Tree’s look fantastic. Love the background too. I’ve found when the days are getting shorter the branches will harden off. By the second week of October , usually.😊
@oregonfigs3314Күн бұрын
@@lukeott58 - I have a few young trees that are very slow to harden off. I sure hope October is the answer. 🤞
@margotfaubion76623 күн бұрын
Hi Chris, great tour of your figs! I really appreciate your comments on varieties to keep or cull. You gave rave review on one of your trees, you called it "The Beast" but I didn't catch the name. Can you recall? Sure hope I already have it, it sounded great! Thanks for your much-needed Local Knowledge of fig varieties that work in PNW!
@oregonfigs3314Күн бұрын
@@margotfaubion7662 - I think you have me confused with Eric outside of Salem. My fastest growing young in ground trees in 2024 are #1 Beat Ramon (MP), #2 Bec de Perdiu (MP) and #3 Crozes Thanks for watching, Chris
@yochanontheseeker19426 күн бұрын
Do you hold off on watering them just before they ripen also?
@oregonfigs33146 күн бұрын
I did reduce the watering.
@yochanontheseeker19426 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314I’m up here in western Wa and just got my first Desert king and Lattarula of the year and both tasted a little bland and I haven’t over watered just been giving them normal watering twice a week. So I guess I gotta hold back some, we’ve been cooler than normal lately for here.
@oregonfigs33146 күн бұрын
Thumbnail is a picture of a very young Sasha and Jake. Jake was my boy and I miss him every day. 😢
@telasims2337 күн бұрын
I was hoping you'd show me how to graft.. Not a fan of Paw Paws.. those grow wild here but nobody eats them.. to me it's a texture thing. And the really short shelf life, I swear, you can pick one today and by morning it will just be so over ripe it's kinda gross.. it's probably like a novelty there... But the grafts look nicely done, that's what I want to learn... Here you have to have more than one if you want fruit.. and I think you have to plant them close together.. people that have 2 and place them on opposite sides of the property don't get fruit every year either.. but I'm no expert, I don't even eat them..
@oregonfigs33147 күн бұрын
I will have to do that next spring when I graft the one rootstock I have left. I will also show my area that I have planted.
@stephencuffel49328 күн бұрын
My Desert King just started, picked my first 8/8. Elevation about 750' in Portland - it looks like your place is high, too. Wonder why yours came on so much earlier. Did you say that your Desert King had a breba, and I missed it? The only Breba I've had in abundance is from Negroni in a pot in a little solarium. Got a few Brown Turkeys one year, otherwise, my expectations are low. Glad for the dry weather, if it rains, my figs get ruined by fruit flies. Looking good for the Olympia in the next few days.
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@stephencuffel4932 - How old is your DK?
@stephencuffel49328 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 About twelve years. It gets great sun, and what's more, overhangs a paved road that radiates some intense heat. I chalked up the lateness to a cold start to spring, but evidently that did not retard yours. Not that it matters, the fruit is wonderful. Re breba crops, I always just figured our springs are too crummy to get much. Good that you are working with so many varieties to see which ones have promise, will stay tuned and replant accordingly.
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@stephencuffel4932 - Sometimes these dang figs make their own rules. It sounds like my DK should be after yours! That paved road should be a game changer.
@elihart59518 күн бұрын
Appreciate your commitment to this long-term experiment! Thanks for continuing to share updates, looking forward to learning which varieties have the best breba in future years
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@elihart5951 - Let’s face it, it is against our natures to slow things down and wait. I think it teaches me to enjoy the ride. It is fun to share this with others.
@telasims2338 күн бұрын
That sage is really pretty, I've never seen it before..
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@telasims233 -We absolutely love it. Looks beautiful, brings in bumblebees, honey bees and some tiny butterflies. Seems fairly drought tolerant as well. Loves plenty of sunlight. Did I mention the incredible smell of sage?
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
Thumbnail is a Breba called I376. (Italian 376)
@PeterEntwistle8 күн бұрын
Great results with those grafts, Chris! Pawpaws are one of those fruits I’m excited to try growing here. I already have 2 in-ground which I grafted and planted last year and I have a bunch more that I’ve managed to graft as well. Those are in pots at the moment as I have limited space to plant in-ground.
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - I tasted a Mango Pawpaw and was instantly hooked!
@PeterEntwistle8 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 a friend of mine sent me a couple of fruits from his seedling pawpaw tree last year and they were delicious!
@PeterEntwistle8 күн бұрын
It looked like a very tasty fig! Not one I’m familiar with.
@oregonfigs33148 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - It is a variety that Harvey @ Figaholics was selling before he retired.
@dpomerleau9 күн бұрын
Great grafting success Chris! Strangely, my PA Golden is quite self fertile. It has 70 fruit that will be ripening in a few weeks. I only plan to eat at most 10-15 though out of concern about the neurotoxicity of annonacin. Do you have any reservations about eating pawpaws?
@oregonfigs33149 күн бұрын
I might have reservations if I actually harvested a significant amount. I will have to cross that bridge when (if) I come to it. I think your approach is intelligent. Thank you for your comment!
@telasims2337 күн бұрын
I was impressed by the grafts also, they grow wild in GA, I don't eat them, it's a texture thing... In fact nobody I know eats them.. it's kinda like pudding with seeds that spoils quickly 😂😅😂😅😂😅
@telasims2337 күн бұрын
It will be fun to see him eat his first one, I'm definitely tuning in for that 😂😂😂
@chinooksilver11 күн бұрын
Thanks! Do you remove the main crop figs that don't ripen?
@oregonfigs331411 күн бұрын
@@chinooksilver - They fall off on their own.
@chinooksilver11 күн бұрын
@oregonfigs3314 thank you! Picking and eating my first two figs ever tomorrow. Desert King. Seattle.
@andersvogel809712 күн бұрын
I have some zaffiro cuttings in the mail right now because I simply couldn't resist the unique descriptions. Seeing that this is a breba crop showing such promise, I'm wondering how you'd compare the two. Is it worth growing both in our PNW climate?
@oregonfigs331412 күн бұрын
@@andersvogel8097 - My Zaffiro has never held Brebas. It is in a pot though. Zaffiro = pot in the PNW. Zeus = in ground If Zaffiro in ground would hold Brebas, it would be worth planting in ground. I’m not going to experiment with Zaffiro in ground.
@abdumka13 күн бұрын
nice! do you sell them or allow for a U-pick?
@oregonfigs331413 күн бұрын
@@abdumka We pretty much use them all in jam and dried figs. We gift some to friends and family.
@jschiff784614 күн бұрын
Hello Mr. Figs, I recently found your channel and your place and orchard are absolutely beautiful. I live in Eugene and have a 2-3yr old fig I inherited when I bought my house. Its got a few young fruits on it for the first time I was curious if there was a means that I could send you some photos of it and illicit some pruning advice? I’ve kind of bounced around from channel to channel and can’t seem to find a straight answer. Let me know what you think, thank you! - Joe in Eugene
@oregonfigs331413 күн бұрын
Hi Joe, Mr. Figs is actually my buddy Bill in Missouri. You should join Oregon Fig Growers on FB. Not many members as I just started it. Some very experienced growers on board.
@loganwright342314 күн бұрын
Are you still having success with it in ground? I'm in 6b and thinking about putting the LSU Tiger in ground
@oregonfigs331414 күн бұрын
@@loganwright3423 My results have not been great so far. Lots of figs on my tree this year.🤞
@loganwright342314 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 oh no! What happened? Tough winters or just hard to adapt to in ground?
@oregonfigs331414 күн бұрын
@@loganwright3423 - It has been late to set figs for me and I run out of season.
@gwhataday14 күн бұрын
Chris, Do you have any trees to sell.... local pickup?
@misomossi16 күн бұрын
Vincenzo is like my white whale, eveytime I get close to getting a cutting, the trade falls through. It's been at the top of my list for quite some time, fun fact, you posted this on my bday 😊
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
@@misomossi - Hopefully it becomes more available now that more people are growing it - Happy Birthday - today is my son’s birthday as well 🎉
@gwhataday16 күн бұрын
Is the tree cold hardy in Willamette Valley area? Have you had any die-back in your area? What is the lowest temperature that it tolerates for you without any die-back?
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
@@gwhataday - My tree was not very healthy and died back completely at 20F. I need early main crop to harvest a substantial crop in ground here. It is not early and there are much better choices for my short season. I will not be replacing it.
@PeterEntwistle16 күн бұрын
Those figs look great Chris! it's not a variety I've come across over here unless it goes by another name as well.
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - I would not be surprised if it goes by another name as well. People sure like renaming figs. This Breba reminds me of Zaffiro main crop.
@telasims23317 күн бұрын
I've been following you, or stalking you since most of those trees were waking up on your deck.. you have to do more tasting videos.. the varieties you have are hard to get in rural Ga.. we have such a small fig community, that most haven't even heard of some of your varieties.. please do more tasting videos.. someone appreciates it 🙏🙏🙏. I put 5 in ground and I had to fence mine like you.. I can't tell you how grateful I am for that tip.. I live in 5 acres, In the country, key word Country.. my property adjoins hundreds of other acres, there's NO way I can fence that in. Until watching you, , giving every tree it's own lil fence never dawned on me.. and it's easier than it looks, it comes in a roll.. just measure it out, clit it and and it rolls itself into shape.
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
I really appreciate your support. If I can do anything that helps people, I’m very happy.
@telasims23316 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 maybe that's why I like following you, seems you're in it like me just because we love figs, we're not buying or selling anything.. some people have knowledge, but are so focused on selling they kinda forget sometimes.. thanks for keeping it real..
@telasims23317 күн бұрын
That looks awesome..
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
It was!
@telasims23316 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 I'm jealous 😂🤣
@BryanRezendez17 күн бұрын
Dang those look sooooo good!
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
I just ate another one. My wife also loves them. She said she tastes more honey if they are not as ripe.
@figsandchocolate555317 күн бұрын
Fantastic update. Beautiful fig and the flavor profile seems more appealing than DK.
@oregonfigs331416 күн бұрын
I love that this variety mixes things up a bit. Variety is the spice of life after all!
@oregonfigs331417 күн бұрын
I said 2023 - oops 2024 - darn one take videos 😁
@telasims23317 күн бұрын
Wow Chris, that's the biggest Desert King I've Ever seen!! I would say "grab me a cutting" but, San Pedro types don't do well here. In fact brebas don't do well here.. but, you told me, their climate specific.. it will never do that well here.. but, how COOL is that just to walk by ... Incredible...
@oregonfigs331417 күн бұрын
@@telasims233 - Just ate some Biffaro Zeus Brebas a few moments ago. 🤯🤯🤯
@telasims23317 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 im seeing it Now!! Chris that is such a pretty fig too unlike Smith.. Smith has the best taste, to me it tastes like strawberries, but , it ain't much to look at when it's ripe, it's greenish, but it has those brown sugar spots, when it's ripe they do have syrup dripping from the eye, it kinda looks spoiled 🤣😂🤣😂 .. Smith is delicious but it's really not really pretty at all.. until you split it open..
@aztecking.18 күн бұрын
This fig is nothing more than Calderona from the Pons collection.
@PeterEntwistle19 күн бұрын
Beautiful figs! I love the striping on them. I have a Panache, which hasn't produced yet, but hopefully someday 🤞
@oregonfigs331418 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - The only true dwarf fig tree in my collection. VERY LATE
@greybeard336819 күн бұрын
BEAUTIFUL!!! 😍
@telasims23319 күн бұрын
OMG, look at the growth in them.. especially my favs. They look so good. If the deer eat my Brown Sugar Crunch I'm gonna cry.. I've been keeping up with that tree since it was little..
@oregonfigs331419 күн бұрын
@@telasims233 - Stay away deer!
@joshuahoyer127921 күн бұрын
I'm starting to think ours is a DK now too. Just picked our first five this morning, and oh man were they delicious. And now I dont think they're even 100% ripe. There was still a bit of darker green around some them, but they were nice and soft, and the osteole was turning colors. And right around our oldest son's birthday, what a easy way to know when we can expect figs here 😂
@oregonfigs331420 күн бұрын
They are still great even before they get yellow as long as they are nice and soft. I like them at various stages of ripeness. I like the yellow stage best as they start tasting like brown sugar.
@thatDIYlife21 күн бұрын
That's impressive. My DK brebas are still hard (same climate)
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@thatDIYlife - It won’t be long now!
@hopeitgrows289221 күн бұрын
That's awesome! If I ever get to buy some land in the UK, I hope to plant some breba producers, let them get huge, and harvest with a ladder.
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@hopeitgrows2892 - These trees can get so dang big. I started planting my trees on top of each other at 6-8’ spacing. Now I’m at 18’ spacing and that is so much better as we mow around the trees with a zero turn mower.
@hopeitgrows289221 күн бұрын
@oregonfigs3314 You will have too many figs to know what to do with, when they are mature!
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@hopeitgrows2892 - Lots of friends that like figs 😁
@PeterEntwistle21 күн бұрын
Wow, beautiful tree! Those DK figs looked incredibly tasty!
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - These old trees produce so many great figs!
@brittanys30421 күн бұрын
I also have a 8 yr old brown turkey fig that’s still 3 ft tall. 🤷🏼♀️. I’m an avid gardener. And my figs keep stumping me. They must need more attention than my frost peaches, apples, pears.
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@brittanys304 - I grow Frost peaches as well and they are so easy to grow compared to trying to get figs established. Figs thrive in sunlight and need HEAT.
@brittanys30421 күн бұрын
Sounds like I need to water more based of your reply to other comments. Just ordered a bloom booster fertilizer today. The problem is the tree is growing in my established apple orchard which I don’t need to water in the summers. So maybe it needs a bit more special treatment than the apples.
@brittanys30421 күн бұрын
Do you have any desert king figs? I’m still trying to get my 7 yr old tree to give me fruit without falling off. Zone 8b on Oregon coast 😊
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
@@brittanys304 Are you right on the coast or a bit inland? I lived in Florence and it was fairly cool in the summer. I have spoken to someone growing in the Newport area that has a difficult time ripening figs in ground. I left the Willamette Valley on 7/20/24 and it was going to be a high of 97F. When we got to Florence it was a high of 70F. A 27 degree swing traveling only 64 miles. We have a huge advantage in the Willamette Valley because it is so much warmer when both early main and Breba crops ripen. Are the Breba figs (on the prior years wood) falling or the main crop? The main crop fall because we do not have the fig wasp.
@brittanys30420 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 yes I’m close to the beach. And yes the Breba always falls off. I’m seeing some tiny figs starting to grow right now. bloom boost fertilizer and then add some wood chips to the base to hold in the moisture. Today’s the first time we’ve seen rain in over a month!
@oregonfigs331420 күн бұрын
@@brittanys304 - Brebas dropping on seven year old trees is unusual. My first thought would be lack of water and/or lack of heat.
@AnCapKadse21 күн бұрын
Wow everyone needs a dk tree like that
@oregonfigs331421 күн бұрын
These huge in ground trees have me in awe! Picking from a huge tree is the best way to fully understand when to pick figs. If you live in a dry climate, you are able to pick several every day. Perfectly ripened DK figs are incredible!
@bosquebear123 күн бұрын
I love your updates! Thanks. The albino spider is a type of crab spider.
@oregonfigs331423 күн бұрын
@@bosquebear1 - I did not realize that was a crab spider - very cool! Thanks for your support!
@joshuahoyer127924 күн бұрын
Just got our first breba off our tree a couple days ago! We are about 20 miles from Salem, not sure what variety we have though. Our neighbors gave us the tree, but didn't have a tag to ID it. Very yummy though! Bright green skin, pink flesh inside. Looks kind of like your DK, but ours has gotten ridiculously bushy this year, despite my aggressive pruning in March. Do you pinch off the tops on yours to help the fruit ripen before our cold and rainy weather rolls in?
@oregonfigs331424 күн бұрын
@@joshuahoyer1279 - We are getting Brebas now. They all ripen easily. The main crops start in about a month. I use pinching to control growth. I also take small main crop off to give the energy to the figs I think will ripen.
@joshuahoyer127924 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 Awesome, thank you! That's pretty much what I did here. Basically anything less than marble size doesn't seem to have enough time to size up and ripen.
@baneverything558025 күн бұрын
We get the leaf rust pretty bad in Louisiana. I put a lot of trees in the ground this year so I hope we don`t get another freeze down to zero with 40 mph winds and below freezing temperatures for a week. But this is becoming more and more common in recent years. I covered my Brown Turkey tree when it got down to about 6 degrees last winter but the tips of the branches were damaged. I`ll be using tarps and 200w mini heaters this winter if I have to. Maybe my new Celeste trees can take the cold? I left all the very low branches on my big Brown Turkey tree and its clone and the Dwarf Mulberries and I can pin them flat against the ground and bury them and cover with leaves and pine straw. I`m getting cuttings from them all to bring inside under lights. I`ve discovered that if you plant a fully leafed-out thriving fig tree cutting in early spring that has been growing under a light that it will thrive in the ground and produce fruits the 1st year.
@oregonfigs331425 күн бұрын
Those temperature swings sound brutal. Let’s hope those cold temperatures and wind stay away in the future.
@baneverything558025 күн бұрын
I lost half of my tiny pea-sized green figs in Louisiana. I couldn`t figure out what was doing it but it kept happening. Then I opened the door and there were 20 birds in my biggest tree WAITING on the figs to ripen and nibbling on every little nub. I wrapped it in a 10 by 25 fine mesh row covering for gardens and ordered another one. I`m buying an automatic propane cannon before next year.
@PeterEntwistle26 күн бұрын
Very exciting, Chris! Your DK tree is loaded! My 2 Brown Turkey breba haven't started to ripen yet, I believe they typically ripen in August here in the UK. I forgot to water one of my potted DK trees and it's dropped all its leaves 😬. No fruit on it yet as it's still a young tree, I'm hoping it might next year 🤞. I'm also hoping I can get some LDA main crop in the greenhouse this year 🤞
@oregonfigs331425 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - Thanks Peter! Please check out the comments from hopeitgrows. A grower from South UK. Sounds like the DK are just starting to ripen for him. I appreciate your comments and hope you get ripe figs soon.
@PeterEntwistle25 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 Oh yeah, I know Conor (hopeitgrows) he's a great guy. I'm in the northwest of England, so it tends to be a bit cooler than in the south. It will be interesting to see how DK does in the future up here. I suspect they will ripen a week or 2 later here.
@oregonfigs331425 күн бұрын
@@PeterEntwistle - He is a cool guy.
@petergraves900627 күн бұрын
nice fig
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
@@petergraves9006 - I really like peach as a flavor component.
@Asmodis425 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 fun fact, almost EVERY fig today is derived from stem cuttings as a "clone" from a self fruting (dont need fig wasps) fig at least 8.000 years ago.
@oregonfigs331425 күн бұрын
@@Asmodis4 - Fan of fun facts 😁
@Asmodis424 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 also, this way, your fig is definitly vegan 😀
@rpdx893916 күн бұрын
Do you know if any nursery has this variety? I am in Portland. Thanks
@hopeitgrows289227 күн бұрын
Great tour of brebas. Interesting, my DK is beginning to ripen here in South UK, despite a much cooler summer (temps rarely above 20C/70F-ish).
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
Really interesting to get a ripening perspective from South UK! Thanks for your input.
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
Thumbnail is from a tasting I did of the main crop in 2023. The main crop had a delicious peach flavor. 🤯
@gapey27 күн бұрын
Nice looking trees. They are loaded!
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
@@gapey - I think this heat is really making my trees very happy in 2024! 😁
@figtreegrower315227 күн бұрын
Fig season!!!
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
@@figtreegrower3152 - We wait and wait and wait… 😁
@yochanontheseeker194227 күн бұрын
How often you watering them?
@yochanontheseeker194227 күн бұрын
Also, I saw your vid on your grafted persimmon. I grafted my 2 year in ground American persimmons in mid May and they all failed, so I re grafted them late June and most took. So I think for here in the marry time PNW, maybe later grafting on the persimmons is better w the heat and sap flow.
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I am spoiling my trees that I planted in the last two years. Deep watering every 7-10 days. You are not likely to overwater young in ground trees in the first couple of years in my climate. My trees are cranking this year.
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I have never grafted persimmons. My tree is a Nikita’s Gift that my son gave me for Father’s Day a few years ago. Having good luck grafting pawpaws this year.
@yochanontheseeker194227 күн бұрын
@@oregonfigs3314 Oh, I thought you also had a Prok grafted persimmon that failed. I guess another channel in Oregon I follow.
@oregonfigs331427 күн бұрын
I had a Prok that died on me. You are probably thinking of Eric near Salem - his channel is Loftinart He just gifted me a Saijo that I’m excited to plant!@@yochanontheseeker1942