OMG, look at the growth in them.. especially my favs. They look so good. If the deer eat my Brown Sugar Crunch I'm gonna cry.. I've been keeping up with that tree since it was little..
I lost half of my tiny pea-sized green figs in Louisiana. I couldn`t figure out what was doing it but it kept happening. Then I opened the door and there were 20 birds in my biggest tree WAITING on the figs to ripen and nibbling on every little nub. I wrapped it in a 10 by 25 fine mesh row covering for gardens and ordered another one. I`m buying an automatic propane cannon before next year.
Tree’s look fantastic. Love the background too. I’ve found when the days are getting shorter the branches will harden off. By the second week of October , usually.😊
Oh Chris, the orchard looks AMAZING ❤. Now I'm looking for my favs, LDA, Brown sugar, and Smith I'm also fascinated by your Dessert King, I've never seen one that big, they've all grown so much ❤
We get the leaf rust pretty bad in Louisiana. I put a lot of trees in the ground this year so I hope we don`t get another freeze down to zero with 40 mph winds and below freezing temperatures for a week. But this is becoming more and more common in recent years. I covered my Brown Turkey tree when it got down to about 6 degrees last winter but the tips of the branches were damaged. I`ll be using tarps and 200w mini heaters this winter if I have to. Maybe my new Celeste trees can take the cold? I left all the very low branches on my big Brown Turkey tree and its clone and the Dwarf Mulberries and I can pin them flat against the ground and bury them and cover with leaves and pine straw. I`m getting cuttings from them all to bring inside under lights. I`ve discovered that if you plant a fully leafed-out thriving fig tree cutting in early spring that has been growing under a light that it will thrive in the ground and produce fruits the 1st year.
Hi Chris, great tour of your figs! I really appreciate your comments on varieties to keep or cull. You gave rave review on one of your trees, you called it "The Beast" but I didn't catch the name. Can you recall? Sure hope I already have it, it sounded great! Thanks for your much-needed Local Knowledge of fig varieties that work in PNW!
@@margotfaubion7662 - I think you have me confused with Eric outside of Salem. My fastest growing young in ground trees in 2024 are #1 Beat Ramon (MP), #2 Bec de Perdiu (MP) and #3 Crozes Thanks for watching, Chris
Amen - The surgery I had generally takes six months to heal. When you cut large roots from fig trees, it takes a year to heal. I don’t see myself ever digging up older in ground trees again. I’m starting to develop more expertise growing figs. I have made so many mistakes and hope to help people avoid setbacks. Thanks for your comment!
Hi 👋🏽 Chris, you make amazing, informative videos. I live south of you in SF Bay Area, as a newbie l have learned a lot from you! My RLBV is doing great with tons of figs 😊, but sadly I lost a healthy graft of Crozes on Brown Turkey😕.
You are in a fantastic place to grow figs. My RLBV has the most figs of any of my potted trees. Thanks for your comment. Enjoy those awesome figs this year! 🤤🤤🤤
My buddy Eric just moved back there from Santa Barbara. He has had a difficult time with dieback as well. Figs are location specific and there are so many challenges growing figs. Thanks for your comment. Keep fighting the good fight and much success to you growing figs.
Thanks for the great content for our area. I have a 3 year old DK in ground and planted LDA this year. I'm up in Boring and looking for 3-4 new varieties. Do you or anyone local sell?
You should join PNW figs on facebook. You are close to One Green World and they have lots of different varieties. Thanks for the kind words. I’m not planning on selling this year.
@oregonfigs3314 I've been on the wait list at OGW for several months for RDB, Hollier and campanerie. I'm getting impatient lol. I stopped on my way to work yesterday and they didn't have any I'm looking for.
@@BryanRezendez - Wait until late in the year and get cuttings from Figbid. You will save tons of money rooting cuttings. It is really fun. I have a series of rooting cuttings vids on a playlist that plays in order.
Any recommendations for great tasting figs for Seattle? I've seen a lot of recommendations for Desert King/VDB/RDB but curious to see if there are any lesser known varieties that you've tried that will work well? Thanks!
Just went on vacation in the Willamette valley and swung by One Green World to pick up a bunch of figs: Grantham's royal, Lounge d Aout, Improved Celeste, I-258, Smith, and Coll de Dama Noir! (Hoping for some microclimate magic for the last 3) Thanks again for the recs.
OMG, look at the growth in them.. especially my favs. They look so good. If the deer eat my Brown Sugar Crunch I'm gonna cry.. I've been keeping up with that tree since it was little..
@@telasims233 - Stay away deer!
I love your updates! Thanks. The albino spider is a type of crab spider.
@@bosquebear1 - I did not realize that was a crab spider - very cool!
Thanks for your support!
I lost half of my tiny pea-sized green figs in Louisiana. I couldn`t figure out what was doing it but it kept happening. Then I opened the door and there were 20 birds in my biggest tree WAITING on the figs to ripen and nibbling on every little nub. I wrapped it in a 10 by 25 fine mesh row covering for gardens and ordered another one. I`m buying an automatic propane cannon before next year.
Tree’s look fantastic. Love the background too. I’ve found when the days are getting shorter the branches will harden off. By the second week of October , usually.😊
@@lukeott58 - I have a few young trees that are very slow to harden off. I sure hope October is the answer. 🤞
Oh Chris, the orchard looks AMAZING ❤. Now I'm looking for my favs, LDA, Brown sugar, and Smith I'm also fascinated by your Dessert King, I've never seen one that big, they've all grown so much ❤
Absolutely amazing!!!
Thanks so much!
We get the leaf rust pretty bad in Louisiana. I put a lot of trees in the ground this year so I hope we don`t get another freeze down to zero with 40 mph winds and below freezing temperatures for a week. But this is becoming more and more common in recent years. I covered my Brown Turkey tree when it got down to about 6 degrees last winter but the tips of the branches were damaged. I`ll be using tarps and 200w mini heaters this winter if I have to. Maybe my new Celeste trees can take the cold?
I left all the very low branches on my big Brown Turkey tree and its clone and the Dwarf Mulberries and I can pin them flat against the ground and bury them and cover with leaves and pine straw. I`m getting cuttings from them all to bring inside under lights. I`ve discovered that if you plant a fully leafed-out thriving fig tree cutting in early spring that has been growing under a light that it will thrive in the ground and produce fruits the 1st year.
Those temperature swings sound brutal. Let’s hope those cold temperatures and wind stay away in the future.
Hi Chris, great tour of your figs! I really appreciate your comments on varieties to keep or cull. You gave rave review on one of your trees, you called
it "The Beast" but I didn't catch the name. Can you recall? Sure hope I already have it, it sounded great! Thanks for your much-needed Local Knowledge of fig varieties that work in PNW!
@@margotfaubion7662 - I think you have me confused with Eric outside of Salem.
My fastest growing young in ground trees in 2024 are #1 Beat Ramon (MP), #2 Bec de Perdiu (MP) and #3 Crozes
Thanks for watching,
Chris
Takes time to heal . Figs are the best food .
Amen - The surgery I had generally takes six months to heal. When you cut large roots from fig trees, it takes a year to heal. I don’t see myself ever digging up older in ground trees again. I’m starting to develop more expertise growing figs. I have made so many mistakes and hope to help people avoid setbacks. Thanks for your comment!
Hi 👋🏽 Chris, you make amazing, informative videos. I live south of you in SF Bay Area, as a newbie l have learned a lot from you! My RLBV is doing great with tons of figs 😊, but sadly I lost a healthy graft of Crozes on Brown Turkey😕.
You are in a fantastic place to grow figs. My RLBV has the most figs of any of my potted trees. Thanks for your comment. Enjoy those awesome figs this year! 🤤🤤🤤
Figs trees looks amazing I have to deal with died back every year here in Tennessee
My buddy Eric just moved back there from Santa Barbara. He has had a difficult time with dieback as well. Figs are location specific and there are so many challenges growing figs. Thanks for your comment. Keep fighting the good fight and much success to you growing figs.
@@oregonfigs3314 thank you
This hot weather has been fantastic for my figs. Nice to have you on board, next stop figs?
Thanks for the great content for our area. I have a 3 year old DK in ground and planted LDA this year. I'm up in Boring and looking for 3-4 new varieties. Do you or anyone local sell?
You should join PNW figs on facebook. You are close to One Green World and they have lots of different varieties. Thanks for the kind words. I’m not planning on selling this year.
@oregonfigs3314 I've been on the wait list at OGW for several months for RDB, Hollier and campanerie. I'm getting impatient lol. I stopped on my way to work yesterday and they didn't have any I'm looking for.
@@BryanRezendez - Wait until late in the year and get cuttings from Figbid. You will save tons of money rooting cuttings. It is really fun. I have a series of rooting cuttings vids on a playlist that plays in order.
Any recommendations for great tasting figs for Seattle? I've seen a lot of recommendations for Desert King/VDB/RDB but curious to see if there are any lesser known varieties that you've tried that will work well? Thanks!
@@claysmyt - Breba crop figs shine in Seattle - Many up your way like Grantham’s Royal, De Tres Esplets, Longe d Aout and Vincenzo.
@@oregonfigs3314 Awesome, thank you!
Just went on vacation in the Willamette valley and swung by One Green World to pick up a bunch of figs: Grantham's royal, Lounge d Aout, Improved Celeste, I-258, Smith, and Coll de Dama Noir! (Hoping for some microclimate magic for the last 3) Thanks again for the recs.
@@claysmyt - That is the good stuff!