Frost Damage & the Importance of Lignifying Fig Trees
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I have 3 figs in containers. They show signs of damage. The weather hasn’t been forgiving. There was a lot of growth, but the new growth won’t harden up and the leaves have brown edges. Some haven’t dropped. Do I cut off the areas that haven’t hardened? It’s been weeks. Thanks Ross.
What do I do to the new growth that was damaged? Chop off each branch and if so, how far? My bushes are huge.
Hello Ross! We had an uncommon freeze in Austin and my large fig tree was not winterized as you showed in your video.
Foam started to excrete from some of the trucks. And now some of the bases have what looks to be rot and are becoming soft.
There is a little growth at the base of some of the trucks. So at least I know not all hope is lost.
If I upload a video, would you be able to help with a little advice?
My Hardy Chicago is the ONE fig tree I have out of 7 that DIED over the winter. So much for 'hardy'. :(
Ross, you didn't tell us how to get the wood lignified, that's why I watched this vid. Disappointing
Looks like rosebush in his hands
Do you think pinching those softwood tips later in the year again would help the wood lignify quicker? I had that thought in fall and pinched a few but not enough of a science project to tell this year.
Yes. I do. It's quite a debatable topic though.
G00D Morning From Auckland, New Zealand it’s Friday, November 22, 2019
Ok I got three Smith cuttings from Big Bill, beautiful cutting but they are not lignified. . I'm burying them in barely dampen vermiculite ah lar JSACADURE method. The vermiculite is just cross the red line from from being dry on the damp side of the red line. Powder hormoned and slit ah la Mike kincaid method. . JSACADURE DOESNT razor slice through the bark but shaves off the bark and through the cambian layer . The vermiculite has been lightly sprayed with hydrogen peroxide and allow to sit an hour . I saw mo reaction ( foaming ) in the vermiculite. the vermiculite was dampened with distilled water . Would wrapping the green end with swollen or sprouted buds with plastic saran wrap to separate it from the damp vermiculite sound like a good idea or a bad idea . . JSACADURE method buries the cuttings at the rooting area with the leafing area exposed to air but the leafing area is wrapped in that wax tape popular with grafters
What kind of hand saw was that?
Silky saw.
Good video Ross , time to rap them up.
Ross, are you selling any of the thick branches that you are sawing off? Would like to purchase some. Thanks
Yes. They are on FigBid: www.figbid.com/Listing/Browse?Seller=rossraddi
Thanks Ross! We had too many to got in the 24 to 26 degree range here so the leaves fell off are fig trees and other trees within a matter of days
Hey Ross, I had a thought for next year. This year, I had a it had tons of bribas . But almost all of them dropped off. I think it is a Celeste tree and you said that's pretty normal. Has anyone tried pinching for the first crop?
I don't think you can do that. Celeste will just not hold onto breba. You may get 1 or 2 here and there.
Totally off topic comment:
On a comment I posted a while back you told me to let ya know how the tropical passion fruit was doing here in Ohio... It's technically early to get back to you, but I think it's safe to say it's a success. I bought two small starter cuttings last fall (rooted, but very small) and they each grew over ten feet while indoors over winter. When spring started, I had a stressful move and they took a big hit both from me not transitioning them outdoors correctly, and from getting tumbled all over in a jenky trailer hitch during the actual move (I mean the root systems were maybe 50% above soil level, they got knocked around hard; and it wasn't covered so the wind was yanking them all over). They proceeded to recover just fine; while they didn't grow as much this year as one would expect, due to all the stress and particularly root stress, they're alive and well. Now they're indoors again and I feel confident saying they're already acclimated. As it happens, one of them is even flowering like crazy inside, makes for great tea, and I pollinated a flower just to see if it's self-fertile - it is. Naturally I don't want to let them all turn to fruit inside, but it's been twelve months (maybe a little less) and it's just cool to know that it's already there, even with all the stress. And near the end of last summer I took several cuttings, almost all of which did just fine with basically no care. Only three failed to root and it was my fault that they did. Could have had 100%. After twelve months I have flowers, six rooted cuttings, and roughly half a wall inside covered in passion vine (but that's just 'cuz I think it's cool, I'd rather cover the wall than get more cuttings but that's just me, certainly doesn't have to take up that much space). And my indoor light set-up for winter is far from intense. Just a few $30 2ft 19W full spectrum LEDs (a few 'cuz i have a ton of tropicals, not just passion vine)
I should however advise one do a better job than I did of planning what they grow on, with regards to moving them inside and out XD wasn't a big deal though, I brought mine inside by myself this fall so it's not _that_ bad. Just worth doing right xp
Also I dunno if it's just mine but Frederick's Purple is waaay more vigorous than Possum Purple. Pretty sure I'm just gonna try grafting onto the Possum in the future, it's way slower. Unless it's delicious I'd rather explore for a better second one. The Frederick is self-fertile until then so even if I mess the graft up I'm not too worried. They grow like - ....well.... a vine, as I'm now learning xp
If you ever wanted to try growing tropical passion fruit I say go for it
As far as I can tell it's a suuuper easy and fast tropical. Should be getting way more love
And again, I live in Ohio. Just awesome
Hey man. Great write up. Can you send me some photos of your vine?
Ross I saw your black Madera ucd. I keep trying to find it online and on the trade sites but have been unsuccessful. I have most maderas but not ucd. Any ideas?
Not many grow it anymore. I didn't prune mine.