Certain varieties don't do well in pots no matter what you throw at them. They're simply not designed to grow in pots and must reach a certain size and age in the right environment before they give a real crop. Something like five to seven years if one can wait that long.
I agree. According to my experience, some don't do well in pots. I had one fig tree in a pot for months, but it did not grow well. I was surprised to see how it quickly grew when I moved it into soil!
I had to prune all the leaves off my 5gal Fig tree 2-3 months ago, has leaves 10 inches wide now... Time to either Up-pot it or find a dry sunny spot to plant it.
Can we get a summer update tour? I'm so excited for my first fig fruiting season and I owe the past 2 years of growth to you. Stumbled on your content years ago and had no idea how good fresh figs were. All from cuttings, to finally have figs is rewarding. I will say I tested letting some bush out vs single trunk training.. none of the bushes have fruit and all single trunks do. No pinching on anything.
Merci ross, c'est toujours un plaisir de suivre tes vidéos.. Je cultive les figuiers cette année,, avec 14 variétés. J'espère avoir des fruits, je leurs aient pincer la tête et donner du jus de consoude. Let's see what will happen.
This answers alot of my questions i asked you yesterday. Now one more i do get 30 to 40 figs a year off my 3 plants but loose like 80 a year because season isn't long enough. Is there a way to get the buds for fruit to come earlier. As i mentioned i Don't have any branches there all spears. If i could get them to mature earlier it would be good. Thanks for answering my question so fast.❤your shows
The "Light Grey" mulch looks like it's something "new"? What mulch are you using now? I know Pa has a lot of mushroom farms, are you using mushroom compost? Thanks for the videos Ross. I have 5 six-year-old Paw Paws that I was going to cut them down and put fig trees in their place, and now I know it takes 7 years to get fruit!!! LOL! AND all my two yea old persimmon trees have dropped fruit every year. EXPLAINS a lot to me!! Have a blessed day and keep sharing your knowledge! Thank you!!!
It's July I have 2 figs on a 10 year brown turkey do I need to remove them for them to produce more fruit or is it possible more will come they have been on the tree 6 weeks ross. Love all your vids , great content many thanks
If the tree is growing, I can't imagine that removing figs will help. Remember that the trees need the right amount of light along the branch as it's growing to set the fruit buds.
Hope I understand the info in your videos. So..I should pinch out the apical buds on 3 year old trees that are not showing fruit buds, and get more light into the center of the tree? Mine are in pots in sun. Also, bone meal as an amendment which had typically been used on these along with fish emulsion, by their previous grower, causes chipmunks to dig around the fig trees. Will it be beneficial to use gravel on top of the soil? They love to dig thru every other kind of soft mulch.
In New Jersey with a 3 yr old Celeste that has small fruit buds. Buds do not seem to be growing - stunt growth. Tree is showing lots of yellow leaves as well. I water once a day now since it's 90-95 F temperatures. Possible easons for these issues? Any suggestions?
I cut my fig down to a 3 inch stump. Will it grow back th I s spring? Or did I kill it? It is a panache but wasn't giving fruit, hopefully it comes back. What do you think?
You mentioned that doing a heavy pruning in the winter can stop the tree from fruiting the next season. is that an issue with your cut and cover trees? I ask because I was planning to designate some space to do that soon.
I talk a lot about that in a recent video: High Density Fig Trees | The Problems, Solutions, Pruning & Keys to Production ruclips.net/video/N1d5aXJIap4/видео.html
A one time application of slow release fertilizer in early May, multiple feedings of Alaska fish fertilizer or multiple feedings of compost tea. I like to do 4-8 feedings. Once a week through May and June.
Hold up there Fig Boss, if I take a cutting from a ten yr old tree…shouldn’t that cutting and the tree plus the genetics be ten yrs old as well? Both my smith trees which are from the same mother tree…have went A.W.O.L on me this year and I’m just south of you in Maryland. It had me perplexed.
Brother that is not how you make an aerobic compost tea what you are making is an anaerobic fertilizer. You're using way too much food for your microbes and therefore there is no way that that water is going to stay aerobic during your brewing process. The water will become too thick with microbes to allow air to penetrate. Your plant will benefit from the fertilizer but you are not growing aerobic microorganisms which is the point of an aerobic compost tea. I have the good fortune of spending considerable time training with Dr Elaine Ingram at the soil food web school and am now a consultant. A handful or two of compost mixed with two teaspoons of food would be a solid recipe. Humic acid, kelp meal
Certain varieties don't do well in pots no matter what you throw at them. They're simply not designed to grow in pots and must reach a certain size and age in the right environment before they give a real crop. Something like five to seven years if one can wait that long.
I agree. According to my experience, some don't do well in pots. I had one fig tree in a pot for months, but it did not grow well. I was surprised to see how it quickly grew when I moved it into soil!
I had to prune all the leaves off my 5gal Fig tree 2-3 months ago, has leaves 10 inches wide now...
Time to either Up-pot it or find a dry sunny spot to plant it.
Can we get a summer update tour? I'm so excited for my first fig fruiting season and I owe the past 2 years of growth to you. Stumbled on your content years ago and had no idea how good fresh figs were. All from cuttings, to finally have figs is rewarding.
I will say I tested letting some bush out vs single trunk training.. none of the bushes have fruit and all single trunks do. No pinching on anything.
Actually editing that now.
My sister makes the most delicious jam from figs
Merci ross, c'est toujours un plaisir de suivre tes vidéos.. Je cultive les figuiers cette année,, avec 14 variétés. J'espère avoir des fruits, je leurs aient pincer la tête et donner du jus de consoude. Let's see what will happen.
I am in So Cali, lots of heat & direct sun..........no figs, tree is a couple of years old. Maybe next year, will try compost tea, oh, in ground.
Excellent ! Thank you
This answers alot of my questions i asked you yesterday. Now one more i do get 30 to 40 figs a year off my 3 plants but loose like 80 a year because season isn't long enough. Is there a way to get the buds for fruit to come earlier. As i mentioned i Don't have any branches there all spears. If i could get them to mature earlier it would be good. Thanks for answering my question so fast.❤your shows
The "Light Grey" mulch looks like it's something "new"? What mulch are you using now? I know Pa has a lot of mushroom farms, are you using mushroom compost? Thanks for the videos Ross. I have 5 six-year-old Paw Paws that I was going to cut them down and put fig trees in their place, and now I know it takes 7 years to get fruit!!! LOL! AND all my two yea old persimmon trees have dropped fruit every year. EXPLAINS a lot to me!! Have a blessed day and keep sharing your knowledge! Thank you!!!
Don't remove the pawpaw! You've waited so long. I think you're referring to the rice hulls.
@@RossRaddi Rice hulls! Thank you. I got them when I saw you using them for keeping the fungus gnats in your cuttings.
It's July I have 2 figs on a 10 year brown turkey do I need to remove them for them to produce more fruit or is it possible more will come they have been on the tree 6 weeks ross. Love all your vids , great content many thanks
If the tree is growing, I can't imagine that removing figs will help. Remember that the trees need the right amount of light along the branch as it's growing to set the fruit buds.
Great video Ross!
One question, what do you put on top of the soil, looks like some bright tree material?
I think you're referring to the rice hulls.
@@RossRaddi thanks for answer :)
Hope I understand the info in your videos. So..I should pinch out the apical buds on 3 year old trees that are not showing fruit buds, and get more light into the center of the tree? Mine are in pots in sun. Also, bone meal as an amendment which had typically been used on these along with fish emulsion, by their previous grower, causes chipmunks to dig around the fig trees. Will it be beneficial to use gravel on top of the soil? They love to dig thru every other kind of soft mulch.
Don't pinch unless you see fruit buds. Gravel can't hurt, Joan. It just makes them heavier to move.
Im very happy that i finally got a fig tree to fruit they can fruit the first yr while other trees cannot.
In New Jersey with a 3 yr old Celeste that has small fruit buds. Buds do not seem to be growing - stunt growth. Tree is showing lots of yellow leaves as well. I water once a day now since it's 90-95 F temperatures. Possible easons for these issues? Any suggestions?
I cut my fig down to a 3 inch stump. Will it grow back th I s spring? Or did I kill it? It is a panache but wasn't giving fruit, hopefully it comes back. What do you think?
You mentioned that doing a heavy pruning in the winter can stop the tree from fruiting the next season. is that an issue with your cut and cover trees? I ask because I was planning to designate some space to do that soon.
aquiring varieties people say "fruited same season after dieback to the ground" would be helpful
I talk a lot about that in a recent video: High Density Fig Trees | The Problems, Solutions, Pruning & Keys to Production
ruclips.net/video/N1d5aXJIap4/видео.html
Can you comment on a recommended feeding regiment for potted fig trees here in the northeast USA. Thank you.
A one time application of slow release fertilizer in early May, multiple feedings of Alaska fish fertilizer or multiple feedings of compost tea. I like to do 4-8 feedings. Once a week through May and June.
@@RossRaddi thanks for the suggestion! Are you stopping at the end of June to prevent new growth so the tree can focus its energy on fruiting?
@@t-bone6467 Water is what drives the growth of our fig trees. Yes. I will be slowing down the water to have tastier fruits.
Hey Ross, you've probably mentioned this already but what ingredients have you got brewing in that compost tea?
Soil, comfrey, dyna gro protekt, Alaska fish fertilizer, mycos from clone-x, chicken manure.
@@RossRaddi thanks pal
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Is it too late to pinch fig trees now and expect fruit? I’m NJ zone 6b
First frost is in 15 weeks, and the figs have double nodes that have not swelled
Now's the time.
Hold up there Fig Boss, if I take a cutting from a ten yr old tree…shouldn’t that cutting and the tree plus the genetics be ten yrs old as well? Both my smith trees which are from the same mother tree…have went A.W.O.L on me this year and I’m just south of you in Maryland. It had me perplexed.
I don't know how long it takes for the epigenetics to change.
Brother that is not how you make an aerobic compost tea what you are making is an anaerobic fertilizer. You're using way too much food for your microbes and therefore there is no way that that water is going to stay aerobic during your brewing process. The water will become too thick with microbes to allow air to penetrate. Your plant will benefit from the fertilizer but you are not growing aerobic microorganisms which is the point of an aerobic compost tea. I have the good fortune of spending considerable time training with Dr Elaine Ingram at the soil food web school and am now a consultant. A handful or two of compost mixed with two teaspoons of food would be a solid recipe. Humic acid, kelp meal
why would you even go through the trouble of making tea from the compost? just dissolve a handfull in a bucket and use that to water.
Get to the point,man.
Dear god get to the point. So many words so little info. I can’t watch someone just ramble…..
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