Does the scratching with long overwinter air layering method work with dicots? Working with Callitropsis nootkatensis yellow Alaskan cedar. I'm going to try a very large air layer and want to go fall to spring.
@TravelingGardeners14 күн бұрын
I have only applied it to fruit trees. Also, I wouldn’t say this is an overwinter technique. Fig roots do not grow over winter when it’s cold. They can survive as long as they don’t get too cold. For figs temps below mid 20’s may damage the roots. I don’t want to discourage you but a fall to spring air layer is unlikely to work. Unless you live somewhere with a warm winter. You will probably need a few months of the summer growing season. Good luck!
@PukaHeadManАй бұрын
Wow, I’ve never seen such a huge air layer! And made out of bucket to boot! That is clever!
@PukaHeadManАй бұрын
I’d like to know if the Mutante is your favorite Col de Dame fig
@TravelingGardenersАй бұрын
@@PukaHeadMan In my opinion all of the CDD figs are exceptional. The flavors are great but it’s the extremely thick texture that really sets them apart. Plus they have really nice growth patterns. They are vigorous and don’t grow suckers too often. It’s pretty easy to achieve tree form. I’m trying to collect them all. I have most at this point. Now I just need to finish fruiting them. I would recommend if you are in zone 7 or less keep them in a large pot. You will get your fruit like a month or more earlier vs in ground.
@hongbeaven4020Ай бұрын
Would you share what kind of pots you’re using for your figs?
@TravelingGardenersАй бұрын
@@hongbeaven4020 The trees in this video are planted in 55 gallon barrels. The bottoms of the barrels have been removed. Essentially they are individual raised beds and the trees are in ground.
@Batchat2352Ай бұрын
I thought my trees who grew from cuttings to 4 feet and main scaffolds formed was impressive. Ur trees are massive. First time doing any cuttings and i had a 95% success rate even if it was going south at one point every tree got 30-40 figs each. The flavour on the one si tried so far are simply equal to my VDB or worst than my basic chicago hardy. These trees are on their second season however. But for trees like smith i was expecting better. My chicago hardy has a tasty skin so even underipe the figs are great. VDB also. LDA, eaubonne and smith Taste similar or inferior to my basic VDB. I have a second year yellow long neck who is the least productive tree i have, it set fruit only on half of the new growth while everything else did on every node, like to drop figs, ripenned one at 128 grams and it was the best dig. Better than VDB and CH, nice juiciness and hint of maple syrup. I can say its 100% another taste and not at all similar. Its rippening a few more again. Hope things change.
@TravelingGardenersАй бұрын
@@Batchat2352 That is a really high success rate. Well done! As your trees mature the quality will improve dramatically. In my opinion 1st season trees should only be allowed to fruit if you are trying to confirm the variety. I know we are all eager to eat as many figs as possible. However the trees benefit greatly if allowed to concentrate only on root and wood growth.
@Batchat2352Ай бұрын
@@TravelingGardeners im trying to confirm what im keeping and putting in 10 gal pots. They have filled their 5 gal pot pretty well
@WheelchairFruitHunter2 ай бұрын
Awesome!! What size pots? Does your Pastiliere drop fruit?
@TravelingGardenersАй бұрын
@@WheelchairFruitHunter These trees are inground. They are planted in 55 gallon barrels that have the bottoms removed. Basically individual raised beds. Pastiliere does drop main crop fruit the first couple seasons. It doesn’t drop the breba.
@kathyfrancos89242 ай бұрын
Do you put an air layer directly into a tree pot?
@TravelingGardeners2 ай бұрын
Yes. Sometimes I use tree pots as my air layer containers.
@steveg5722 ай бұрын
I must say your content is so helpful, I just rooted my first few cuttings this year. I'm just getting into fig trees. I have multiple citrus and a few other fruiting trees, but fig trees are my new obsession. Thank you for sharing your valuable time and expertise on my list of trees to add to my collection. I will be adding Col de Dame varieties this next year.
@TravelingGardeners2 ай бұрын
@@steveg572 glad I could help. You're gonna love those CDD's. They a little more challenging to ripen but worth the effort. They're some of my absolute favorites! Good luck!
@mofomoco3 ай бұрын
I am almost ready ro start my staking again. With over 60 trees it takes awhile lol
@mofomoco3 ай бұрын
I have been noticing just by watering more often i am getting so much branching I dont even HAVE to top my trees. I can let them do their thing and they naturally get great shapes
@tlnelson75983 ай бұрын
Do you trim your figs and when?
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@tlnelson7598 December after they are completely dormant.
@vtec18c3 ай бұрын
So if you were to up pot to the bigger container would they grow to that size?
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
The trees will fill any size pot you choose. The amount of roots you have is the most important factor in determining the size of the tree. More roots equal more tree. It may take a whole season or two to fill out a pot. The tree will grow vigorously at first and then slow down as the pot fills or the end of the season approaches.
@KLewis-jg1fk3 ай бұрын
Just started air layering April. Your big tree layering has inspired me to a whole newly level!! Thanks so much.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@KLewis-jg1fk Now is a great time to put on the last ones for the season. Roots grow fast in July and August. I'm working on my final batch.
@RoadKing-zl4jj3 ай бұрын
would you consider sharing the fig cuttings / rooted plants? I'm im zone 9
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
We are a fig tree nursery. If your interested in purchasing any of our trees check out our Facebook business page. You can find us as Traveling Gardeners on Facebook.
@RoadKing-zl4jj3 ай бұрын
Simply wow!
@royhughes28543 ай бұрын
Chris, the second fig you cut had a gorgeous looking inside for a Breba. But I didn't catch the name of it. Was that the Olympian? Plus you said it had a different flavor from the first fig you cut (the Marylane Seedless which you both said was very sweet). Can you describe what this "different flavor" was? Can you compare it to a common flavor I might know of? Thanks!! These were all Breba, correct? Also, in your November 2023 360 you did 8 months ago, you picked one from Negra d'agde which you called outstanding. Will you have any air layered ones to sell by next year?
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
That was the Olympian. It was a sugar/brown sugar sweetness. The Mary lane was honey sweet. I know I'm not the best at describing all the flavors. I concentrate mostly on growing them. I have some Negra d'Agde available right now you can send a message to our facebook page. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091500199454
@bobmiller22813 ай бұрын
Thanks. Helpful video. Just curious, you said it’s not LSU Gold but I don’t think you mentioned the variety of the tree.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@bobmiller2281 Figue de Sollies
@hilariobaeza64093 ай бұрын
All your trees look amazing.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@hilariobaeza6409 Thank you!
@johnplatt48483 ай бұрын
Wouldn't have been better to air layer it above the first bend on the straight part? Then you would not have to do any of this.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@johnplatt4848 you absolutely could do that. However if you do not need additional trees that would be a waste of energy and your limited time during the growing season. An air layer will set this particular tree back about 8 weeks or more. But your correct, you could produce another tree. It really depends on your goals.
@Scott-hl7om3 ай бұрын
This is my first year growing figs. All from cuttings started in Dec/Jan. A couple of my trees are pushing close to five feet from the pot's surface. I had planned all along to grow them in 2 gallon pots this year, then up pot them to 10 gallon pots this winter during dormancy. That's when I would also do the pruning to promote scaffolding. But I worry they are so tall now that they are outgrowing the 2-gallon pots. I also worry about wind with trees that tall in such small pots. So far, I've been moving them into a garage when storms and high winds are forecast. That is getting old and I may not always be able to move them in time. I'd like to up pot now (It is July 7) to 10 gallon pots, do the pruning/"pinching" you discuss in this video, and stake down the 10 gallon pots so they can handle the winds. I just don't know if the trees will survive both the up potting and the severe pruning of cutting off more than half of the tree. Would you care to share your thoughts? Thanks for your videos. I've learned a lot from you.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
Absolutely up pot them now. Try not to disturb too many roots in the process. If you have encircling roots try to loosen them with your hands but I wouldn't cut them. That is for dormancy. Even this small amount of activity with the roots will likely cause your tree to go into shock for a short time. Could be a day or two. Make sure it's moist and in full shade or darkness while the leaves are drooping. If the drooping leaves are in the sun they will likely burn up. After a little time the leaves will come back from the droop and then it's time to place in the shade for a week or so. After that partial sun for another week. If all looks good then back to full sun. As far as pinching the best results are achieved with proper timing. Your trees are way past the ideal time to establish scaffolds by pinching. I would consider placing an air layer. Do it just above the nodes you want to be your scaffolds. Once you remove the air layer those nodes will activate and push out those scaffold branches. There is still enough time in the season for all of this. Pinching the very tip of your central leader is also a good idea if you want to slow down that excessive vertical growth. It will help to thicken up the tree and encourage lateral branching. If you aren't interested in an air layer you can just top the tree. It will almost certainly survive. I would do that after it has acclimated to the larger pot. During the partial shade week. Good luck!
@Scott-hl7om3 ай бұрын
@@TravelingGardeners Thank you very much for the detailed advice. I've up potted about half of them. They are now in full shade (under the carport roof). I'm planning to do the rest this coming Friday after work if time permits. Otherwise, over the weekend. I top dressed with some amendments (a handful of bone meal and blood meal; a full cup of oyster shell, and a cup of lime). Hopefully, that will reduce the shock time and restore vigorous growth. I'm just a backyard hobbyist. I don't have room for many duplicate trees. However, I've watched your air layering videos and I may try to do a couple for the experience. Again, I think your videos are very helpful to new fig growers like me. Perhaps the best on KZbin! I appreciate you taking the time to produce them and respond to my questions. Wishing you much success this growing season.
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
@@Scott-hl7om thank you! We have alot more information about growing figs on our Facebook page Traveling Gardeners. If your interested.
@jimk68624 ай бұрын
The section being air-layered appears to be fruiting, is the fruit affected at all? ie will it ripen as per usual? great video, very clear, and makes me want to give it a try come springtime in Australia. Thanks
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
The fruit will not be affected until you separate the air layer from the mother tree. If your root mass is substantial the figs may still ripen after separation. You can also separate after ripening. I ofter do it during dormancy.
@jimk68624 ай бұрын
I really like the greenhouse setup. May i ask what is the function of having the greenhouse trees in the large pots with the base cut out? Does this prevent the roots from growing fully into the native soil ? Thanks
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
Originally I planted in the barrels because we have a very high water table on our farm. I didn't want my figs to have wet feet.
@bosquebear14 ай бұрын
Good job content.
@TravelingGardeners4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@bosquebear14 ай бұрын
Those figs looked incredible!
@FC2ESWS4 ай бұрын
You got some nice looking trees. What do you use for fertilizer and how often?
@TravelingGardeners4 ай бұрын
I plant them in a mix of 50/50 local topsoil and homemade compost. They also give them compost tea.
@FC2ESWS4 ай бұрын
You shoulda air layered that branch too lol!
@RashidKhan-wp2vg4 ай бұрын
Beautiful trees
@CptRabbit274 ай бұрын
Well done
@jlpease9955 ай бұрын
I planted 250 persimmons and one of them shot up twice the height of the others with its own nice scaffold. I was wondering if I could air layer it as the bottom half als has a nice scaffold and this 2 part video makes me feel like it’s possible. Thanks for posting and going into detail.
@TravelingGardeners5 ай бұрын
I don't know if this technique will work on persimmon. I have successfully air layered pear and apple. You should do some Google searches and see if anyone does this with persimmon. But I guess if you have 250 of them who better to experiment. Let me know how it goes. Good luck!
@agpawpaw59126 ай бұрын
How do you fertilize figs? They look so vigorous. In pots it’s very difficult to achieve that
@TravelingGardeners6 ай бұрын
Compost tea. About every 10 days throughout the first half of the season. Toward fall I slow it down and water less. My compost is home made and aged, very broken down. It's practically soil.
@MrWookie216 ай бұрын
The sun-umbrella shape looks nice for fig trees. Do you grow "Madeleine de 2 saisons" biferous fig trees? If yes how would you recommend to grow & prune them? I planted one 6 years ago outside & never saw it bearing figs. I pruned it this winter to try to shape it with 3 to 4 branches & snapped off one of the ending buds some days ago to see what will happen. On my in-pot cuttings, I did mainly as you presented in your 2 first parts of the series you made.
@TravelingGardeners6 ай бұрын
I just started a cutting this spring.
@MrWookie216 ай бұрын
@@TravelingGardeners OK, wish you all the best then. Cheers.
@MrWookie216 ай бұрын
Hi, that's exactly what I was thinking about. Have you heard about the book by Vincent Alfred Gressent "l'Arboriculture fruitière" ; it's an old book from the XIXth century, but explaining how to shape trees then prune them to produce regular fruiting. It's easy to find on the net. Btw what do you call air layer tree? Thanks for sharing these results.
@TravelingGardeners6 ай бұрын
I've not heard of the book. I'll have to check it out. I started shaping this way a few years ago. It just seemed to make sense not to allow them to grow in placed you don't want. Conservation of energy.
@MrWookie216 ай бұрын
@@TravelingGardeners It's in French, but there might be a translated version or translation tools to manage understanding the text. It's dealing with many fruit trees species allas not the fig tree ; but the overall information is thorough about growing fruit trees. Yes, keeping trees to an average size helps to maintain them easily allowing better fruiting & fruit pickings afterwards. I found out the meaning about air layering ; it's marcottage aérien. All the best.
@nolosswes6 ай бұрын
Trees look great, thanks for the video really breaking down what is needed to have this structure
@jeffreyshagerty25527 ай бұрын
Figs taste like candy
@TravelingGardeners7 ай бұрын
😆
@jeffreyshagerty25527 ай бұрын
Very informative 😊
@FigginAwesome-ox4zt7 ай бұрын
My goal is to try and do better this year. I learned a lot from you thanks for sharing tips. Feels like I need to start all over. LOL
@TravelingGardeners7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I don't know about starting over. As long as your trees are productive. I just looked at some of you videos. Your figs look great! Seems you are on the right track.
@margaretmarshall36457 ай бұрын
Yum! I grafted a CdD Mutante last year; hoping I get to taste at least one fig off of it this year. My one large workhorse of a fig tree is (I believe) a Brown Turkey. But even here in Southern California, by October or November most of its figs are no longer ripening properly. Impressed that your CdD Mutante was producing such tasty figs so late in the season!
@TravelingGardeners7 ай бұрын
I attribute the high quality I get late in the season to my Fighouse. We use a significant amount of thermal mass and the Fighouse is designed to hold in the heat around the bases and roots. Our CDDM was at the end of it's second season when I filmed this video. We are really looking forward to what she'll do this year. You might consider growing your CDDM on it's own roots. I have found it to be a grower. It is on of my more vigorous varieties. Much more vigorous than brown turkey.
@RegularJohntv9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comparison 👍. Couldn’t get a more accurate representation
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@bosquebear19 ай бұрын
Thanks... so informative. You are a great teacher. I like marking where you're later going to make cuts. It gives you time to really study the tree and make adjustments if you change your mind.
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@uzunerfatih9 ай бұрын
Where do you buy this white containers? How big are they?
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
I know a guy with an ice cream shop. These are recycled 3 gallon ice cream buckets.
@uzunerfatih9 ай бұрын
@@TravelingGardeners how long do they last since they are not uv protected?
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
I've been using them for more than 3 years now. So far so good. I haven't noticed any degradation yet, still soft and pliable.
@dvssayer56219 ай бұрын
Why do you keep the trees in pots? And not in ground. I have a couple trees that are 3 yrs old with really tall straight trunks. At the top is really nice branching tho. I guess i just didnt know u could cut them! So now they are really tall. I wouldnt dare just cut it down to about 3 ft would i ? Cause theres no branches in the long straight main trunk! There is so much to learn. You have a great set up!
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
The trees in this video are in ground. Each 55 gallon barrel has the bottom cut off. I use them kind of like individual raised beds. There are many benefits and I will cover them in a future video. As for your pruning. Don't be afraid to prune your tree exactly the way you want. Fig trees are resilient, it will grow back if you make mistakes. Don't worry about it 😉.
@darriscurry79379 ай бұрын
Great Video!!!!! What is the fig variety? I watched the video a few times and it was never revealed. thanks....
@TravelingGardeners9 ай бұрын
I have filmed the winter pruning for this tree. The season's growth and fruit set were something special. At that time I decided to leave the air layers on until spring wake up. Part 2 will cover all of that and reveal the variety. Plus, we will harvest, inspect and plant those huge air layers.
@robertlacey-f4q10 ай бұрын
what are the big black drums for 🤔
@TravelingGardeners10 ай бұрын
Thermal mass. When I have the covering on the Fig House it keeps everything just a little bit warmer. It also slows down the day night temperature swings.
@FiggyWiggy55911 ай бұрын
Can I get some cuttings I can pay shipping ':)
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
If you're interested in any of our tree or cutting sales check out our Facebook page, Traveling Gardeners. It is the first place we post our nursery sales.
@linlaonong11 ай бұрын
any chance y ou know the name of the variety? i am in zone 6.
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
It belonged to my grandfather. Unfortunately the name has been lost.
@bosquebear13 ай бұрын
Cool. Is there an update this summer?
@TravelingGardeners3 ай бұрын
I can post a few pictures on our Facebook page. All of the trees survived the winter without taking any damage. They are growing well.
@JLJ780211 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for posting.
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@huguesdemol830811 ай бұрын
Great content, learned some new things.
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@reginemaeareola982211 ай бұрын
Hi good looking nicely shape trees . Are those in ground or in pots?
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
Inground, 55 gallon barrels with the bottoms removed.
@MI-Figs31311 ай бұрын
Hi Chris, your faithful follower here. Love this content, I am glad you did it to show us progression of your first year pinching method, I am so excited about trying it with my upcoming rooted cuttings. I will be sharing your videos with my Fig FB groups. I didn't see cuttings sale on your FB page, I am sure you produce plenty and I am hoping that you will do at one point. Looking forward for more great content....Thanks
@TravelingGardeners11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the support! I do produce a ton of cuttings. However, this year I won't be selling any. I have only a limited amount of time and a lot of work before I head home to Ireland. Look for us in the spring. Tree sales will begin some time in April.
@TV-yj9mh11 ай бұрын
Be careful when fig is ripe I stop by pick it up ! I’m in Indiana lol