I love garden updates and tours, haha. It’s so nice to see hard work pay off. I just started tracking my own progress and it’s very rewarding. Everything looks great!
What... I'm way way south of you & you've got fruit forming, amazing. I guess I need a greenhouse. Maybe you could improve yours with a small computer type fan that tubes heat from the top & discharges it down low.
Bogo Molovo, is that the correct spelling of the caprifig? It's not coming up in any searches, neither is Bogo Malovo. Would you let me know where I can obtain it or sell me a cutting? I'm curious how different caprifigs affect the taste of the pollinated figs, but also more curious about how they affect the taste of fig seedlings. Would an edible caprifig be more likely to produce better-tasting fruit from it's offspring with whatever female it's crossed with?
Dear Ross and fig addicts, I hope you might be able to help me with this. I am trying to grow figs in the Netherlands and every year I have some dieback af young plants. It is part of the challenge, but this year there were an awful lot of dead plants, especially young ones. Maybe someone can give me some tips on how to prevent this from happening? The dying variety is mostly Lisa, planted last summer (the plants were probably 1 yr. old then) Also some other plants the same age, but to my disappointment also some 2.5 yr. Brown Turkey and Bornholm’s Diamond, that were giving me some decent growth in the summer before this happened. We had very cold nights 11-13 February. I gave them 15 cm of horsepoop and 15 cm of hay for protection. I went to check on the plants the 20th of that month and back then these plants were doing okay. My finding of the dying plants was on the 3rd of April. Therefore, I find it hard to believe the frost of February had something to do with it. There are multiple causes that I suspect that might have led to this. First, I might have overfertilized with the horseshit. On the other hand, I find this hard to believe, as horseshit is supposed to slowly release its nutrients and is therefore hard to overfertilize with. Secondly, we have had very strong winds in the period primal to the 3rd of April. From 26 till 28 March we had an average wind of app 20 km / hour, with peaks of 60 plus. These days we also had hail. Third, we had very strong changes of temperature right before the 3dr of April. From 27/28/29/30/31/1/2 March and April we had huge differences, on 29 March it was even about 20 degrees C between day and night. (24 during the day, 3 during the night) For you Americans that is 68 Fahrenheit difference. Rain this month was a little less than average, nothing a fig should not be able to handle. So, the suspects are: 1. Over fertilizing 2. Strong winds (and some hail) 3. Strong change of temperature Please share your thoughts and also how to prevent this from happening. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
Zone 7-A, I have two Chicago Hardy figs, two years old, one year planted in ground last March. Fruit didn’t produce until late September 2020 which was too late to ripen. What do I do this year so that they produce fruit earlier?
Warm the soil, thin the new shoots to get adequate light penetration, pinch when the fruit buds are present along the branches. Pinching alone will net you 20 days.
I need your expert advice, I have a well established brown turkey fig (three seasons in the earth), anyway we had a bad frost about a week ago and all the new leaves and figs were basically destroyed by the frost , will my fig tree bounce back this year?.. In south western North Carolina.
I don't know the best way, but you definitely need to feed early in the season. After the break crop ripens, feed again to encourage brebas for next season.
@@brandyspencer8259 He said in the video that colonizing the wasp could work in temperatures much lower than Florida ever gets. So yes assuming you do that first you can then grow and fruit figs that require the wasp.
I'm pretty excited to see your level of detail and analysis when it comes to melons. You got me interested in the japanese varieties awhile ago, now I have a number of them going. Had germination issues with my delicious 51 also. Maybe not warm enough yet?
I love garden updates and tours, haha. It’s so nice to see hard work pay off. I just started tracking my own progress and it’s very rewarding. Everything looks great!
When will more of these become available?
You have a lot going on...love it!
What... I'm way way south of you & you've got fruit forming, amazing. I guess I need a greenhouse. Maybe you could improve yours with a small computer type fan that tubes heat from the top & discharges it down low.
It's all in the GH.
Bogo Molovo, is that the correct spelling of the caprifig? It's not coming up in any searches, neither is Bogo Malovo. Would you let me know where I can obtain it or sell me a cutting?
I'm curious how different caprifigs affect the taste of the pollinated figs, but also more curious about how they affect the taste of fig seedlings. Would an edible caprifig be more likely to produce better-tasting fruit from it's offspring with whatever female it's crossed with?
I don't think it's a heat issue with your peppers. They usually take longer to germinate than tomatoes. (Peppers can take up to 20'ish days sometimes)
Dear Ross and fig addicts,
I hope you might be able to help me with this. I am trying to grow figs in the Netherlands and every year I have some dieback af young plants. It is part of the challenge, but this year there were an awful lot of dead plants, especially young ones. Maybe someone can give me some tips on how to prevent this from happening?
The dying variety is mostly Lisa, planted last summer (the plants were probably 1 yr. old then) Also some other plants the same age, but to my disappointment also some 2.5 yr. Brown Turkey and Bornholm’s Diamond, that were giving me some decent growth in the summer before this happened.
We had very cold nights 11-13 February. I gave them 15 cm of horsepoop and 15 cm of hay for protection. I went to check on the plants the 20th of that month and back then these plants were doing okay. My finding of the dying plants was on the 3rd of April. Therefore, I find it hard to believe the frost of February had something to do with it.
There are multiple causes that I suspect that might have led to this.
First, I might have overfertilized with the horseshit. On the other hand, I find this hard to believe, as horseshit is supposed to slowly release its nutrients and is therefore hard to overfertilize with.
Secondly, we have had very strong winds in the period primal to the 3rd of April. From 26 till 28 March we had an average wind of app 20 km / hour, with peaks of 60 plus. These days we also had hail.
Third, we had very strong changes of temperature right before the 3dr of April. From 27/28/29/30/31/1/2 March and April we had huge differences, on 29 March it was even about 20 degrees C between day and night. (24 during the day, 3 during the night) For you Americans that is 68 Fahrenheit difference.
Rain this month was a little less than average, nothing a fig should not be able to handle.
So, the suspects are:
1. Over fertilizing
2. Strong winds (and some hail)
3. Strong change of temperature
Please share your thoughts and also how to prevent this from happening. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
Zone 7-A, I have two Chicago Hardy figs, two years old, one year planted in ground last March. Fruit didn’t produce until late September 2020 which was too late to ripen. What do I do this year so that they produce fruit earlier?
Warm the soil, thin the new shoots to get adequate light penetration, pinch when the fruit buds are present along the branches. Pinching alone will net you 20 days.
Thank You @@RossRaddi!
I follow your channel for FigWisdom🙏🏾
I need your expert advice, I have a well established brown turkey fig (three seasons in the earth), anyway we had a bad frost about a week ago and all the new leaves and figs were basically destroyed by the frost , will my fig tree bounce back this year?.. In south western North Carolina.
Absolutely. Be patient. Protect it from any future frost.
How do you fertilize a fig tree that has breba on it?
I don't know the best way, but you definitely need to feed early in the season. After the break crop ripens, feed again to encourage brebas for next season.
I live in Florida could that work where I live ?
A greenhouse?
A fig that requires a fig wasp
@@brandyspencer8259 He said in the video that colonizing the wasp could work in temperatures much lower than Florida ever gets. So yes assuming you do that first you can then grow and fruit figs that require the wasp.
I'm pretty excited to see your level of detail and analysis when it comes to melons. You got me interested in the japanese varieties awhile ago, now I have a number of them going. Had germination issues with my delicious 51 also. Maybe not warm enough yet?
Could be bad seed!
PS...I'm getting lots of breba on trees that never had them before...maybe just because my trees are getting older
Absolutely, Dave!