thats interesting you said figs are the last to wake up. i live in north Pakistan and figs wake up here on 20 February followed by punes and other local trees on 1 march
I have a fig tree in the yard. It's huge compared to the ones in this video so it's probably old. But this thing yields a ton of figs every year. I usually water it once or twice a week at night. Since we are in the south, the dry spells hurt the plants. But it always does well. I even talk to it sometimes. 😁
Our fig tree is probably 50+ years old and 20 ft tall. I live in the CA central valley. It is 95 degrees or more every day in the summer. Last summer it was 110 for 10 days in a row. We have NEVER watered it, or added any fertilizer. It produces more figs than we could possibly eat. It's amazing.
At the end of your video, you talk about a very tough pest (Scale) and I had it nearly kill a Meyers Lemon tree. I didn't notice the SCALE until I saw the ANTS!! They are the BEST indicator of sucking pests, and the scale looked so much like little bumps on the tree (they were totally camouflaged), So if you see ants, look closer. Those ants are drinking sap produced by the scale. You probably don't have Fire Ants in Pa, but we do down here in the South. They get into our above ground pots. I've seen them destroy the blooms on Okra, but other than nesting in fig tree containers, I have not seen them actually damage the trees. However, if you are working on the tree, and don't notice them boiling out of the container until you get stung and bit ten or twenty times, they can really put a hurting on you. There is a lemon oil + Dawn soap + and water drench that is on CZcams that will eliminate these nasty pests. That drench has not killed or harmed my fig trees. You are an Awesome Teacher, Ross! “Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.” ~Mark Twain
I want to buy a Brown turkey fig. I live in? Pennsylvania. Myself do I have to bring them indoors in the Winter time? And if I do do I keep him down the basement or in a bright sunny window that I don't have?
I would not keep them in your basement. That's the most common mistake I see. Read this article to figure out how to protect them in the winter: www.figboss.com/post/winterizing-container-fig-trees-where-to-store-them-how-to-avoid-season-ending-setbacks
Hello Ross … thank you for all your great info… My question … my 15+ yr old 7’ tree has grayish spots on all branches, top to bothom.. The spots appear to be mold but they are totally flat & I cannot wipe them off. The tree produces tons of perfect figs ! Do you know what this is ? I’m in Coastal So Jersey
Wondering how it works with the trees being so close to the house? At what distance are yours planted? On the fertilizer aspect all I gave to a mega producer at our last place was chicken and rabbit manure around de base. I used to get super sweet, great size, unbelievably delicious figs.
No. Fig tree roots stay in the top 12 inches of soil and go outwards 2 times the width of the canopy. There is at least 20 examples of large in ground trees that I know of with no damage to the foundation.
I'm in zone 6b Allentown, PA. I have 2-year-old potted Chicago Hardy I want to plant outdoors this year. I have it stored in my cool, dark basement for the winter. Can I dig it in now?
I would say yes you can plant it if it is dormant with no leaves. The stems are hardy to 10 F we are not likely going to see those kinds of temperatures anymore. If it has leaves wait until after the last frost date in your area. I am not far from you in zone 6A Pen Argyl PA.
Ross, 1) what size buckets are they in your greenhouse at the 2:20ish mark? Can that size pot be the permanent home for the potted fig plant? Or will it have to be up-potted into a bigger pot in the near future? 2) And, at 6:50 ish you said you unwrapped your roundale Bordeux. so did you just do it in early March where daytime temps are 40-50 ish and night time temps are in 30's?? If so, then is NOW the time to unwrap any variety of fig? ( I am 20 minutes from you in South Jersey)? 3) At 11:00 ish you talk about putting down mulch. What kind of mulch is best? What do you use? I assume that colored mulch is out of the question?
10 and 15 gallon. You can keep them in that size for a long time. I published a video recently about unwrapping them. I also wrote an article on it. Definitely unwrap.
@@RossRaddi Yea, I add almost the same question! I have my sole fig in a 25 gallon pot and now I cannot move the thing cause it is just too damn heavy!!! Ya know, I watch the videos but I always forget to check out blog!!! DUH!!!!!
So I did my cuttings from my Chicago Hardy in December, sealed the ends with some Japanese sealant for Bansai trees, and kept in fridge crisper drawer until January 15th when I put them into fig-pop U-Line bags filled with ProMix. They all have roots as of today and some green growth too. all 20 of them!! So I suppose the next step is to put them into 1 Gallon pots first and on a table in the same spare room with not much natural light so the roots can explore their new home? Q. - How long should I let them sit in the 1 Gallon pots before I introduce them to the grow lights? And from your answer to the other person, I can later put the 1 gallon pot into a 15 gallon pot for a permanent home?
When they get green growth, they need to be under lights. When they're fully rooted out in a 1 gallon pot, move them slowly into sunlight. A fully rooted 1g can go into a 15g assuming you're not overwatering and you're using a well draining soil mix.
Hi Ross, I'm very new at growing figs. I have 1 Chicago hardy fig which I took cuttings from 1 1/2 months ago. It is in my unheated greenhouse (but It's been warm for a few weeks). The tops of the branches which I cut are leaking a watery substance which dries to a white color. The tree is waking up and I'm seeing bud swell and greening. My question is will the fluid leaking out of the unhealed cuts hurt my tree?? Do I need to seal them with parafilm or should I leave them?? Thank you for your help
Ross, I could never figure out how you had such an early start. Think the greenhouse and light are crustal. Please make a suggestion for me. I have a large collection of trees in Pots (72). I bring them into a back garage where I maintain the temperature at about 40 degrees. There are just too many to put in a greenhouse. I was in North Jersey but now in Rochester, NY. Would it help if I start to water them in a few eels, raise the heat to about 78 and put in grow lights? I have another thought from a light standpoint, I keep them outside in a fenced in area that is about 70’x70’. the fence is about 5.5 feet high. Maybe if I bring them out earlier and run clear tarps over and around the fencing for a few weeks might replicate the greenhouse but that will be a lot of plastic tarps and not work well? What do you suggest, I need to do something to extend the season.
Heat is the crucial thing, Lee. If you can make use of the sun, do that instead of grow lights. Construct a makeshift greenhouse for sure. Tunnels are easy and affordable.
@@RossRaddi If heat is the desired state would you suggest I raise the heat in the garage to around 80 degrees 3-4 weeks before I take them out for the season? I want to bring them out early but afraid of a late spring frost. I have too many to move in and out. They are all in 18 gal tubs. I guess I can wrap around the fence that surrounds the fig orchard pretty easily with scratch wrap but covering the top will be a challenge. Do you have suggestions on clear plastic that I can use to cover the top? Remember I keep them in a 70’x70’ fenced in area.
@@napolissc7 You need quality sunlight when raising the heat. Heat makes them grow, and without sunlight in a dark garage, you'll only make them grow quickly in darkness. That's no good. I can't really give a great solution unless you show me a lot of photos of your setup, Lee. If I've seen it before, I don't recall much from it.
@@RossRaddi Ross thanks. BTW my dimensions are wrong. I may consider a some sort of greenhouse. I just watch your greenhouse video. I’m excited to see how you make out.
Hey Ross, my potted fig as well as nectarines and raspberries have come out of dormancy a bit early due to the heat coming on where they were stored. Theyre not too chlorotic since they were thankfully near a south facing window and they mustnt have been out of dormancy for too long. Ive set them up under a grow light for now so they should be fine but I want to get them outside as soon as the weather is good enough. What temperatures should i be looking for as the cue to put them outside?
Ross, I’ve got little fig trees that I rooted from cuttings indoors over the winter. Are you saying that now is a good time to put them in the ground? I’m in northern Virginia, zone 7A.
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thats interesting you said figs are the last to wake up. i live in north Pakistan and figs wake up here on 20 February followed by punes and other local trees on 1 march
I have a fig tree in the yard. It's huge compared to the ones in this video so it's probably old. But this thing yields a ton of figs every year. I usually water it once or twice a week at night. Since we are in the south, the dry spells hurt the plants. But it always does well. I even talk to it sometimes. 😁
Our fig tree is probably 50+ years old and 20 ft tall. I live in the CA central valley. It is 95 degrees or more every day in the summer. Last summer it was 110 for 10 days in a row. We have NEVER watered it, or added any fertilizer. It produces more figs than we could possibly eat. It's amazing.
Fig trees are one of the first to wake up in the south
you are speaking very lucidly in this video, ross. thanks for the great info!
Professor Raddi. Love the new look.
Thank you great info
Incredible knowledge you are sharing!
Thank you!
I was worried because my Chicago fig woke up in February when I brought it up from the basement lol
At the end of your video, you talk about a very tough pest (Scale) and I had it nearly kill a Meyers Lemon tree. I didn't notice the SCALE until I saw the ANTS!! They are the BEST indicator of sucking pests, and the scale looked so much like little bumps on the tree (they were totally camouflaged), So if you see ants, look closer. Those ants are drinking sap produced by the scale.
You probably don't have Fire Ants in Pa, but we do down here in the South. They get into our above ground pots. I've seen them destroy the blooms on Okra, but other than nesting in fig tree containers, I have not seen them actually damage the trees. However, if you are working on the tree, and don't notice them boiling out of the container until you get stung and bit ten or twenty times, they can really put a hurting on you. There is a lemon oil + Dawn soap + and water drench that is on CZcams that will eliminate these nasty pests. That drench has not killed or harmed my fig trees.
You are an Awesome Teacher, Ross!
“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.” ~Mark Twain
Scales are serious pain! I hate the sticky residue especially on my citrus trees.
I like to use Azomite for trace minerals. its a great natural product
Absolutely.
Telling me to like and sub before I have seen . I don’t live in that world.
I want to buy a Brown turkey fig. I live in? Pennsylvania. Myself do I have to bring them indoors in the Winter time?
And if I do do I keep him down the basement or in a bright sunny window that I don't have?
I would not keep them in your basement. That's the most common mistake I see. Read this article to figure out how to protect them in the winter: www.figboss.com/post/winterizing-container-fig-trees-where-to-store-them-how-to-avoid-season-ending-setbacks
Hello Ross … thank you for all your great info…
My question … my 15+ yr old 7’ tree has grayish spots on all branches, top to bothom..
The spots appear to be mold but they are totally flat & I cannot wipe them off.
The tree produces tons of perfect figs !
Do you know what this is ? I’m in Coastal So Jersey
Contact me on my blog. I need to see some photos!
Wondering how it works with the trees being so close to the house? At what distance are yours planted? On the fertilizer aspect all I gave to a mega producer at our last place was chicken and rabbit manure around de base. I used to get super sweet, great size, unbelievably delicious figs.
I wrapped all my fig trees but with just a tarp and tied down. That 5F really killed alot of figs for me here in South Jersey.
Were they young?
Is Texas everbearing fig a good fig?
Hi Ross I noticed you plant the your tree right against the house. since fig's roots are very strong/invasive, will it damage the foundation?
No. Fig tree roots stay in the top 12 inches of soil and go outwards 2 times the width of the canopy. There is at least 20 examples of large in ground trees that I know of with no damage to the foundation.
I thought the same. The trees look like very close to the house.
I'm in zone 6b Allentown, PA. I have 2-year-old potted Chicago Hardy I want to plant outdoors this year. I have it stored in my cool, dark basement for the winter. Can I dig it in now?
I would say yes you can plant it if it is dormant with no leaves. The stems are hardy to 10 F we are not likely going to see those kinds of temperatures anymore. If it has leaves wait until after the last frost date in your area. I am not far from you in zone 6A Pen Argyl PA.
Ross,
1) what size buckets are they in your greenhouse at the 2:20ish mark? Can that size pot be the permanent home for the potted fig plant? Or will it have to be up-potted into a bigger pot in the near future?
2) And, at 6:50 ish you said you unwrapped your roundale Bordeux. so did you just do it in early March where daytime temps are 40-50 ish and night time temps are in 30's?? If so, then is NOW the time to unwrap any variety of fig? ( I am 20 minutes from you in South Jersey)?
3) At 11:00 ish you talk about putting down mulch. What kind of mulch is best? What do you use? I assume that colored mulch is out of the question?
10 and 15 gallon. You can keep them in that size for a long time.
I published a video recently about unwrapping them. I also wrote an article on it. Definitely unwrap.
I don't use colored or rubber mulch. Get a delivery of wood chips through Chip drop. That's your best bet.
@@RossRaddi THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
@@RossRaddi Yea, I add almost the same question! I have my sole fig in a 25 gallon pot and now I cannot move the thing cause it is just too damn heavy!!!
Ya know, I watch the videos but I always forget to check out blog!!! DUH!!!!!
Hey Ross , what temp you have the heater at night in that greenhouse? Thanks for another video!
60!
So I did my cuttings from my Chicago Hardy in December, sealed the ends with some Japanese sealant for Bansai trees, and kept in fridge crisper drawer until January 15th when I put them into fig-pop U-Line bags filled with ProMix. They all have roots as of today and some green growth too. all 20 of them!! So I suppose the next step is to put them into 1 Gallon pots first and on a table in the same spare room with not much natural light so the roots can explore their new home?
Q. - How long should I let them sit in the 1 Gallon pots before I introduce them to the grow lights? And from your answer to the other person, I can later put the 1 gallon pot into a 15 gallon pot for a permanent home?
When they get green growth, they need to be under lights.
When they're fully rooted out in a 1 gallon pot, move them slowly into sunlight.
A fully rooted 1g can go into a 15g assuming you're not overwatering and you're using a well draining soil mix.
@@RossRaddi Thank You Ross. You're the best teacher.
Hi Ross, I'm very new at growing figs. I have 1 Chicago hardy fig which I took cuttings from 1 1/2 months ago. It is in my unheated greenhouse (but It's been warm for a few weeks). The tops of the branches which I cut are leaking a watery substance which dries to a white color. The tree is waking up and I'm seeing bud swell and greening. My question is will the fluid leaking out of the unhealed cuts hurt my tree?? Do I need to seal them with parafilm or should I leave them?? Thank you for your help
It's strange that it's leaking after cutting so long ago. There's nothing to do. Just let it be and pray to the fig gods that it stops 😂
Where did you find the large pots you have the fig trees planted in the greenhouse?
Local nurseries. Just ask if they have any lying around.
Ross, I could never figure out how you had such an early start. Think the greenhouse and light are crustal. Please make a suggestion for me. I have a large collection of trees in Pots (72). I bring them into a back garage where I maintain the temperature at about 40 degrees. There are just too many to put in a greenhouse. I was in North Jersey but now in Rochester, NY. Would it help if I start to water them in a few eels, raise the heat to about 78 and put in grow lights? I have another thought from a light standpoint, I keep them outside in a fenced in area that is about 70’x70’. the fence is about 5.5 feet high. Maybe if I bring them out earlier and run clear tarps over and around the fencing for a few weeks might replicate the greenhouse but that will be a lot of plastic tarps and not work well? What do you suggest, I need to do something to extend the season.
Heat is the crucial thing, Lee.
If you can make use of the sun, do that instead of grow lights.
Construct a makeshift greenhouse for sure. Tunnels are easy and affordable.
@@RossRaddi If heat is the desired state would you suggest I raise the heat in the garage to around 80 degrees 3-4 weeks before I take them out for the season? I want to bring them out early but afraid of a late spring frost. I have too many to move in and out. They are all in 18 gal tubs. I guess I can wrap around the fence that surrounds the fig orchard pretty easily with scratch wrap but covering the top will be a challenge. Do you have suggestions on clear plastic that I can use to cover the top? Remember I keep them in a 70’x70’ fenced in area.
@@napolissc7 You need quality sunlight when raising the heat. Heat makes them grow, and without sunlight in a dark garage, you'll only make them grow quickly in darkness. That's no good. I can't really give a great solution unless you show me a lot of photos of your setup, Lee. If I've seen it before, I don't recall much from it.
@@RossRaddi Ross thanks. BTW my dimensions are wrong. I may consider a some sort of greenhouse. I just watch your greenhouse video. I’m excited to see how you make out.
What email address can I send you some pics of my set up.
Hey Ross, my potted fig as well as nectarines and raspberries have come out of dormancy a bit early due to the heat coming on where they were stored. Theyre not too chlorotic since they were thankfully near a south facing window and they mustnt have been out of dormancy for too long. Ive set them up under a grow light for now so they should be fine but I want to get them outside as soon as the weather is good enough. What temperatures should i be looking for as the cue to put them outside?
Figs should be kept away from frost and temps lower than 28F. You can read all about that here: www.figboss.com/post/figs-frost
Ross, I’ve got little fig trees that I rooted from cuttings indoors over the winter. Are you saying that now is a good time to put them in the ground? I’m in northern Virginia, zone 7A.
After last frost.
Make sure you don't sunburn them. They should be fully rooted out in a 1g pot before planting.
@@RossRaddi Thank you!
You are a rookie, any European farmer and country guy knows that fig trees can’t be planted close to a house, roots will destroy your house pillars.
where in Europe are you growing figs?
That's all false.
Must live in a moldy wooden house .18-inch concrete foundation, baby 😊