How to Grow Fig Trees in Small Spaces & Extreme Climates | Backyard Fruit Orchard

[@Dreamydazefarm]

I’ve seen this self watering system with trees in the ground and didn’t like the method but this in planters is a great idea no more flooding ruts in pots and saves time on watering and precious water Great video!

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

@16:00 I stopped trying to make clones via cutting. Now I cut a plastic pot to fit around the branch, sew it back together and then fill it with dirt. It grows the same as it would through out the year but after fruit is obtained you simply cut that section and you already have a healthy root bulb ready to go.

[@mike-gt8yo]

impossible not to love John

[@plants4ever48]

Love these small space videos!🌱👍

[@Emily-rv4ue]

I'm going to visit my mom in vegas in two weeks, she has a big, beautiful fig tree in her suburban back yard so I sent this video to her!!!

[@sunlyon42]

Last year in February 2019, I bought a fig tree plant online! When i got it, it was just a small very small pin size piece of green growing. I left it on the kitchen table until May, potted it. Oh my Gosh! it is huge now, I put it in a 30 gallon breathable grow pot! Moved it inside for the winter, moved it back out In late April or early may of this year!! This fig tree is huge now! I did not expect it!! It is a Violet De Bordeaux Negronne Fig. I really hope they come in! I grew up with a fig tree, that was huge, the one thing i remember is wasp loved them, and the tree got really, really big. My parents would have to cut it back a lot! I wish i could show photo's im so proud of it! I priced figs in the grocery store (Publix), they are expensive, so , I pray that they fig comes in in August!

[@donnatingley]

Rodents leave when sniffing cinnamon powder. Reapply after rain wind etc. Works for cats and dogs too. I have read that it works as rooting solution too.

[@purewonka]

I grow Chicago Hardy in SC and it produces like a beast. I have other varieties, too, but none of them produce like the Chicago Hardy.

[@dash-4150]

I’ll start putting my Chicago digs into the ground

[@shingj4007]

@@dash-4150 How is it doing in the ground now? I bought one online in April now it is in a bigger pot, and it is growing fast, I've been wondering if it's better planted in the ground.

[@dash-4150]

@@shingj4007 have 6+ in the ground, all survived the winter. Most of the tops died back, and are growing new branches like gang busters. Withe the larger root system, they bounce back good. No worries about repotting, or luging in and out for seasons and sun exposure inoculation. It may have ben varmints chewing the lower bark that killed off the tops and not the weather. No way to be certain.

[@shingj4007]

@@dash-4150 Thanks. I'll buy another one, so I can keep one in the pot and plant one in the ground for comparaison. 🙂

[@dash-4150]

@@shingj4007 , make air cuttings off your existing plant, easy peasy, and works great

[@mrussell9258]

Nice garden/place Britt.

[@rebelstudio2493]

I have one too. In the heart of Texas. I have it in a bucket. Got it to take off last year and it is over 3 1/2 feet tall.

[@ExploreTravelTV]

this was good thanks! I just moved to North Vegas and it looks like I have a huge fig tree, don't know what kind it is but I see them on there. looks like I will be getting a lot of figs off this. excited!

[@masterofgarden3472]

It fig-delicious.

[@kanoebarker]

Thank you for sharing John. I live in the Mojave Desert and trying to plant Fruits. My Lemons and Orange Trees are doing well and experimenting in Kumquats. Pepper Bushes are so delicate. but thanks for sharing again

[@christinaliu3895]

There are two different types of Goji, one is mainly for it's leaves, and the other one is mainly for the Goji berries !

[@newbiegarden]

I love figs! So much so that I'm the founder and owner of figdatabase.com 😁

[@lucrative11]

The sickness is spreading Rigo. :)

[@newbiegarden]

@@lucrative11 I dont know what to do with myself. .. 🤣

[@lucrative11]

@@newbiegarden - There's nothing one can do. You just yield to it as it takes over your body and forces you to go to ourfigs.com, figbid.com and figdatabase.com on a nightly basis.

[@loganhall5580]

I'm in Zone 7B - planted 2 Chicago Hardy's last year and they took off in their 3 gallon pots! Ended up taking 8 cuttings throughout the year and now have 10 established, potted figs... Leave in pots or drop in the ground? Maybe split half and half and see how they do? I worry about winter die-back, but also don't really want to move a 100+lb pot every Fall!

[@tiliahernandez829]

Do the half/half and you'll see what yr most comfortable with. You don't really know until you do it and experience the two differences. 😁

[@amarisquinlan8011]

So inspiring!

[@andielliott7721]

I'm like you...let me grow my figs...any kind will do!

[@texaspatty4697]

John, in a small yard like this, with the house and fences, how do his fig trees get enough sun to be productive? Plus all the plants are so close together. I'm in North Texas. I have just bought my first fig tree. Should I plant it close to our south brick wall for warmth and sunshine, or in our back patio area which gets about 5 hours of sun and is easier to tend more closely, and closer to our water faucet?

[@FubarKen]

Is it true some varieties will only produce in areas with the fig wasps?

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

Could you direct me to more information on the big blue KDF filter and why it saves money? I have a brother in a vocational program, and he needs a filter for water hose as they are adding water to a koi pond and aquaponics system, and are having issues with getting pH balanced, lime in the water, and string algae. He is in central Florida.

[@Hothandshandball]

Thx

[@CBQuery]

Figs are very easy to grow from cuttings. Use a little Rootone. I love my figs. Unfortunately so do the birds. My cardinals beat me to most of them.

[@michaele.4702]

I really really need some tree collards I can't grow much of anything at ground level as the range chickens eat up everything.

[@jkitchens71]

What about berries on the vine in LV...black berries, raspberries and etc? How hard to grow?

[@samanthazone1167]

John Do you do consults for gardens in Vegas. I am redoing my yard and have a partial sketch.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

You never talk about how to keep a young fig tree alive through summer and winter... do you put them under the shade when young when the weather is 100+ degrees? What kind of soil to use? and why? What type of fertilizer? How often? How much? You seem to just ramble about plants and not a lot about how we can be successfully grow one...

[@azfarmerkobie8325]

When did you record this? Never mind I just got to the part where you say its October

[@iChaz]

Put rat collars on the stems about a foot above ground level.

[@themisplacedcountrygirl8923]

How am I supposed to know what variety to get for my area? I am in Sacramento CA

[@LittlePieceOfHeaven.65]

find your Garden zone and google it

[@Wayneburg]

Yikes that thumbnail looks like you're holding a snake's mouth open! Lol. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

[@mikeharrington5593]

John is a celebrity gardener who lacks horticultural depth yet travels the world making videos. The hero(es) & probably the real experts must be those who tend his garden whilst he is constantly away travelling.

[@bryanst.martin7134]

Your local market may be selling Guinea Figs. (Letting you see if they will grow)

[@texaspatty4697]

Ok, I can see that a lot of his pest problems are due to overcrowding and lack of air flow. Those concrete walls....

[@randyluna289]

I have a clear fig that has fruited 2 times but the fruit never get bigger and purple they just stay small and green then fall off is there something I can do

[@newbiegarden]

That's probably because you have a smyrna type or you are over/under watering.

[@randyluna289]

Well it's supposed to be a celeste but I'll try watering more than I have do I guess and see what happans

[@ameisherry]

Did he ever try to put fresh oil in the garden see if it prevents Jerry 🐭 from eating figs, I saw jerry 🐭 crazy about oil and crave for it, maybe when the oil present he will leave figs alone? I’m not sure about this method yet because I don’t have a fig tree to do this experiment with, but I saw the way jerry 🐭 crave for oil so maybe it will work?

[@yeevita]

I surround the base of me trees and my pots and my garden beds with small-hole hardware cloth. It seems to have stopped all my squirrel, rat and mouse damage.

[@leilaberg5710]

Can I get a consult with you ? I’m here in Las Vegas.

[@drumsticks24]

Don't wasps squirt their wiggly larvae in figs and the male dies inside after fertilizing them

[@FknNefFy]

Ah here we go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3W0hZ2slNpmjMU&feature=emb_title

[@wanik4]

John doesn't respond to comments.

[@theIAMofME]

I hope he's selling dried fig leaves. It makes great tea! And great for type 2 diabetes.

[@ameisherry]

Owl 🦉 eats rats 🐀 introduce some owls 🦉 in the garden. I saw owls 🦉 eat baby rats 🐀 with my own eyes 👀 at night time

[@robynlockwood2055]

LOL When I first looked at the promo photo at the beginning of this video I thought I was looking at Steve Irwin holding a snake, but it was you and a fig!!! Yes?!

[@mhuntert]

Sadly rodents are a daily battle. I have to set the traps each night and pick them up in the morning so my dogs don’t get hurt. I’d prefer to let the hawks and owls (nature) deal with them but when the rodents dig their holes/nests close to the fruit it’s hard for their predators to get them.

[@dash-4150]

My goji has not produced anything, it is a few years old

[@dash-4150]

Animals get them before i do.

[@rebelstudio2493]

I let my small one get hit by the first freeze and I think it died. I live in the heart of Tx.

[@Angela_Marino]

That fig garden makes me wish I was a Rat.

[@shaklee100k]

How can I get some starters?

[@LVFigGardenChannel]

Q-ty message me on face book page

[@lesliejacobs1439]

Not growing figs ...too high in Oxylates..

[@zachtbh]

This guy looks and talks a little like another KZbinr, wranglerstar

[@joemug4079]

This guy is a genuine charlatan

[@SpookyLeaks]

Why? WHich guy?

[@FknNefFy]

This is a long ass video and I’m about to get in the bath but in case you don’t mention it I’m not sure if you have learned this yet but someone told me and it blew my mind I did not believe it until I looked it up but the reason why he probably has those be things is because things need wasps and I think there is a dead wasp in almost every fig or something like that I forget what it was but it was something really weird and bizarre and kind of gross

[@elylioney6390]

He seems to b mentioning his gf lately

[@Justniv1]

Look, I love the content of your videos, but lots of them have REALLY BAD SOUND. You have making videos for years, time to buy a mic. I actually stopped watching after 3 minutes