Another great video Chris. I've watched a lot of good videos over the years from many different experts. Yours are as good if not better than. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
Thanks John! I wish we could have made more this season. Expanding the nursery has been our primary focus during 2024. Have a merry Christmas and happy new year buddy! I’ll see you in the spring!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. If you have any requests for short or long term projects/videos let me know. When I have some time I’ll see what I can do. Chris
I like your video style but I wish you would share more of your reasoning behind each cut. You do for some but not others and as I try to guess where you are going to cut, it turns out to be different. I keep asking myself what's behind that decision. Please share more of your thought process so I can learn from you ways.... thanks :) BTW- nice green house!
@@jessiep319 Thank you for the constructive feedback. I will definitely keep this in mind for future projects. When I shape my trees at this stage the primary focus is maintaining the open center and preventing crowding among the branches. I try to keep the branching at the end of each scaffold evenly spaced. This is to provide air flow and light penetration. When I’m making the cuts I’m choosing a bud that is positioned to grow out and away from the center of the tree while maintaining space from the nearest branches. The end goal is to evenly fill the circumference of the tree’s reach with branches. Keeping in mind not to over crowd it. I can normally do this when I allow the evenly spaced main scaffolds to split into 2-3 smaller branches. Try to keep the final height on a similar vertical plane. But not at the expense of keeping the proper bud. It ideally points towards the direction you want next season’s growth. I do have some other videos in our pruning playlist that break down establishing scaffold branches in the first 2 seasons. Thanks again Chris
@@petarbubalo231 Yes we are a nursery located in Southampton NJ, specializing in fig trees. We're only offering cuttings this time of year. We will begin selling trees again in spring. You can find us on Figbid as Travelinggardeners .
Most of the nodes on the new growth pushed out figs. The node spacing was wide since it grew so fast but definitely a lot of figs. Explains why it’s a commercial variety in France. I think next season is going to be amazing.
Very interesting to see that before and after. Great videos. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Another great video Chris. I've watched a lot of good videos over the years from many different experts. Yours are as good if not better than. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
Thanks John! I wish we could have made more this season. Expanding the nursery has been our primary focus during 2024. Have a merry Christmas and happy new year buddy! I’ll see you in the spring!
A really nice before and after Chris, a rarity with YT videos.
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. If you have any requests for short or long term projects/videos let me know. When I have some time I’ll see what I can do.
Chris
I like your video style but I wish you would share more of your reasoning behind each cut. You do for some but not others and as I try to guess where you are going to cut, it turns out to be different. I keep asking myself what's behind that decision. Please share more of your thought process so I can learn from you ways.... thanks :) BTW- nice green house!
@@jessiep319 Thank you for the constructive feedback. I will definitely keep this in mind for future projects. When I shape my trees at this stage the primary focus is maintaining the open center and preventing crowding among the branches. I try to keep the branching at the end of each scaffold evenly spaced. This is to provide air flow and light penetration. When I’m making the cuts I’m choosing a bud that is positioned to grow out and away from the center of the tree while maintaining space from the nearest branches. The end goal is to evenly fill the circumference of the tree’s reach with branches. Keeping in mind not to over crowd it. I can normally do this when I allow the evenly spaced main scaffolds to split into 2-3 smaller branches. Try to keep the final height on a similar vertical plane. But not at the expense of keeping the proper bud. It ideally points towards the direction you want next season’s growth. I do have some other videos in our pruning playlist that break down establishing scaffold branches in the first 2 seasons. Thanks again
Chris
Very informative. Thank you for posting and your time..
Thanks! I love talking figs.
@TravelingGardeners Do you sell rooted Figs ? and do you have a nursery. I am in Northern NJ Sussex County zone 6b. Thanks again.
@@petarbubalo231 Yes we are a nursery located in Southampton NJ, specializing in fig trees. We're only offering cuttings this time of year. We will begin selling trees again in spring. You can find us on Figbid as Travelinggardeners .
How productive was it after last years pruning?
Most of the nodes on the new growth pushed out figs. The node spacing was wide since it grew so fast but definitely a lot of figs. Explains why it’s a commercial variety in France. I think next season is going to be amazing.