COMPLETE Fig Tour: Come see every variety we are growing!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

I look forward to getting land and creating my own fig orchard. Until then I am collecting them in pots, I have about 100.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Awesome! Nice size collection!

[@oldmanfigs]

This matters a whole bunch more than seeing someone tell us what fig they are having for a snack. Very interesting.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@r1326r]

I've happily followed your Fig adventures, eagarly awaiting when you will begin to sell trees. Will you be selling your rooted Fig trees soon. I live in south GA and have a similar climate as yours.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Awesome! Thank you for following! I have a ton of cuttings in the refrigerator. I'm currently in the middle of building a high tunnel greenhouse. As soon as I get it built I will begin rooting cuttings. It will probably be middle of summer before I have any ready to ship.

[@backyardfigs]

Wish you a lot of success with your fig orchard. Great tip with that goat wire!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you!

[@michaelgabriel909]

Great update. It’s nice to see all the progress. See you at the Fig-a-Rama.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you. Can't wait, see you there!

[@jrswackhammer8205]

Very nice collection!!! My LSU Purple is the same way. I was amazed by how fast it took off!

[@FlomatonFamous]

I really like the LSU varieties

[@jrswackhammer8205]

@@FlomatonFamous I've never eaten a fig from any but hopefully next year. I planted an Lsu purple and an Lsu Gold.

[@scrublandfarmz9941]

I've got a BM KK for you when I see you soon.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I greatly appreciate it!

[@JamieW-o7b]

My old fig, brown turkey is never harmed by frost, but a wild seedling that I bought back from Greece had its newly opened leaves singed at minus2! UK

[@FlomatonFamous]

Some trees are very cold sensitive. I lost 3 varieties his year to the cold. Others didn't seem bothered.

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Figs,figs the magical fruit....love your content R. Which figs are your top 5 picks for prolific production? 😃🌱🐢

[@FlomatonFamous]

In my orchard, top producers are Sunrise #1, LSU Scotts Black #2, Cherry Cordial #3, Del San Juame Gran #4, White Marseille#5

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Great recap. You should do a short cutting grass around them. :)

[@FlomatonFamous]

Lol. might make someone sick and dizzy.

[@monkeymommy778]

That collection is awesome! We are new to growing fig trees and it was good to find out that trees can be small and still produce figs. We bought a "mystery fig" from DTG at the market last weekend to add to our orchard.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Awesome! Did he give you an idea where he got the tree from? We will have trees for sale in the future, maybe next year.

[@monkeymommy778]

@@FlomatonFamous He didn't mention where he thought the tree was from, he only said it might be a brown turkey or another type of fig.

[@margaretmarshall3645]

Uh oh. I was about to comment that the skinny little tissue culture Black Madeira I bought off of FigBid late this winter is in the ground thriving, and hip height already. But then you mentioned at 15:40 “a mixup at the tissue culture lab.” Mine looks just like yours. I figured the deeply lobed leaves were something Google said happens sometimes when a Black Madeira is growing really fast…but now I’m betting it’s the same as yours. Gee, darn! ☹️

[@FlomatonFamous]

From Brian Melton - ProFig: Hello to all of my fig friends and family. As some of you know there were some claims that the leaf shape was incorrect for the FMV FREE Black Madeira Tissue Culture we had made. I agreed and after some time you could see the fingers develop. Not typical for Black Madeira. Keep in mind I’ve had Black Madeira for 7 years and have many trees. After seeing that there could be a mix up or some type of mutation we decided to stop all sales and we pulled all plants. We recently reached out to CSP (DNA)Lab to have the mother plant (UC Davis Black Madeira) tested along with Tena (the suspect) and the Black Madeira Tissue Culture we had made. Well the results are in. The Black Madeira Tissue Culture is a match to the Tena plant. It’s unfortunate for everyone involved. It looks like a mistake was made in the lab when they were made. I don’t have any other details besides that. Agristarts is working with us and we are going to replace all plants that were purchased. We will have the plants DNA tested to ensure accuracy before selling . We currently have a DNA library started with Black Madeira being one of them. We have new plants being made as we speak and a rough time line of 18 mo. Removing the FMV takes a considerable amount of time in this. I will have details along the way and will make updates as we go. I will post on most social media platforms and Ourfigs. I’m sorry for the headache this has caused but hopefully we come out stronger in the end. Brian

[@marycampbell4160]

Awesome food forest in such a small amount of time!! Wow thanks for the update yes my fig trees Chicago Hardy and Brown Turkey has bounced back. Thank you Lord!! You and Michelle are going to have a amazing fig tasting some.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Hey Ms. Mary! Thank you, hopefully in a few years we will be in full production.

[@evanborge494]

Im just outside vancover BC and im looking forward to trying my first fig, a Peters Honey braba from one of my 3 first trees I bought this winter, my two other verities are LSU Purple and Celeste. Once I learn mote about figs I will start a collection if I ever get any land.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Well, don’t wait. Start collecting!

[@figtreecuttings]

Thanks for the tour. I need to move to a more fig friendly environment so I can put my 200 plus fig tree collection that are in pots into the ground. I'm up north in zone 6 and it's a real pain moving all those trees in and out of their winter quarters every year....and every year I keep adding more! 😖

[@FlomatonFamous]

I can understand, I had all of my trees in pots and moved them around during the winter also.

[@dukeone224]

I would recommend that you consider installing irrigation for each tree.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Just finished

[@PepinieraDraghiceni]

Super! 👍

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@brianrodrigue6821]

Looking good

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you!

[@itsasickness4939]

Looking great. I missed the video of you planting them out. Gonna find that one now. I’ve got around 15 going in soon. Not sure if I should put them in soon, wait till fall or even spring of next year. Suggestions?…. They are 4 months old, all doing great. I live in Z9 Louisiana just north of New Orleans… got them all from Brian in Chackbay.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I’ve been debating on putting my others in the ground or waiting, we have about 4 months of warm weather left, think I’m going to plant .

[@itsasickness4939]

@@FlomatonFamous Mother Nature made the decision for me. I should have planted them when I asked you but life sometimes gets in the way. The heat has been causing severe stress on all my potted figs so I planted them today. I’ve never planted any kind of tree on the hottest day of the year until today. 103F… hopefully I made the right decision.

[@TheBigjay927]

Great collection! When you get the back forty figs established will look to buy some choice varieties. I'm local.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I should have some nice varieties for sale next year. Still collecting

[@rangerismine]

The fig o Rama sounds awesome. I spent a lot of time in that town growing up, and had a lot of summers at hard labor creek on the rocks.

[@FlomatonFamous]

You should try to make the event.

[@MJFIGS]

Looks great 👍

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@matthewking2209]

I live in Athens Ga and wish I could go to the meet and trade some figs. We're going on a camping trip at that time. I guess you and Travis will film it.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I'll be camping at Hard Labor while attending the event, see you can have it all lol.

[@matthewking2209]

@@FlomatonFamous Travis will be there too, it will be hot here though. We will be in the shadows of Mount Mitchell where it's usually in the 70's during the day and 60s at night. I couldn't find a date for Fig O Rama before I made the reservations. My friend Claudio is in Argentina so he said he doesn't think he will make it either, he is in your video of last year.

[@FlomatonFamous]

ok cool, yea Travis and I are both camping at Hard Labor. Have fun on your camping trip.

[@matthewking2209]

@@FlomatonFamous Thanks you too, I couldn't tell but did you only write on the tags or did you press into them with a pen or pencil. If you didn't I would do so before the marker wears off.

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@matthewking2209 the metal tags are written on with a cattle ear tag marker, there is a tag buried at the base of the tree and I have the orchard mapped out on a spreadsheet of every plant and location. I want to get an engraver.

[@backwoodshomestead482]

I found your channel thru Lazy Dog Farm. I live over north of Robinsonville. Not far from you. I have ordered a dozen and I guess I will pot them up the first year since it’s a little late. And they’re very small, 6” or so. That will give me time to put in a drip system. What is your spacing? Do you prefer the pine straw mulch, or what about wood chips?

[@FlomatonFamous]

Hello neighbor, my spacing is 12' and I don't have a preference on mulch layer both are fine. I'll be mulching with compost this year.

[@PodcastOnTheSpectrum]

Rotten egg/ coyote piss stink sprays at the base of the rows, night watch dogs and a few lead injections only things ive seen stop little critters after they find a good orchard.. And by the looks of it thatll end up a real good orchard

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you, we will be adding a livestock guardian dog in a couple of months, maybe that will help keep the 4 legged offenders away. Might need to buy some rubber snakes for the birds, and maybe a couple of dead crow decoys.

[@richarddetriquet9642]

Negra de Agde is a great fig but is slow to harden growth and therefore cold sensitive some years. Saint Rita and Dominicks figs are real workhorses for me here in Va 7A in ground. Dont give up on figs that are slow to fruit. I was always told this by the old timers as a kid and learned it again with Noir de Caromb....not a fruit for 4 years then covered every year since.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you for share that

[@RegularJohntv]

Do you have a video for how you protected your trees for the freeze? I started my own collection and winter will be coming. I want to be prepared.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I’ll be putting together the video today. Should be our next video

[@RegularJohntv]

@@FlomatonFamous anxiously waiting 👍. New subscriber

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@RegularJohntv welcome!

[@charlesharrison7705]

Bold project! Good vid! Do you have Fig Malaysia's Early Violet? Been looking for another one for over 25 years. It looks like a Celeste on the outside, but amber and seedless inside!

[@FlomatonFamous]

I don't have that one

[@ZonaFigs]

I had a critter climbing my apple trees and breaking branches while stealing my apples few weeks ago.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Time to put out traps and relocate!

[@ladyryan902]

Hi. I havent gotten any bells for you in a while. Ive been baying a fig tree for 2 yrs trying to get it to grown in the sand near the beach. East coast florida Its been 98 to 104 in my front yard for a werk. Any suggestions on type that may grow in central fl.super hot sand would be great

[@FlomatonFamous]

Most all figs should grow just fine where you are, just keep it mulched, watered, and fertilized and it should do just fine. When I lived in Florida I grew them in sand. Its difficult but it can be done. Can't go wrong with a Celeste tree.

[@agpawpaw5912]

Is that fence tall enough for deer?

[@FlomatonFamous]

Nope

[@ManifestFishing]

Any concern of nemtodes planting them in the ground?

[@FlomatonFamous]

We don't have a big nematode problem here.

[@esmysyield2023]

Are the Italian type figs open eyed and do they require a fig wasp? Just started learning about figs and thats what I have learned so far. Has that proven out to be true? Or can ypu grow them without the wasp?

[@FlomatonFamous]

An open or closed eye aren't specific to any type of fig. Only "common" figs set fruit without needing the wasp. The fig wasp in the USA only lives in southern Cali. Everywhere else has to grow "common" figs. There are a few other types of figs that have to be pollinated by a male caprifig in order to set fruit but that a whole different lesson.

[@troydunn6228]

Does the Smith Fog require special pruning?

[@FlomatonFamous]

No special pruning at all.

[@troydunn6228]

@@FlomatonFamous thank you. The next time you go see Mr. Stephenson, I want to hitch a ride lol.

[@jackhart1883]

Are you in the panhandle or AL.

[@FlomatonFamous]

I live on the Florida/Alabama state line in Flomaton.

[@jackhart1883]

@@FlomatonFamous gotcha N. of Pensacola I’m S. Of Live Oak Fl. that’s a little bit too far for me right now anyway. Looking for a smith but I’m not sure about buying it online.

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@jackhart1883 Larry Stephens will probably ship one. I bought mine from Just Fruits and Exotics

[@jackhart1883]

@@FlomatonFamous found the fruits and exotics they are only 1.5 hrs from me. How do I find Larry? I’m currently in Missouri.

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@jackhart1883 facebook.com/southernculturedorchardsandnursery?mibextid=LQQJ4d

[@tlnelson7598]

What fertilizer do you use?

[@FlomatonFamous]

Fish emulsion, Miracle Gro, 13-13-13. I don't have a schedule, I have only fed a few times this year while the plants are getting established.

[@BoujeeBiz]

How did you get the CdD Ramada?! Do you sell clippings?! :-)

[@FlomatonFamous]

I bought it from Figbid.com I'm attempting to root a couple of cuttings now. I don't have any cuttings for sale.

[@BoujeeBiz]

Thank you.@@FlomatonFamous This is my favorite fig of all time but can't find it anywhere. Good luck with your orchard