This BRAND NEW Fig Tree I Developed Is INSANELY Good!

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @TheMillennialGardener
    @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +15

    If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊 TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
    0:00 The Science & History Of Fig Trees
    4:29 Fig Tree Seedling Tour And Update
    7:44 My Brand New Fig Variety
    10:36 Cutting Open The Fig
    12:15 Fig Taste Test
    15:05 Breeding Program Updates
    17:26 Adventures With Dale

    • @itwillgroweventually
      @itwillgroweventually Год назад

      Hello I watch all your videos they are always amazing. I have been gardening since I was kid, yet I still learn something from almost every video you make. Now to my question I have a FIG TREE and have no idea how to deal with it. I would like your help, please.

    • @andyn333
      @andyn333 Год назад

      Please help! My potted figs seem to have an infestation of a extremely small white insect. From what I've noticed the fig trees have stopped growing and I'm worried these insects are feasting on the roots. Any advice on what to do? Thanks!

  • @shekharmoona544
    @shekharmoona544 Год назад +32

    Brittany: "You better check yo self before you wreck yourself." It's an 8. 😂😂😂😂

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +7

      I think I would rate any fig 1-2 points higher in all honesty. Figs aren’t her thing. Meanwhile, I’m over here.

    • @tashaleger1494
      @tashaleger1494 Год назад +1

      ​@TheMillennialGardener Your being hard on yourself an 8 is top tier! ❤

  • @ctn9663
    @ctn9663 Год назад +31

    This is awesome. Not many growers would go this far to create new varieties. And I thought crossing peppers was hard!

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +10

      It’s fun to experiment. Im an engineer, so this is real science to me.

    • @LK-3000
      @LK-3000 Год назад +1

      @@TheMillennialGardener If I had time enough and access to the persistent fig I might try this too. Even so, great job on creating new varieties!

  • @sendo1788
    @sendo1788 Год назад +8

    Congratulations from Catalonia
    The correct name is Gran de Sant Jaume in Catalan language
    Gran means Big in English ( Grande in Spanish)
    Sant ( Saint/Santo)
    Jaume (James/Jaime)
    It is a pleausure to share your knowledge

  • @Herculesbiggercousin
    @Herculesbiggercousin Год назад +8

    The expression on your face of pride and anxiousness as she was processing the taste of the fig to give you an honest rating was so wholesome. You should be proud of yourself for staying dedicated to this project for this long! Keep it up and maybe we could see you patent a fig variety in the future!

  • @k.weinberger2421
    @k.weinberger2421 Год назад +4

    There was a lot of emotion in your eyes when you tasted your fig - you worked so hard! What an achievement 🎉

  • @JM.TheComposer
    @JM.TheComposer Год назад +2

    Congratulations!
    "Luck favours the prepared."
    - Louis Pasteur.

  • @kjaan
    @kjaan Год назад +2

    Congrats on your dedication and creating a new variety of DSJG with early riping

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +3

      I hope so. I want to evaluate it further, but so far, so good,

    • @kjaan
      @kjaan Год назад +1

      @@TheMillennialGardener hope I get to buy cuttings from this one day 😆

  • @firecloud77
    @firecloud77 Год назад +6

    Congratulations. I look forward to buying your patented variety at the Home Depot garden center some day. ;-)

  • @Wendy-xe4gk
    @Wendy-xe4gk Год назад +1

    I live in Central Pennsylvania, bought a fig tree at a gardeners event many years ago. It was a cutting and she said her parents brought it from Italy so maybe some kind of Mediterranean fig. It was a green skinned fig and very prolific. I planted it in a giant tractor tire because I knew that it would have suckers and I think that helped to keep it warm. In the summer it had so many fig wasps that it was actually hard to get near the tree as the figs were ripening. I finally learned to ignore them and just pick figs that weren't currently occupied. The figs were like flowers and would actually open like blooms if left on the vine. I used to make jelly and can them because I would harvest buckets and buckets in some years. I never opened a fig or bit into a fig that had a wasp inside. Sadly, we sold the house last year fairly suddenly and I was unable to get cuttings to root. 😞 I do have pictures....

  • @itsasickness4939
    @itsasickness4939 Год назад +4

    Looking forward to the video. Prayers coming your way from Louisiana. Hope the remnants of the hurricane don’t affect you too much.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +2

      Thanks. We survived. A lot of rain and some debris clean up.

    • @UncleHunter
      @UncleHunter Год назад +1

      I live in Louisiana too hi!

    • @itsasickness4939
      @itsasickness4939 Год назад +2

      @@TheMillennialGardener congratulations on your success. This is as you know a very unique fig video. You are gonna have the fig community all geeking out over it. I can see it now… fig bid “Millennial fig” cutting bidding frenzy winning bid… $500.00 hahaha.

  • @rosemaryus-ct6151
    @rosemaryus-ct6151 Год назад +2

    two or three worthy figs, after years of work, care and documentation. and i was going to beg to buy one. [sighs] i'll be in heaven by then. maybe one of ur fig trees will be there too. god does provide. that fig looked so good; ur making me drool lol.

  • @Patricia-v7z
    @Patricia-v7z Год назад +14

    Thank you for clarifying that figs grown here (US) do not have wasps. Some individuals have said to me that they don’t eat figs because they contain wasps. So glad that you brought out that point in your video. You are a genius! I personally love figs and am trying to successfully grow them. Thank you for sharing your project/experiment. Congratulations!

  • @tumbllweed
    @tumbllweed Год назад +3

    That fig looks amazing! Congrats! As a Texan who hasn't seen any rain in almost 2 months I'm a bit jealous of your weather woes.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +1

      Believe me, I would rather have no rain for 2 months. Our rains are terrible. I had over 12 inches in August. It doesn’t nothing good.

  • @jeffreyboyd4719
    @jeffreyboyd4719 Год назад +3

    My Grandpa had fig trees in his yard that were big enough to climb and I used to eat them until I was sick. His trees were Celest. You've taken figs to "a whole new level!" Great job!

  • @UncleHunter
    @UncleHunter Год назад +7

    I love Figs it’s one of my favorite flower/fruits I’m making a orchard so I can grow fruits trees and vegetables and sell it for money too. I’m also a chef one of my goals is to make figs more popular in the USA.

  • @diannasgardenmenagerie967
    @diannasgardenmenagerie967 Год назад +2

    Wow that is a huge undertaking that is paying off!!!

  • @rlwonder89
    @rlwonder89 Год назад +18

    I’m very excited for you. In this day and age of instant gratification you are putting in the time to create something very special. Made my mouth water with the close up of that fig 👍🏻

  • @jtindall4
    @jtindall4 Год назад +9

    Will it get named Dale Sen Jaume?

  • @robertj3236
    @robertj3236 Год назад +1

    Its amazing that the tree produced a common fig and did so in just three years so its precocious and productive it seems too.

  • @111CisnerosNortherncali
    @111CisnerosNortherncali Год назад +10

    I am in modesto ca and my grandmother had a. Huge fig tree in her back yard they were a dark color and the smell of it carried for blocks , its really cool to see your dedication to the planet and preservation of our trees are very important , thank you❤

  • @jillmartin8195
    @jillmartin8195 Год назад +2

    Super exciting!!!!! My husband is watching, drooling and planing out how yall are going to be fig-nerd-besties LOL !!!!

  • @josephjude1290
    @josephjude1290 Год назад +1

    Great job, making new variants

  • @tomst9417
    @tomst9417 Год назад +1

    Congratulations, this is fantastic. I grew up in the south and we had fig trees and I love eating them. I now live in Wisconsin and it is too cold to grow them here unless you have a heated green house.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +2

      You can overwinter them in your garage. It may be tough to get them to ripen. Some people can manage in Zone 5 by carting them out early in the spring and bringing them back in the garage at night.

  • @debradiggs7489
    @debradiggs7489 Год назад +2

    Congratulations on the new fig looks scrumptious

  • @austinphillip2164
    @austinphillip2164 Год назад +1

    You saw a problem and you solved it. Very cool.

  • @Patricia-v7z
    @Patricia-v7z Год назад +4

    I will be watching the upcoming video. Figs are one of my most favorite fruit trees. Congratulations.

  • @ambuomarfamilyomay1459
    @ambuomarfamilyomay1459 Год назад +1

    Terimakasih sudah berbagi cerita penanaman buah tin lebat gede gede buahnya18:00
    Sukses sehat selalu🤲

  • @AmandaRPatterson
    @AmandaRPatterson Год назад +2

    Congrats. I am very happy for you. I admire your patience and wish you all the success.

  • @smashleybreaks
    @smashleybreaks Год назад +2

    Hope you are enjoying our cool, after storm weather! I know I have been.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +1

      It’s nice for now. Too bad all next week is back to mid to upper 90’s 🥵 Hopefully, this is the last big heat wave of 2023.

  • @jamiedougherty6892
    @jamiedougherty6892 Год назад +2

    Omg thats insane.. an earlier DSJG type.. yah Id say you hit the jackpot alright! The inside definitely looks very similar to its insanely delish mama fig.. Im excited to hear more in the future! 🤩

  • @ZonaFigs
    @ZonaFigs Год назад +2

    Very awesome!!! Cant wait for the cuttings. 😀

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +1

      Thanks! I need to track it a little longer to ensure it is actually good enough to release.

  • @denisemorrison6331
    @denisemorrison6331 Год назад +5

    I’m so excited for you and I don’t even know you. 😂
    After you’re happy with the fruit/tree, are you considering propagating branches to produce your own line?
    Today I turn 61, I plan to be around to see it come together 😁

  • @amor1965
    @amor1965 Год назад +2

    Wow! Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊 I hope to see more. Ideas like this one!!!

  • @TamaraLMJ62
    @TamaraLMJ62 Год назад +3

    That is awesome! I could feel your excitement. You have inspired me to try Figs next year in my garden. Great channel, I watch all of your videos and learn so much. Thank you!

  • @gardenofseeden
    @gardenofseeden Год назад +3

    Very cool bro, I will for sure be wanting this in my collection.

  • @andrewin62
    @andrewin62 6 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome work! I'm always amazed at how much knowledge you pack in these videos in such a concise manner. Great format. So informative! Lookin forward to more new figs! :D

  • @kedd2318
    @kedd2318 Год назад

    I live in Nova Scotia and love figs. We never have them in the stores and none of the nurseries carry the trees. Not sure I could grow them here so I live vicariously through you.

  • @roxy2you5
    @roxy2you5 Год назад +3

    Is it possible that you will sell your new variety in the future to spread the generics? I would be interested in a new fig that might grow here in 7b

  • @gaylelucas5909
    @gaylelucas5909 Год назад +2

    Now I'm dissapointed. I had no idea how many years it takes to grow a fig tree to maturity. You have gotten me so excited about this fig of yours, but now I have to wait how many years to get one??? It sounds like this is probably the perfect fig! Please let us know when we can buy a cutting from it. If I'm still alive, that is. 😕

    • @thenotoriousfig
      @thenotoriousfig Год назад

      if you get a cutting and root it, you have a good chance of getting 6-10 fruits the first season, 20-30 the second season, and 60-80 the third season, provided you up pot and train the tree appropriately

  • @bodhimartina6985
    @bodhimartina6985 Год назад

    I’m mesmerized - I never knew it was such a process to go a fig.

  • @PeterEntwistle
    @PeterEntwistle Год назад +2

    Wow, that fig looked incredible! Congratulations, can't wait to see how the other variety tastes this year 👍

  • @Rarehouseplants
    @Rarehouseplants Год назад

    North Carolina here! Watching your interesting video.

  • @Manatus22
    @Manatus22 Год назад +1

    I read figs are Alain due to their invasive aggressive root system.
    So if I have a paved driveway, how close to driveway should I plant 4 fig trees that I hope to keep them at 8 ft high and about 4 ft center radio is of canopy or multibranch group ??

  • @PlantObsessed
    @PlantObsessed Год назад

    I can get over how underwhelmed Dale is in the first minutes lol. You are so excited 🎉🎉. Fig video !! We are excited here even if Dale is not so much.

  • @Betty-qd8st
    @Betty-qd8st Год назад +3

    I truly appreciate being able to witness your fig Journey. I’m watched you collect the pollen and pollinate the fig. Then you got seeds, and they grew a new fig variety . Amazing. ❤️

  • @bonzibonnie
    @bonzibonnie Год назад

    Congratulations, can not wait for the next couple of years.... Ummm dang, that would make me a couple of years older. Mmmm
    Love the Dale❤❤❤

  • @sylvia10101
    @sylvia10101 Год назад +1

    Wow! That’s awesome! I remember how small they were when you germinated them! Great job MG😊👍👍👍

  • @nickya6733
    @nickya6733 Год назад

    Keep breeding figs your doing a great job, the more verity the better

  • @carolberridge6102
    @carolberridge6102 Год назад

    Dude! Fascinating. Congratulations! All the best from the Pacific Northwest. Look forward to when you release cuttings for sale.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад

      Thank you! I don’t want to release anything until I’m sure it’s good. The market is flooded with a lot of redundant figs, so anything I release I want to make sure it is something special.

  • @SannyAnnie
    @SannyAnnie Год назад

    Good for you you! You should be so proud of yourself! We're proud of you. Well done.

  • @eviemarino3562
    @eviemarino3562 Год назад +1

    Congratulations! Your enthusiasm is wonderful.

  • @FlomatonFamous
    @FlomatonFamous Год назад

    That’s exciting! Congratulations!

  • @hummingbird3771
    @hummingbird3771 Год назад

    So happy for your discovery!! I can't wait to find out how cold hardy it is!!

  • @jerseygirl5486
    @jerseygirl5486 Год назад +1

    Congratulations ‼️

  • @thebonsaibeliefsystem5449
    @thebonsaibeliefsystem5449 Год назад

    the seeds I bought from tinker bug gave me about 30% sprouting trees, it was my first summer growing baby fig from seed. Good job on yours very inspiring.

  • @johndonato6844
    @johndonato6844 Год назад

    Congratulations!!!
    Exciting news!

  • @pavlovssheep5548
    @pavlovssheep5548 Год назад +2

    a technique for getting seedling fruit trees to fruit earlier , is to graft a section of the seedling on to an already fruiting cultivar, the hormone from the root stock encourage earlier fruiting

  • @alonefungi2559
    @alonefungi2559 Год назад

    Love the update. Congrats on your new baby.

  • @maybritfugl1024
    @maybritfugl1024 9 месяцев назад

    Congratulations. I loved watching this series of your own figs. Super nerdy, educational and so exciting. ❤

  • @nildaotero2933
    @nildaotero2933 Год назад

    Very interesting and confusing (in a good way) video. For a minute there I thought you were going to cry when you tasted the fig. Congratulations, I see how dedicated you are to your fig tree program. Much success

  • @hands-on-m8c
    @hands-on-m8c Год назад +2

    I really like fig, I have six trees and most people that know me think I'm crazy about gardening but you're taking to another level. Good luck, I wish you the best!

  • @richardwilliams3302
    @richardwilliams3302 Год назад

    Happy for you. Wishing you continued success. Thanks for sharing your journey.

  • @jackhart1883
    @jackhart1883 Год назад

    Maybe one day I’ll get this deep into my figs. Great job keep sharing your story and keep up the hard work.

  • @valoriegriego5212
    @valoriegriego5212 Год назад

    Congrats, MG!👍The fig looks delish! 😋
    Figs trees and the fruit are interesting.
    Howdy to beautiful Brittany and oh so cute Dale.👋
    Way to go, MG!👍

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад

      Thanks! It was a good fig. It’s really interesting watching them develop.

  • @KenpoMoogy
    @KenpoMoogy Год назад

    MG, I’m first in line to buy one of your trees! Proud of you and Thanks for all your videos, I’ve learned so much from you over the years!

  • @DavidGaines26
    @DavidGaines26 Год назад

    Thank you for consistently putting out such great content. I have been following your channel for quite a while and have been inspired to create my own content and garden with a personal twist. Keep up the great work

  • @adamhensley1217
    @adamhensley1217 23 дня назад

    This makes me want to try fig breeding. I'm just starting my fig journey and this is exciting!

  • @Six6Fit
    @Six6Fit 5 месяцев назад

    Picking up my Saleeb this week 💪🏾 Thanks

  • @Wellwhatevernevermind
    @Wellwhatevernevermind 6 месяцев назад

    Looking forward to this year's update on this one. And some of the others, all going well.

  • @Mary_GrowWithMe_1964
    @Mary_GrowWithMe_1964 Год назад

    👏🏽💞👏🏽💞👏🏽💖
    Congratulations!!
    You have done an
    amazing job!!
    💛
    💞🌱

  • @uma7894
    @uma7894 Год назад +2

    I was thinking if you get a caprifig son of one of tour favourite female figs you might want to use it for future breeding, but would you be able to tell if it had inherited the persistence gene?
    Very cool, I’ve been following your project for a while now. Must be exciting after these first couple to see how the rest turn out.

  • @rhondagillespie6031
    @rhondagillespie6031 Год назад

    Congratulations! We love Figs.

  • @Frankc1900
    @Frankc1900 Год назад +1

    Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 very excited for this video!

  • @cmayoral65
    @cmayoral65 3 месяца назад

    Well done! Keep the good work and excitement!

  • @vonries
    @vonries Год назад +1

    Congrats my friend. I'm glad to hear your experiment came out so well for you. Keep growing

  • @sandranewkirk4
    @sandranewkirk4 Год назад +1

    Congrats!❤

  • @hommeontherange2652
    @hommeontherange2652 Год назад

    Thank you for the interesting video and congratulations on the remarkable development of a new strawberry fig. You're very knowledgeable.
    I learned that my prolific Alma fig is a common, persistent female fig tree that ripens fruit on-it's-own without fertilization of a male tree. Texas A&M did the genetic development work.
    I'll be watching for a commercial release of this variety when you're ready. Keep up the great work.

  • @CritterRepairTech
    @CritterRepairTech Год назад +4

    Excellent video content! It will be interesting to see how this new fig performs over time. Also curious to see how last year’s experimental fig performs in the taste test this year. As always, Dale is a delight. 💕🐾

  • @Kit29
    @Kit29 Год назад

    Congratulations! I’ve got feeling you will have a new variety of a fig that name after you one day. 😊👍

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +2

      One day, probably. I will be waiting a few years, because the trees need a lengthy evaluation process to make sure they’re worthy of sharing.

    • @Toyall1
      @Toyall1 Год назад

      Cant wait to buy the cuttings in some years!

  • @jamalchahboun2477
    @jamalchahboun2477 Год назад +1

    Congratulations, I can’t wait to watch the video

  • @jordanphillips1541
    @jordanphillips1541 Год назад

    Congrats on your success with your fig trees. I just tried to figs for the first time today and I’m obsessed with them. They are similar to dates but not as sweet which is I like a lot.

  • @lordcupkake
    @lordcupkake Год назад +1

    Hell yeah. I am excited to follow this experiment and see how that variety (and all the rest - maybe there's a sleeper in there yet) turn out! You're living the dream. Eventually I'd love to try breeding for cold hardiness since I'm in 6a

  • @scottroberts5492
    @scottroberts5492 Год назад

    Very Neat! Grats on your new tree.

  • @TerribleTim68
    @TerribleTim68 Год назад

    Good for you man, congrats! I hope that fig tree continues to impress you. It’s cool to see your work pay off. I love how excited you got. 😎

  • @cerverg
    @cerverg Год назад +2

    I manged to cross Black Madeira x Michurinska-10 (Florea/Ali Pasha) - male. The result is something similar to Black Madeira slightly smaller (the flavour is similar) but it's very cold hardy and ripens much earlier. Btw where I live we have the wasp

  • @garkelsr
    @garkelsr Год назад +1

    Love this channel. I have learned so much from you. Nothing to do with figs, but I live just west of Philly and have grown a small 10’ x 12 ‘ garden for 20 years. I always put 6 cucumber plants along the rear, Tomato, eggplant, a few different peppers, basil. My cucumbers were good for about a month and died off. Yellow cucumbers went to the compost pile. 😂NOW I KNOW WHY. Now after watching many of your videos, I am getting 2, 3, 4, 5 cucumbers a day off 2 plants. There are almost a dozen more growing as I type this (Sept 1). I also am using your suggested string trellis system, along with the sun shade. My garden gets all day sun. That sun shade is BRILLIANT! Keep up the great videos. Thank you for making me a better gardener.

    • @TheRealHonestInquiry
      @TheRealHonestInquiry Год назад

      A lot of gardeners are stubborn and/or ritualistic/religious/dogmatic in their approach and forget that the gardener needs to grow as well! So don't forget to also thank yourself for making you a better gardener :D

  • @rafadenkiewicz3933
    @rafadenkiewicz3933 Год назад

    Congrats!🎉

  • @tigrlily
    @tigrlily Год назад

    I am so excited for you and proud of you for working this long term project that will be a legacy. I am an avid gardener but i have to admit, your description of the process for the wasp pollination was tantamount to a horror story (LOL) . God how I wish we were neighbors.

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад +2

      Mutualism is awesome! It's a really cool process. These natural relationships where plants and animals evolved to rely on each other is pretty amazing. If you eat any type of plant, there are going to be bugs in it. Especially with grains and nuts. Don't read the federal guidelines for allowable % of insect bodies in grains, legumes, nuts and seeds 😅

  • @jlo10000
    @jlo10000 Год назад

    Thanks for all the cool info about figs!

  • @janmyers2715
    @janmyers2715 Год назад +1

    Congratulations

  • @gardengypsy70
    @gardengypsy70 Год назад

    Great job Dale! I’m super impressed, and listen your girls job is to keep you grounded😂 props for her honest opinion!! ❤

  • @andriafields1807
    @andriafields1807 Год назад

    So very happy for you! Way to go…. Keep up the good work 👌😊

  • @janemccauley4338
    @janemccauley4338 Год назад

    I luv to see your excitement over your new fig baby. Well done, I only wish I lived near you so I could come begging for one myself🤣.

  • @edmonpierre4562
    @edmonpierre4562 Год назад +4

    Congratulations. Do you sell fruit trees by any chance? I live in North Carolina and I need to purchase couple good fruit trees ( figs, peach, pear, etc ...).

  • @AdamShaiken
    @AdamShaiken Год назад +1

    The 21st century Mendel of Figs...beautiful work !!! Perhaps you may have discovered the "secret" to producing "PF" with the manner in which you hand/syringe pollinated or the manner in which you prepared it ??? or not. Maybe not such a secret for increasing ratio of parthenocarpy yet nonetheless very impressive work. I, too, happen to love figs of all varieties. I used to climb a fig tree in my neighborhood in Walnut Creek, CA and sit and eat ripe figs all day long or until I had my belly full and/or my buddies would all gather for a football game !!!!

  • @cathyleinberger1412
    @cathyleinberger1412 Год назад

    Congratulations! So awesome 🙂

  • @shake_shells11
    @shake_shells11 Год назад

    That’s awesome! Hopefully one day we can buy plants from you😊😊

  • @angelaespinet4035
    @angelaespinet4035 Год назад

    Thanks!

    • @TheMillennialGardener
      @TheMillennialGardener  Год назад

      Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤️!!

  • @soniastevens661
    @soniastevens661 Год назад +1

    Well done