My Zone 7 In-Ground Fig List
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- 1. Planting them against the house
2. Planting the trees so that the top of the root ball is 6 inches above grade with soil above the root ball forming a 1 foot high mound
3. Adding many rocks around the trunk and top of the mounds
4. Lastly 3 coats of Wilt Pruf come dormancy for protection against desiccation from freeze/thaw cycles
What I've already got in ground:
*JH Adriatic
*Hardy Chicago Unk
*Maltese Falcon - I may dig this one up
*Malta Black
*Improved Celeste - Doesn't seem very hardy... I may dig this one depending on this winter
*Unk Sicilian Dark - Big Bill says this HC type is a beast
Figo Preto
Italian 258
Nero 600m
Pastiliere - I feel like I should have more of these
Noire De Barbentane
Teramo Unk - Experimentally planted in a 1 ft high raised bed made out of wood
Little Ruby - This TC tree grows sideways even in pots.. got it tucked in a little corner of the yard
LSU Tiger - Planted as a 2-3 ft long cutting
Raspberry Latte - Planted as a 2-3 ft long cutting.. I may dig this up and turn it into rootstock
Marseilles Black VS - Planted at the parent's place along the Jersey shore.
What I'm considering to be planted:
White Triana - One of my favorites now for its thick jammy interior. Similar fig to Atreano, Lyndhurst White, Lattarola, Brooklyn White, so I imagine it must have some hardiness.
Colonel Littman's Black Cross - Big Bill had this tree looking great until the very end of winter. I figure it's worth a try.
Bourjassotte Grise - Worth a shot
Sultane - Baud says it's hardy
Black Celeste - Another Celeste heirloom. Early and rain resistant at least. Not sure on hardiness.
Stallion - I think this is actually called Malta or Blue Celeste. Well documented by Condit and others to be hardy and early.
Azores Dark - Definitely a relative of Hardy Chicago or Malta Black I'm sure.
LSU Purple - Already planted. I recall reading someone had decent success with it.
Longue D'Aout - No brainer.
Ronde de Bordeaux - Already planted. Easy choice.
St. Martin - Hardy to well below 0F according to Vladimiro. I want to see if the fruit compares to anything else before I consider it for a permanent position.
CDDG VS - Herman had great success with this one in ground. It's also really good imo.
Sodus Sicilian - This one I know is very hardy, but I feel like my English BT's get attacked by bugs more than most
De Tres Esplets - Early enough to probably fruit from total dieback
Campaniere - According to Theirry Campaniere is quite hardy, "One of the most cold resistant, in 2012 it as resist to 10 days freezing with a maximum of - 20 and every day -12-17." It also seems quite early ripening for him in mid August.
Zone 7A - Greater Philadelphia
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Fig Growing: www.ourfigs.com/
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WOOW! You have a beautiful garden full of very healthy fig trees!
Enjoying your video sir I'm down here in Central Florida Planted three 1 gallon sticks from Lowe's in February labeled black mission ,brown turkey, Olympian now they're four feet tall and loaded with figs
Im adding four figs to the two I have and your planting tips are timly. Its 10/12/18 and RVA got 5 to 8 inches of rain last night. . Ill never complain of having to water the garden again, EVER.!!
I'm in RVA as well all this water causes my figs to split like crazy.
Lol, mound, mound, mound!
Thanks Ross for all the info.
That property is going to be awesome 10 years from now!
Next year I think a lot of these figs should do well. Gotta add more heat sources! You'll see in tomorrow's video what I mean.
thanks for the sharing this. valuable stuff
I like your pointers. Im 7b
Regarding in ground figs any thoughts about their invasive roots? How close to a foundation?
Yes, Ross, I am in zone 7 A , 8 too, good to know. Thanks
Wife and I are looking at moving to the York, PA area in a little over a year. Really excited to see what kind of options we will have available through your channel.
yea dude, my unk teramo grew like a champ this year too. I haven't been impressed with its flavor though. Although I may keep it bc it's so productive.
I live in north Bay Area California, just bought a Purple Smyrna Fig tree... hope it's tasty 😁
try this Japanese method to promote growth: near the end of winter, bend down each of the canes and tie them to small stakes in the ground. New canes will grow up vertical and provide much more fruit.
Definitely. Works wonders.
Thanks Ross for the great video, l live in a suburb south of cleveland and can't wait for your video on outside protection during the winter. Thanks again.
I wonder if your mystery tree is a Danny Delight. Have you heard of that one? Supposedly it was found growing in Southern Michigan and a greenhouse started selling it as Danny's Delight. Unfortunately other producers have named their figs Denny's Delight in history as well period one of which is the desert king. So then people started talking about a green Danny's Delight
Hey Ross. Are you doing a follow-up video to this? I'm curious to hear how your in-ground figs overwintered
Sort of. The only tree to have significant survival again this year was Hardy Chicago.
@@RossRaddi although that's sort of disappointing to hear, it does make us part of the same club. Is wrapping that laborious? Main crop fig production is clearly the ideal, but I'm ready to wrap or bury to preserve the branches; the aesthetics of the trees alone feels worth it to me. An addendum: I'm starting to feel Mt. Etna figs only stand a chance and maybe a breba crop on desert king if its buried....have you tried Sodus black sicilian?
lol geeez, you wont have any trouble finding that Hardy Sic tag.
Hahaha, no I won't :D
So planting tree 6" above ground is ideal to keep roots cool or warmer? I understood rocks help maintain heat but was confused about the reason the planting bed or root ball is raised
Are any of them unprotected in the winter, if so, which ones survive naked in the winter?
Ross what do you think about Broklen Whight?
Hi Ross, here in the UK I planted a rouge de Bordeaux in May. The leaves look exactly like the one you call ronde de Bordeaux, do you think it's the same variety but with different names on different continents or do you know if they are completely separate varieties? It was 18" when I planted it, it's now over 5' ! Growing it first as a single main stem initially as I want to develop it as a half standard. I've removed any lower side shoots that tried to grow
Rouge should be a different variety. Perhaps there is a labeling error?
@@RossRaddi not sure if it would be labelled wrong as it was from a big garden centre chain. Actually I've never seen a variety called ronde de Bordeaux on sale in the UK but regularly see rouge de Bordeaux. The other main varieties offered for sale here are Brunswick, white Marseilles and brown Turkey. We can't buy the range of varieties you can in the US. As some fig varieties look very similar I suspect different continents might use different names for the same variety. I've bought a couple of unknown varieties from a guy that originally brought them back from Cyprus. He gave me a huge fig off his original tree that weighed 195 grammes ! Taste was very good. When it eventually fruits maybe I'll send you a picture of the fruit and leaves to see if you have any idea on the variety 😎😎
Rouge de Bordeaux is a dwarf tree while Ronde de Bordeaux is a large tree.
How do you keep them warm in the winter? Awesome video by the way.
You have to find fig trees that fit your area. I live in Dallas, my fig tree (Brown Turkey ) looks like dead in winter and comes back in next spring.
Hello Ross thanks for the video again, what do you mean with increasing the plants motabolism by mounding up the soil? Sorry for not understanding friend. Loving all your information you give for free. It's appreciated! Keep up the good work.
English isn't my first language haha.. I get some things about the higher motabolism but I'm not very sure. Thanks!
Cold blooded animals and insects perform better in higher temperatures. Same thing with certain plants. Like figs. They grow faster, fruit faster, everything will be supercharged! By mounding up soil, the roots will go into that mound and be exposed to warmer temperatures thereby making the plant pretty much better in all ways. Make sense?
Makes a lot of sense! Thank you so much!!
Hello. Does your fig tree "regrow" branches from the root each year instead of growing new leaves from existing main branches? Mine does and it is puzzling.
Thanks
Rocks are great in spring to keep roots warm but what happens when our temps get to 90? Do you move the rocks?
Not a chance.
Good info. I'm curious though -- is planting so close to your home bad for the foundation?
Guess I didn't finish watching the video since you addressed this later! :D
Yes
Which is best taste and easy to grow?
Where are you located? I would like to buy cuttings.
I'm surprised you didn't put a desert king in the ground?!!
Why? The tree only fruits on last year's wood without the wasp. If the wood dies, I get no fruit :/
The video where you explain planting above grade is:
th-cam.com/video/bdU7vhpFomw/w-d-xo.html
This you discuss @ the 7,: 17 time mark in this video
Does the deer eat this tree?
the figs you have in the ground , will they survive the winter in Penn. in Mass. they wont unless covered very well ?
Hardy Chicago is your best bet unprotected.
Here is the compilation of all the fig varieties giving a crop the same year after dying-back due to freeze from what I've read on different forums:
Black Celeste
Brooklyn White
Brown Turkey
English Brown Turkey
Florea
Goutte d'Or (= Brunswick)
Green Ischia
Hardy Chicago
Hardy Yellow
Kadota
Lattarula (= Blanche)
LSU Purple
Mary Lane
Michurinska-10
Olympian
Texas Everbearing
How did that Sicilian Hardy from Bill work out for you? Thx sal
I transplanted it elsewhere! Doing well, Sal.
how is your colonel littmans
Not getting enough light.
You just said more water more growth and within a minute you said don't water it much. I believe you said in another video that figs original grew in desert areas ( Mesopotamia) and grow best with less water. By saying in this video more water more growth, are you referring to more vegetative growth and less fruiting
More water = more growth and less figs. It also means poor fruit quality. Keep them healthy and that's it.
Yo ross, this is my first ever serious question, how many figs were you able to harvest in total this season?
Good question. I don't really know. Check this out: photos.app.goo.gl/a9MLNYaf3pqxNU7p9
@@RossRaddi You know to harvest them at perfect maturity ! What is missing is the name of the variety on each picture though.
@ the 16 : 21 time mark Ross tells of the old man italian way of rooting cuttings. Here is a video on the old man Portuguese way of inground rooting technique
th-cam.com/video/4mMiro_Ik58/w-d-xo.html
What’s your address I’ll help your thin you trees 😆😆
Don't people come and steal your figs?