will help too. They grow so well here for sure, are you in the ILM area?
Yes I live in Ogden. Have any recommendations for phosphorus I can get locally?
Someone probably sold you a random ficus. Get rid of that tree. Get a new tree.
I avoid chemical fertilizers. They tend to kill soil biology.
So I do compost teas, worm tea, FPJ, labs, hydrolyzed fish, kelp, rabbit poo, rock dust.
My biggest struggle is finding natural phosphorus.
I agree in many circumstances to apply fertilizers that contribute to the microbiomes of soil which contributes as a whole to the long term health of the plant. I will say some gardeners growing conditions are different than others so you have to find the application that works best for a given situation. I will say for my garden, I've used both, but the organic stuff encourages all those goods like mycelium, earthworms, etc. as I aspire to move these trees into the ground at my nursery or in someone's home at some point i feel that it makes the transition easier. Thanks for sharing your soil amendments! I'm going to look into them!
I did not know rain had nitrogen in it
pretty cool right?! Atmospheric nitrogen will be fused into rainwater. It often happens in higher density in thunderstorms with the electric activity. If you've ever seen a lawn after a thunderstorm or rainstorm its often a result of that nitrogen infused rainwater. Cheers!
Acid rain has acid.😅😅😅😅
@@sheckydiamond7533 www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/acid-rain-and-water I found this article from the USGS to give helpful context about acid rain and rainwater pH.