Figs A-Plenty - Growing Your Own
Tips, Tricks
As Steven Biggs puts it, "Growing figs shouldn't seem exotic; it should be straight forward stuff!" Indeed, a growing coterie of gardeners across Canada and the United States are mastering the art of growing figs in our temperate climate. Yes, figs suffer from the cold but there are ways to counter the cold as Steven will show. The Toronto-based journalist can fairly be called Ontario's chief advocate for growing figs, as he has written and spoken extensively on the joys of fig culture. He even learned some Portuguese so a Portuguese-Canadian friend would share his secrets on growing figs. Steven is an award winning journalist and garden writer specializing in gardening, farming, and food production. He is co-author of "No Guff Vegetable Gardening", and is a contributing editor for "Country Guide". His latest book is "Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't". Steven has a Bachelor of Science in agriculture with a major in horticultural science. This is a recording of a presentation given at Richters Herbs on April 21, 2013.
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Hello there! Thank you for sharing! I need your help please! I have 2 fig trees now in Oct. 19th with green medium size figs as also seen in your trees... I heard they were the slower growing ones.. someone on youtube suggest to crop its leaves to support ripening,.... help!!! I dont know what to do...I heard some do pruning it off in winter..(dont know when is that since my weather is still somewhat sunny?) bjut im having green figs growing????? What do I do??
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HI I live in Boston. I have 4 fig plants in pots. Two of them have few fruits on them. But they are tiny. It has been more than 5/6 weeks since the fruits developed. Is there anything I should do to make them grow larger. It is Sept. and soon the weather is going to become cooler and I will have to get them into garage. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
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I don't know if this is a silly question.
Do all figs have a wasp that pollinate and dies inside or is this only with commercial or wild grown.
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Excellent! Very detailed information for growing figs indoor or outdoor.
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Great video. Thank you!
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How large is the pot that you plant the final fig tree in?
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Excellent video.
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fertilize your figs with sheep manure!
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very good presentation. one question. I have a 10 year old tree which I planted to the ground from the pot a couple of years ago. I did not take care of it well. It grew fig for the first time last year but didnt make it. This year i am taking care of it well. fertilized with some fish and bone meal.
Question is : Can i feed it with a weak tomato liquid feed weekly or it has to be a seaweed liquid feed? -
Great presentation! Thank you.
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Great video, however I do have a dilemma that I would like advice on. I live in Zone 5 where the winter temps can drop below -20C (-4 F) and I would like to know if my potted fig tree would survive the winter in an unheated shed. The temperature in the shed can easily equal that of outside but without the frost. What would I have to do to make this work? My only other option is a heated garage but the temperature cannot be lowered as it is centrally heated as part of the house. I don't believe the tree would remain dormant at this temperature. My tree is just a baby at the moment with its first few set of leaves but it is in fact growing exponentially! I will definitely wait until it is strong enough to survive before storing it in the shed.
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Awesome! I'm excited to grow some figs!
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What a great "listener"!
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Do I have to force dormancy in the tropics. And if so how do I force dormancy?
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I have two varirites (the seller did not know the varities)) of figs for a local grower, I am based in Trinidad, which is a tropical country located near the equator. Do figs grow dormant in the tropics? The country has a dry season Jan - Jun and a wet season Jul - December. Any recommendations for the tropics. Also I want to use one of the figs root system to prevent soil erosion from the top of the hill., the soil is red clay. Any recommendations for using a fig plant as a system to prevent soil erosion.
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Very helpful!
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I have a near 100% cuttings success, i invested in a heated water cloning unit ( originally devised by the cannabis growing guys i believe ) Amazing for all garden cuttings, figs are the easiest i tried, i now have them all over the decking in pots, they need the whole greenhouse for over wintering-only one variety at the moment though-brown turkey
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As a matter of interest, here in Southern France our Figs, which are all planted in the ground, have had temperatures as low as -18 Degs C without suffering any problems, a very versatile plant as recently ,this Summer they had 45Degs of heat thrown at them, they are now producing a second crop this year, much better than the first crop.Many thanks for producing this excellent tutorial !
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I feel like I am a Fig expert now. This is a good video.
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Reply to ConcertKing1: Prune the dead or weak branches, and
any that are crowd out others. Cut back to the main trunk to
encourage new growth. Figs reach maturity on new or recently
ripened wood, so older, under-performing branches need to be removed.
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