10 FIG VARIETIES For An Instant COMPLETE COLLECTION
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video, I share my top 10 fig varieties for an instant complete collection! With these 10 fig trees, you can harvest figs for 6 MONTHS STRAIGHT, and all 10 figs taste so different that each fig tree ripening will be an exciting new experience!
If you follow my channel, you know that I love collecting figs. I have over 50 fig trees! (You can see a complete garden tour of my fig orchard here: • Complete FIG TOUR: Gar... ). However, most people don't have the room or desire to acquire so many fig trees and simply want the best fig varieties. I broke my entire collection down into 10 must have figs that will instantly provide you an incredibly diverse, amazing collection with an enormous harvest time of up to 6 months! These are some of the best figs you'll ever have! I selected 3 criteria to make my choices:
1. All figs must taste very different with no redundancy.
2. Figs must range from early fig varieties to late season figs so you'll have fresh figs to eat for up to 6 months.
3. The fig varieties cannot be very rare and expensive and must be reasonably attainable.
If you love figs and want a nice selection of trees, but you don't want to dedicate lots of space to an enormous collection, these fig varieties will give you everything you need and are some of the best tasting figs around. The flavors and versatility are amazing! If your growing season is long and warm enough, you can grow figs from June all the way through November (December thru May in the Southern Hemisphere).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 My Criteria For These Top 10 Must Have Fig Varieties
3:25 Variety #1
5:06 Variety #2
6:16 Variety #3
7:57 Variety #4
9:09 Variety #5
10:32 Variety #6
12:34 Variety #7
14:12 Variety #8
16:27 Variety #9 (With Fig Taste Test!)
19:17 Variety #10
21:20 Final Thoughts And Fig Tree Summary
22:24 Adventures With Dale
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Your love for figs inspired me to buy a fig tree last year - Chicago Hardy. Yesterday I ate my first fresh fig WOW! At age 62, I suddenly realize how deprived I've been. I'm in zone 7b-8a, northeast of Raleigh so your list is quite helpful. So many fig trees, so little time.
Just what I needed, My collection is getting out of control. I have 32 varieties and about 36 plants and Im growing them out in my apartment balcony and Ive just only got into figs 11 months ago, however a lot of the varieties you mention are hard to find and most likely not available here in sydney Australia but it sort of gives me an idea of what to consider when cutting down.
The US has the benefit of having huge Italian mass migration in the early 1900's before all those Customs import rules were put into place, so the Italians imported figs left and right from the homeland. It gave us a *huge* boost, and when they established the fig wasp in California in 1899, it colonized much of the state, so there are countless new varieties spread by seed every year. I'm not sure if all the varieties are named in the same in Australia, but this definitely points you in the right direction!
How did you find 32 varieties in Australia? I have 4 in 6 months and thought I was going alright on the Gold Coast
Let’s make that 13 in 7 months
@@Heyheygday 9 that fast!?!?
@@TheMillennialGardener not to mention all the Greek and Balkan immigrants as well
I have to agree. My Italian 258 is one of my favorites. It's vigorous and just pumps out the figs.
How does it produce for you in Washington? I-258 is surprisingly early for a fig of its size and flavor, but it's still on the later side. Did you wind up planting it in-ground in your new orchard? I'd really be excited to see an I-258 ripen in ground in the PNW.
Thanks for the list of various fig types. I totally agree that different varieties have completely different tastes and textures. I am going to plant a couple more trees based on your recommendations. My current favorites are white Genoa, Olympian and panache but there’s always room for more!
Panache is such a great fig on the West Coast. It's pretty terrible here in the East Coast, unfortunately. I wish I could grow it. It's so beautiful. Trader Joe's didn't get any in this year, unfortunately. At least my TJ's didn't. I would spend $15 on them and eat them in 2 days! Total winner. I recommend I-258 in your area. It'll be off the charts. You won't believe it!
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the tip on the I-258. I will look for a tree where I can get a cutting.
What fig varieties are you growing? Which are your favorites? Let us know in the Comments below! TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 My Criteria For These Top 10 Must Have Fig Varieties
3:25 Variety #1
5:06 Variety #2
6:16 Variety #3
7:57 Variety #4
9:09 Variety #5
10:32 Variety #6
12:34 Variety #7
14:12 Variety #8
16:27 Variety #9 (With Fig Taste Test!)
19:17 Variety #10
21:20 Final Thoughts And Fig Tree Summary
22:24 Adventures With Dale
Ohh, today's outfit ☺️👌. And I trying with Korthmani (my favourite variety aren't available in Bangladesh).
I have a Violette de Bordeaux. They are delicious!
LDA and Negrone (VdB)
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Here is my list of fig varities, since this is my first year i had no ripened fruit to taste so no favorite yet, hopefully i will have a chance to taste it.
- JH Adriatic
- Black Madeira KK
-Coll De Dame Roja
-Genovese Nero
-Fracazanno Nero
-Socorro Black
-Burgan Unk
-Tuscan Black
I’ve come back to this video to watch again as it’s about time to plant! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. A great video and I enjoy how much you love Dale. Pups are the best!
Excellent! I'm glad to hear it was helpful. We're entering the heart of fig cutting season now! I hope to have mine available shortly after Christmas. Dale's my favorite person, hands down. Thanks for watching!
I've got lots of fig trees, though I don't have ANY of your top 10... this shows how amazing and huge the fig world is. I would have named for you my favourites, like vartika that gives a cinnamon aftertaste but you probably don't have them and never tasted them, since they're all ''ancient'' locals from my country, Cyprus.
What a great video, loved the graphics! I don’t like long videos, but this one was so informative that it seemed to go by fast. Thanks for your top 10 list!!!
Thank you. I'm happy to hear it was helpful. I tried to fit enough information in that you would get a good "feel" for the fig, but without droning on and on. I tried to keep each fig to around 90 seconds.
Thank you for this video! Really informative. I love how you listed them in ripening order! I am also in zone 8a and nice to see I have some of your suggestions in my collection here. Will need to look at getting some more of them for more flavor profiles. My collection is White Texas Everbearing, Smith, Improved Celeste, LSU Tiger, LSU O'Rourke, St Rita, Negronne, Louisiana Green Honey, Native Black, Del Sen Jaume Gran, Bourjasotte Noire and Ronde De Bordeaux. My goal is to have figs from June - November.
Going from Improved Celeste to DSJG, that will certainly give you a long ripening season. DSJG is an immense challenge. It's one of the best figs on Earth when properly ripened, but the ripening duration, hang time and susceptibility to rain and pests is off the charts! If you can keep it dry, it's one of the best. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
@@TheMillennialGardener I am learning that about DSJG, I have it in a pot and it is covered in figs, but I had to move it to the greenhouse and I am still waiting. I had no idea it would be this late when I got it! The couple I have tasted are amazing, but I will be earning every one.
I got 3 varieties, I think they are brown turkey, lsu purple and magnolia. I cannot get any until mid July, in Atlanta Ga, always frosts and kills the breba figs. The magnolia has the sweetest flavor, the lsu purple is sweet too. All are very prolific, grown in the ground, no trouble with rain fall, 45+ inches a year. The magnolia will ferment and rot if you dont get them right when ready. It is by far the sweetest I have eaten.
I bought am Italian honey, Chicago hardy and a couple other varieties that are not old enough yet.
I cannot believe you get that many figs grown in buckets.
Excellent video. So much information delivered.
here in the pacific northwest (zone 8b near Portland) I'm planning to grow only varieties that produce a good breba crop and decent frost resistance, including Violette de Bordeux/Negronne and Vern's Brown Turkey. We're challenged by the short growing season here but at least our summers are dry which is closer to the mediterranean climates that figs naturally grow in!
Thanks! Very informative.
I only have a Kadota, but it has thrived here in the desert.
This video has been extremely helpful in choosing verity for my collection, so thank you very much. 🙂
I appreciate the way you did your list according to when you get the first figs. I started a few of my fig trees a little late this year and I go out and check my Black Madeira KK every day. I think they should make it through the frosts we are having. I got a Portuguese Purple, and an LSU Purple that are outstanding in taste, but do not taste anywhere close to each other. Did you notice some of your figs 1. Taste different in ground vs in Pots and 2. If you got figs off them their first year, the flavor profile changed their second year?
I have not been disappointed in any LSU type fig. It's amazing how they do with our weather (rain, temperature and humidity). I got a LSU Scott's and LSU O'Rourke last week. They should produce similar in our weather!
Thanks for the videos. I can't leave my Dachshund, Rufus goes everywhere I go. He's better than any electric blanket!
Thanks. I tried to plan the video in a logical way, and provide enough information per fig to give the viewer a sense of the fig without being long-winded.
I do not believe containers or in-ground plantings will affect flavor. However, I have seen some varieties of figs change *dramatically* from Year 1 to Year 3. I-258 changed enormously. So did Col de Dame Blanc. Negra d’Agde was the biggest change. It was lousy the first year - it had a dry, light interior. Very boring. The second year, it was a totally different shape, totally different size, different exterior, a dark, syrupy interior...it was like somebody switched my tree. It wasn’t even CLOSE!
Don’t judge a fig on the first year. Some take 3 years to show their true colors.
Each one well described and well explained . I have only recently gotten into fig "collecting" but only to obtain what I consider a decent selection of the top ones - Although I now have about 12 different varieties ... and growing 🙄. I think I have 7 out of your top 10 so I guess I've at least been on the right track. I don't have any of the CdD types yet so I might be considering 1 or 2 of those from your suggestions. Anyway thanks for your views and explaining them so well. It give me a clearer understanding of what I have obtained and where I probably should be going.
I'll definitely say you're on the right track! I'm happy to hear you're getting into figs. They're so much fun, and they grow and fruit so quickly that the instant reward factor is through the roof. *Definitely* get a Col de Dame variety, if not a few. I have Blanc, Noir, Gris, Gegantina, and Rimada. They're all fantastic, and you just can't go wrong!
@@TheMillennialGardener An old man learning I guess. In the old days if you ate a fig in the south (Ga anyway), and I've eaten many, it was a Brown Turkey. Nearly everybody had a fig tree or 2 in their yard but most likely it was a BT. So that's all I really knew existed. Now recently I finally figured out there are actually I guess thousands of varieties - many of which are far superior to the old BT ... at least in some ways.
You are amazing, good friend. I just came across your channel and have been watching all of your videos. You are a very methodical and organized presenter. Please keep up with these fantastic presentations. We learn a great deal from people like you,
I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! Thank you for the feedback. I'm really happy to hear they are helpful.
Kebun buah ara yang sangat indah..😍
Love your recommendations and will get every one you suggested. My fig tree collection is getting big.
You won't regret it! They're all big winners.
I love Negra D'Agde and Ronde Bordeaux. Great tasting figs and strong , hardy trees in ground in Zone 7A. This was my first year with the Easton Purple Fig; a pleasant surprise and very unique flavor.
They're two good figs. Negra d'Agde is poorly known and doesn't get much coverage. It's truly a winner! Thanks for watching!
Greatly appreciate the sharing of your knowledge. Live up in Vermont zone 4-5. Have Chicago, Celeste,Olympia and Red Ruby. Red Ruby gave me several figs last summer, amazingly sweet, delectable. Recent infestation of spider mites and rust. All have been treated. Until I began watching your videos had been doing a lot wrong. Insufficient fertilizing, pruning and need to up the size of my containers. Took the bite and have cut back. All but the Chicago. All had begun leafing out but figured what the heck, cuter back, repot and see what happens. Rooting some of the pruned wood. Will get another one or two of your suggested top ten. I would be happy to pay for a written guide if you should consider it.
Hi Penny, Good to read about a zone 4 experience. I'm in that zone but in Neb. Based on your success and this amazing presentation, I'm going to order a few figs and give it a go.
Thank you! Great detailed list! I have Desert King in ground, Vern's brown Turkey, Atreano figs, now I want to have a Olympian, since I live in Portland Oregon.
Thank you for sharing! 👍
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Beneficial to see the diversity of your collection. My second year with figs. Have the RDB, Chicago Hardy, Smith, black Madeira. Will consider verdino del nord, col ddb or col dd noir. I must have restraint to properly care for them. Thanks for sharing.
I think Noir and Blanc are both worth having. They are clearly similar, but texturally different. I like them both a lot.
@@TheMillennialGardener thanks.
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Thanks been waiting for this info
You're welcome! Hopefully it was worth the wait 😀
So nice of you to make this video thank you! I struggle with these decisions! Lol! How to choose! I may put a couple of fig trees in my heated tunnel. I’m in 6b Virginia. I have some planted outside and I’m worried about how they’ll fare.
Figs will grow in-ground in 6b, but they will likely die back every single year. Usually, growing figs in containers works out better, because you can store them in your garage overnight and carry them outside during the day to get them to leaf out early. This can get them a month ahead of schedule, since you can carry them out in the day while it's still frosting and freezing at night.
Nice information. Thank you.
Incredible presentation. Thanks so much. I would like to collect some figs and now have some intelligent direction to proceed.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
Great recommendations sir!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I keep coming back to this video because my favorite one on youtube of all figs videos
LOVE this video and your channel, new subscriber as of today thanks!! I live in North GA, Zone 8A so this video is spot on for me, high humidity and torrential rains. I will end up getting all 10 of these, thank you so much!
I really like your format where you explain the typical harvest month, level of rain resistance, and the flavor profile! Could you also do this for other popular varieties like Mission, Peter's Honey, etc.? Would be great to see the top 50 most popular varieties on a website in a table/spreadsheet format, to include typical size/weight. 🙂
Outstanding information
Thank you so much
Good list. I’ll be going with an LSU Purple Fig this year
Best of luck! 🍀
That’s alot of work- thank you.
It is, but it's worth it for sure! Figs are a passion. Thanks for watching!
This was a really fun and informative video. Really liked the list! I can see why this could become an addiction!🤦🏼♀️
From CA🏖️
I was surprised that Noir de Barbentane wasn't on the list great video thanks very informative
That's an awesome list!!! I have all that you listed except the CdD Blanc.
You’ve come so far as a grower and as a RUclipsr. Thanks for the great list! Consider growing CBD. Lots of variety and many different effects! Cheers.
Thank you. I appreciate it. That's not something that I can grow in North Carolina. This will be one of the last areas of the country that will come to. My new additions for next year will be apples, peaches and Asian pears!
Great list. I have 2 fig trees that were started from cuttings given to me. Neither person knows the variety given to me, so I have 2 mystery figs. That being said, they are different varieties - one is a green fig with almost honey interior and the other is purple with dark berry interior. I will definitely be getting a few on this list because now I'm addicted. Question - when looking for cuttings is white madeira the same as White madeira #1?
Great info on each different figs. Where can I buy these trees or cuttings?
Figbid is a great place to get cuttings.
Thanks. Figbid is the best place to start. You can always look at Harvey’s cutting sale on Figaholics, but that won’t be for 2 months.
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Solid list!
Thanks!
Thanks for this video - it’s very well done. I’m also at around 50 varieties and realizing there is significant overlap in flavors. You don’t have a pure honey fig on the list, so folks should consider getting one of those. The common Pastiliere is also very unique tasting and worth having in a collection.
I'm trying to get a complete collection. What would you recommend for a pure honey flavor?
@@cristhianzerimar LSU Champagne and Yellow Long Neck are both tasty and vigorous growers. You can see the videos on my channel.
Thanks n appreciates for your information 💪👍🙏
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Have not started yet w figs, thanx man. Western NC, SC stateline.just east of i26.
Nice Video! I have my figs in the ground but I have a barrier around them. For example, let's say you took a container and put a hole in the bottom. I did this because I didn't want the roots to go all over the place (I heard that they like to spread wide roots that are shallow). My varieties are Celeste and Brown Turkey. They haven't grown that much in the last two years. Any suggestions? Is the barrier around the side preventing further growth? How far would the roots grow horizontally? I don't want them to damage my house or the sidewalks around.
Valle Negra and St. Rita are strong trees that produce alot of delicious figs. Superb here in Virginia
There are so many great varieties out there. There's no right or wrong way to build a collection. These 10 are simply varieties that are easy to find these days and bridge an enormously long growing season with very unique flavors. Feel free to swap them around as you see fit.
I have 4 of those varieties. Smith was in our top 2 in the Seattle Main Crop fig tasting where we tasted 42 varieties. I-258 is at the top of my wishlist. It did really well in our breba tasting. I like it better than black madeira. There were a couple you mentioned that I hadn't heard of.
Does Smith ripen in Seattle? Smith is somewhere on the early side of mid-season, so I would expect them to be on the border of Seattle's available heat, although Seattle got quite the warm summer this last year! I bet it was a great year for figs. I know a lot of growers can have enormous gains in Seattle with a little greenhouse. I will probably have 50-100 I-258 cuttings this January. My tree is just enormous, so I'll have a ton!
@@TheMillennialGardener I don't think it ripens reliably here. We did have some warmer than normal weather this year which gave us a better than usual fig harvest. I think most people that grow Smith only grow it in containers. The majority of my figs are in containers.
@markstanleywinemaking I wonder if it's Desert King you've got? The tasting is a small event in someone's Seattle front yard. It's limited to under 15 people so likely not opening up to more attendees unless someone can't make it.
@markstanleywinemaking Hmm interesting. Maybe Roberts Golden Rainbow?
Figs are a tuff topic to cover. My zone is the same as yours but we have way more chill hours here in Oregon zone 9A. Ronde de Bordeaux ripens in August here. Our first breba on Desert King is ripening right now last week of July.
I have several varieties in zone 7a: Smith, I-258, Susser George, RDB, VDB, Celeste, improved Celeste, Blue Celeste, Brown Turkey, Peters Honey, Sicilian Dark, JH Adriatic, Strawberry Verti, Marcelis Italian White Fig, CHicago Hardy, I have several others but can’t remember lol. Pardon my spelling too.
That is a nice collection! What is your favorite?
I want to grow one Celeste. Which Celeste one would you recommend?
Does rdb taste like vdb?
Peter Honey my favorite so far, smith should produce next year
I always wondered if peters honey tasted like Italian honey “Lattarula”?
this is the best video i found about figs on youtube for a complete collection
Thanks so much! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it!
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I thank you so much Sir
So good explanation
So proud of you
Thank you! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support ❤
Thank you for your comprehensive postings about figs. I am learning a lot from you! Where can I purchase those 10 varieties? Any reliable source you can recommend? I live in NJ and I just purchased 2 figs from Fast Growing Trees online. I have the celeste and LSU purple fig (Luisiana State University) propagated fig. Thank you once again! You are awesome. Keep posting.
Thanks to this video, I FIGured out my next fig variety. Olympian!
Your list of 10 and I got 1 😂 but it’s in baby mode. I’m new to the whole fig growing thing, but I got VdB, Green Ischia (thinking of black one someday), Olympian and Desert Kings (9 cuttings and starting to have leaves - got the cuttings from Etsy). VdB is so vigorous that I got 3 extra when I repotted it.) Thanks for the informative video, though I’m curious about the White Japanese fig and the Red Italian fig. (Thinking of getting a Dalmatie someday 😁).
There are tens of thousands of fig varieties out there, so narrowing it down to 10 is pretty silly when you get right down to it 😂 There are many ways to design a collection. I think these are my 10 best “easy to get” figs to have a huge diversity of flavor in a long growing season. But you can substitute here and there. For example, you can sub almost any Adriatic type for WM#1. I think WM#1 is the best Adriatic type, but that’s just my opinion.
@@TheMillennialGardener so true.. I’m happy with the figs I got 😁
Surprisingly I have or will have 7 of the 10 varieties you mentioned growing here on my rooftop garden in Victoria, BC plus several others; my most early to ripen crops will be brebas and I have some hoop tunnels on top of planters for some which should help to stretch our short and cool season here. John in Victoria, BC
Wow, that's surprising to hear since your summers are so cool. What is the latest season fig you're growing? I hope you're making alright with the rain. I've seen some footage of the Pacific Northwest and you guys have been getting hammered by rain. I mean I know November-December is your rainy season, but this year looks excessive.
@@TheMillennialGardener my latest ripening will likely be Black Madeira but I don’t have any mature trees yet. Yes we got hammered, especially the Fraser valley which is devastated
Hi John, do you rely on green house to get your figs to ripen? Also wondering where do you get so many varieties in BC. Most nursery only have Brown Turkey and Dessert King.
@@jiali5919 about half my figs were in hoop tunnels and the other half in pots and unprotected. I bought most as cuttings from various sources. Most of my figs did not produce this year due to the cold winter and spring but Yellow Long neck in the hoop house had a main crop which ripened and RdB is still ripening next to a heat exchanger on the rooftop
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He definitely did. He loves them. Every time they come visit, he gives them the biggest hug. I wish I got that kind of greeting from Dale 😂
Really am glad I found you! Great presentation. What is the ground cloth please? I need that barrier.
Thank You so much for this video
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Excellent! Love the visual list! I have Celeste and Little Miss Figgy (small & sweet)!!! 😊🌟💫 Can they all be grown in containers? Thanks
New to figs - purchased a tree a few months ago. I appreciate the tips that you provide. The seller doesn’t know what variety it is and I would like to figure it out. Do you have a guide how to identify fig varieties? Would gladly share a picture of it. Thanks.
Thanks for this video! There are many people in the fig-collecting community that are constantly hyping up different varieties you just gotta have every year and their list of Top 10 figs change annually. I started off my collection with 30 varieties and found out several of them tasted so similar that maybe I didn’t need so many. Now, I am focusing on just making sure I have all unique flavors first and make sure I have a variety in each flavor group that does well in my area.
I see that hyping a lot, and it drives me crazy. So many of these hyped varieties are incredibly similar to countless other common varieties. What happens is this: just like with tomatoes, some varieties do better one year than the next. One variety will do great one year, and it may suffer the next. It doesn't make sense to take the good year and hold it on a pedestal, create some type of price hike, then walk away the next year when it doesn't do well.
Most people don't want to be fig collectors. They just want a couple really good figs to add to an overall diverse collection of fruit trees. I don't want 100 fig trees. I want the best overall figs in ground, because I want room for persimmons, apples, peaches, pears, citrus, feijoa, bananas, grapes, pawpaw's, and other things, too! My goal is to give you all really good, diverse varieties that are easy for you to find so you can get your figs in, then move on.
Thanks for the info...One thing that I want to point out is that no figs are water resistant, particularly in the SE and Southern USA as far as I am concerned...I thought Celeste is rain resistant, but I was wrong when in Late July, and August we got two days of constant light rain due to low pressure system sweeping into the area. All my swelled celeste, as well as other varieties like Olympian, White Marseille, Black Madeira, CdDB and Brunswick were split/cracked and gone bad. VdB appeared to be somewhat better. Flavor wise, They do taste somewhat different, but they all have figgy undertone in it, and can be grouped into honey/sugar and berry/resin main categories.
I think that your number 1 criteria for growing fig plants with extended ripening time in mind is an excellent one. With breba crops, my fig season lasts from June to October. The quality of figs in November is OK but not great , though. But if you freeze those excess harvest for later, they taste pretty good as well.
You're confusing "rain resistance" with "rainproof." No fig is "rainproof," but all figs have varying degrees of rain resistance. Celeste is probably the most rain resistant fig there is, but resistance is a bell curve. Eventually, all resistance can be overcome if the weather is horrible. But this goes for any fruit. Torrential rains will also destroy tomatoes, pears, apples, eggplant, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries...any fruit that is in the process of ripening. No fruit is "rainproof."
Any location subject to rain in the summer will have problems with figs. Unfortunately, Mediterranean climate footprints make up a negligible amount of the Earth's landmass, so 99+% of the planet is a difficult place to grow figs out in the open. All we can do is plant the most resistant varieties that we can and pray for dry weather, or grow them under cover.
@@TheMillennialGardener Err...I meant rain resistance...for figs. I do have a few fruit trees that is rain proof...like pineapple guava, persimmon, guava, Satsuma orange and jujube...They never split on me.
This has to be my favorite vid so far. Anywhere I can find more varieties of early harvesting figs?
Thank you! I would tell you to check out this video, which is where I source all my figs: ruclips.net/video/bpZq5Dk2WWM/видео.html
From there, you can check out websites like Harvey's for descriptions and his RUclips videos, find a bunch of figs you like the looks of, then narrow them down.
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Thank you so much!
Would a 5 gallon bucket be an acceptable long term container for figs? I know you only keep them in those buckets to test them out, but I have a Violette de Bordeaux that I am going to keep in a container and am wondering if a 5 gallon bucket would suffice, or if something larger, like a half-wine barrel would be better. Thanks!
I live in zone 5 near the Michigan/Indiana border. In order to grow fig trees, I will need to start them in my basement and later move them outside. Do you think Celeste for earliness, or Chicago Hardy for cold tolerance would be a better selection?
Nice video. Just starting on my fig journey. a friend gave me a rooted cutting of Brooklyn White. Its about 24" tall with 4 leaves at the top. Should I top it off to promote branching? Your thoughts are appreciated.
I’d love to see the next 10 you’d recommend!
I am also in southeastern NC, an hour west of Wilmington. We just started our “fig orchard” and have Celeste, Olympian, Brown Turkey, Black Mission, LSU & Green Ischea. Now I want to add some of these others. I am intrigued. Do you sell them?
Awesome! I offer cuttings in January during the dormant season. They all still have leaves and haven't been frosted yet, so it's going to be a little while longer before they go dormant. I will have a full video on buying fig cuttings later this week.
Wow what a list. So different from those fig collector videos affordable varieties for at least 5 of them
I don’t see the need to pump up impossible to find varieties. There are hundreds of figs out there that can be sourced affordably and probably a solid dozen or two that are downright common. I like promoting plants people can actually attain. No use having a top 10 list nobody can find, I figure.
great video.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Dude reminds me of a young Harvey Keitel. Excellent videos regarding figs
Wow, wow, wow! Fantastic video! Thanks so much. I don’t have too much room in my yard so thinking of container growing. Bag or pot and how big?. I only have a white marseille so far.
Thank you. I'm glad it was helpful. Here is what I recommend for container growing:
1. The first season, grow them out in a 5 gallon Home Depot or Lowes bucket. Drill drainage holes in the bottoms and sides like in this video: ruclips.net/video/qkO0BszVqMQ/видео.html
2. Most figs can fruit within the first season. If you decide you like the variety and you want to keep them permanently, this is, hands-down, the BEST fruit tree container for permanent storage: ruclips.net/video/LuBHbBmh3hU/видео.html
Those containers are absolutely fantastic. From there, simply root prune the trees and refresh the soil every 3 years as shown here: ruclips.net/video/-oOwNiZzGmM/видео.html
That's probably a lot of information, but it's basically everything you need to know for container culture aside from fertilizing. This is my comprehensive guide: ruclips.net/p/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j
I can’t thank you enough! I adore figs and can’t wait to get started!!
Good I live from thailand...lovefix
Which grew well in Thailand?
Great vid! I wish you’d do a follow up part 2 to this vid. Ranked 1 thru 10 in your opinion best to worst (although there isn’t really a worst since they’re all delicious). Also ranked 1 thru 10 on production in your climate. And which ones are closed eye, semi closed, and open eye types. Do you have trouble with dried fruit beetles entering your open eye figs if you don’t bag them? They’re pretty bad here even getting inside some of my Celeste which have a pretty closed eye.
I ran out of growing season to film more, and different years sometimes produce different results. Figs are very susceptible to climate variation, and wet and dry years have dramatic consequences. The pest we have is SWD. SWD pressure is enormous and we must protect the figs: ruclips.net/video/OdAlScEu238/видео.html
@@TheMillennialGardener have you ever tried blending up over ripe figs with water and dishwashing soap to try to trap and drown the SWD? We don’t have them here.
Great video! I grow Olympian and Little Miss Figgy in our sunroom. Fruits are sweet and delicious! We live in the Midwest and would like to plant the Olympian and a Chicago Hardy outside on south side of our house where there's full sun but have concerns about the roots affecting/cracking the foundation. How far from the house should fig trees be planted?
Fig roots are pretty invasive. There are a lot of folks out there that plant figs up against their house, but I wouldn't want to do that with figs, because their roots are much more significant and vigorous. A lot of websites recommend you planting trees with invasive roots ~15 feet away from a house foundation, but I realize that will not give you a tremendous amount of protection since the tree will basically be out in the open at that point. What you may want to do is consider a low-cordon espalier that you can protect: ruclips.net/p/PL1gY7BoYBGIFlbg2ri_7gCJPhXaZ_nOvy
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you SO much for taking the time to reply to my question and for the video link. I will give this method a try next Spring.
Thanks so much for this video. I’m in 5A and earlier this year, I planted Improved Celeste, Ronde de Bordeaux and Chicago Hardy in containers. I only got a few off the latter, but next year plan to give them a head start indoors and use your fertilizing regiment. I may also try Smith or Negra d’Agde too.
Celeste, RdB and CH are good choices for Zone 5. If you can set up a little greenhouse (like my popup tent greenhouse) during the day, it can make a big difference in earliness. Smith and Negra d'Agde are fantastic options, too. They will both beat Chicago Hardy in terms of flavor, hands down. Check out this pop-up greenhouse. It really helps my seedlings big time in February/March to give them a boost: ruclips.net/video/AHYkfvOytmE/видео.html
variety is the spice of life
Yes, it is. My end goal is to have 365 days of fresh fruit to harvest 😀
Great video with a nice diverse selection. It's been a couople of years since this video. Is this list still your top 10 for a complete collection? Or would you revise it after a few years more experience?
I used to have a few more varieties, but some of the smaller pots I've had have been a pain to keep alive through the winter in the garage (they dry out or rot). My 15 gallon pots seem to be much easier to keep alive. I'm going to put 3-4 of 'em in the ground in the spring. Probably Improved Celeste, Dark Portuguese, Ronde de Bordeaux (if I can get one) and one last tree I haven't decided yet (maybe my Bardonnex Petite Violet, but I'm not quite sure on its hardiness). I think my Verte / Green Ischia would be too late if in ground. Maybe I'll give it to a friend that lives quite a bit south of me :)
With my late frosts through mid-May, I'd probably need to add a month+ to all your dates. Early to early-mid only for me😅
I have found the 15 gallon containers are perfect for my figs. They regulate moisture very well. The 5 gallon buckets serve their purpose for the initial trials, but they’re too small longterm. Figs will probably do better in containers where you live since you can give them a head start, aside from the earliest types. I think you’ll be pushing it planting Adriatic types in ground. Smith is a better choice since it is earlier, has a nice strawberry flavor and does well out West. Smith isn’t an Adriatic type and is different, but if you like strawberry flavored figs, it cures the itch.
@@TheMillennialGardener I've had my younger fig trees in 1 and 3 gallon containers...pretty tough to overwinter. The two trees I got 2 months ago are in 5 gallon pots and I'll just keep them by a window until I can plant them outside. I used to think I wanted lots of fig trees, but I haven't had much luck propagating them. The fancy varieties are too expensive to keep losing 😅
6 SMITH. 7 WHITE MADEIRA #1 9 Col de Dame Blanc 10. BLACK MADEIRA
I got 3 on your list. my 4th variety is a honey fig, golden riverside. I got organza bags, but was overconfident and did not bag this huge probably 70g + I-258 fig and varmints took it... sigh
Figs are easy pickings for insects and rodents, unfortunately. I strongly recommend protection! It is annoying to stay on top of it, but it beats losing the harvest!
I need a fig tree this spring.
I will have a video tomorrow all about how to obtain them. It will be very important, and it's a video that I should've made years ago!
Great video. I wonder how well all 10 figs you mentioned here grow in a hot and humid climate country like Thailand.
Figs are deciduous trees from temperate zones. They aren’t evergreen, and they require a dormancy period. I’m not sure how they would perform in a tropical place without a time of year that has short days with cold nights. It would be more challenging.
Humidity doesn’t necessarily harm figs. They are from the Mediterranean, where summers are very humid. The problem is rain. It does not rain in their native habitat during summer when they ripen, and rain usually destroys and rots the fruits. You would want them to ripen in your dry season, but that’s also the time when figs should go dormant, so it may not work out. It would be an experiment.
Looking at the mostly defoliated smith tree (which is obviously natural due to cooler fall weather) I am wondering, do fig trees with minimal leaves still ripen the fruit? Or are a defoliated fig tree’s figs useless? What if there are no leaves left? Thanks. Just purchased the low volume fogger through your Amazon page.
They definitely are not useless, and they will still ripen figs with less leaves. However, it seems that it slows down dramatically. It could be a coincidence, since fig trees and their leaf drop naturally coincide with the weakening autumn sun, but it stands to reason that since tree leaves are "solar panels" that collect the sun's energy, I would think the tree's energy decreases with less leaves, leading to slower ripening fruit. I think the answer to your question is yes, but they aren't useless. The figs will even still ripen without *any* leaves...but again, it gets slower. Thanks for ordering! You will love that fogger.
The coll de dame blanc sounds really interesting. How does it work with heavy rains?
This is my first year getting into growing my own figs. I live in zone 9B and plan on growing 8 different varieties.
Even though I am amazed at all the different flavors now that I see my cuttings growing, it finally occurred to me, what will I do with all my figs?
I know I can freeze figs and make preserves out of them. What do you do with all of your extra figs when you can't eat them all?
Figs do not grow well in places that rain during the summer. They evolved to ripen in rainless-summer Mediterranean climates. When rain contacts the skin of figs, they crack, burst, explode, rot and sour. Because summer is my rainy season, I take heavy losses every year. I probably lose 75% of my crop to rain. Therefore, I don't have all that many figs. When I'm lucky enough to have excess figs, which isn't very often, I use a food dehydrator here: ruclips.net/video/M_UBfb_eekI/видео.html
If you live in Zone 9b Florida, Texas, Louisiana, or another place with wet summers, you won't get as many figs as you think. If you liv ein 9b California or Arizona, you'll have much more success. In that case, you can dehydrate and store them, make jam or preserves, make BBQ sauce, you can make those "energy bars" people often make out of dates in a food processor, etc.
I was hoping you would give closeups of the leaves. I was given a fig tree yesterday but it was not labeled
Do you leave your figs in containers for the duration of their life? I don't have a yard so I have to do container gardening. I also live in Vancouver, B.C. where the summers aren't very long. Can you recommend a smaller fig tree that can do well with a shorter summer? I'm new to figs. Thanks!
The carr fig tree is located near Redding California in Northern California.
Have you ever seen it? I've seen photos. It's massive.
I planted a Celeste fig in the fall year before last. When we had the Texas freeze last year when it went below 0, I wrapped the tree with bubblewrap to try to save it. It died back and came back last spring from the roots. It is planted in a bucket that had the bottom cut out. I have put a small fence around it and filled the fence in with straw. Do you think this will keep the tree from freezing if it gets that cold again?
Wrapping a tree with plastic won't do anything of value. "Covers" will only protect against frost. Once temps fall below freezing, the covers will simply freeze through, because trees do not generate heat like our bodies do. Placing a jacket over them won't hold in any heat, since they aren't warm-blooded.
In order for covers to be effective, you need to cover a heat source or add thermal mass. Examples:
1. You can place incandescent Christmas lights around a tree, then place a cover over it. The cover will hold in the heat, and that will provide some protection.
2. You can build a thick cage around a tree and stuff it with straw. Because the straw mass absorbs heat from the sun all day, it radiates heat all night long and insulates the tree. That's why stuffing a tree with a cage full of straw or leaves provides some protection.
3. It's very popular to buy a 55 gallon oil drum or 55 gallon pickle barrel, place it up against a tree, then cover the tree and the barrel. The water barrel heats up and radiates heat all night long.
I protect my bananas with a straw fence full of straw about 12 inches thick all the way around. This provides around 10 degrees of protection, in my estimation. If you go to ZERO again, it probably won't be enough. Now, what you could do is buy some C9 Christmas lights from Lowe's right now for $10, then wrap the straw mass with the Christmas lights. If it falls below 20F, just turn on the lights. That'll be like a heat mat. Of course, the chance of you getting another 100 year freeze is...1 in 100! It likely won't get that horrid again for generations...WE HOPE!
I wonder which is the highest producing fig tree. The one that produces the most
Thank you for the awesome video. Will you by any chance be willing to seel fresh cuttings from your collection?
I’ve been following you for a long time, starting in Washington State. What was funny, I lived in Wilmington prior to finding you. But, it was time to come back to NC and am now in Liberty, NC. I wanted to know if you offer cuttings. I am happy to buy them and pay for shipping, of course. Thanks for considering. Greg
Hi MG, off topic but was wondering if fig trees are ever pruned in the summer, or right after harvest. I’m in zone 9B.
I mean, you can prune figs whenever you want, technically. It won’t really hurt the tree, but if you do that, it is going to trigger all sorts of new growth in the summer, which won’t harden off before winter. That’s why it is generally discouraged. Also, the wood itself won’t be all that hardened, so if you want to root those cuttings, they’ll be lower quality than if you want all year for them to turn into full hardwood.” Generally, it is best to wait until sap flow is reduced to a minimum to prune.
I just started collecting this season but so far I have Smith, black celeste, my grandparents' unknown (idk if its a true Southern BT or a celeste variation?), & LSU : purple, gold, red, tiger, o'rourke, improved celeste, champagne, Scott's Black, Scott's yellow, & I've got a line on a hollier I'll get soon hopefully. I got my dad the olympian based on your video of it. I'm focusing on louisiana figs (and there's so many!) I like your list, I kinda wish I had room to do it too.
Wow, that's a lot of LSU varieties! I actually don't have a single LSU fig 😅 I'm guessing you're in Louisiana or some place south? All those figs are quite rain resistant that you mentioned.
@@TheMillennialGardener Yeah I'm here in LA. I fig'ured I'd get the LSU's first because, go tigers, & any LA heirlooms I come across. There's just so many & you have to research & discern the different names for the same tree, or whether someone is just slapping "LSU" on it. They're not easy to find here either surprisingly. And well you may not have any LSU's but you're not exactly hurting either with your varieties haha. But yeah, I like your list for the different flavor profiles & staggered ripeness for extended seasons because to me that's the goal. I currently dont even have the room for all the LSU's but when more room is available, I'll definitely be considering your list here.
I had a, "I could have had a v8!" moment when I discovered your all your fig videos last year & I've been keeping up ever since. I've been city living for over a decade now & didn't know they could reliably be grown & produce in containers until stumbled across your channel. I'm hoping I can get back to enjoying figs again asap!
Do you have a recommendation on where to get a good price on Negra d'Agde? From what I've seen of Figbid, everyone has that hidden reserve price to jack the bids up that I don't wanna play. I'm in Oklahoma zone 7b.