3 REASONS to GROW FIGS IN POTS!

[@LazyDogFarm]

GET FIG TREES HERE: lazydogfarm.com/collections/fig-trees 0:00 Intro 0:41 Why Do Our Figs Love Water?! 5:28 Reason 1 to Plant in a Pot 6:18 Reason 2 to Plant in a Pot 6:44 How Big Should the Pot Be? 7:17 Reason 3 to Plant in a Pot 8:27 Planting a Fig Tree in a Pot

[@nc8524]

When you said you were at a fig meetup, my mind went straightaway to you were at a "fig dig." 😁

[@bonniemiller4371]

Toured the Montreal Botanical Garden last week. They had a large food garden with a variety of 'maters, peppers, corn, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, etc. The food garden encompassed about 2 acres. All food grown is donated to food insecure regions of Montreal. If all y'all are in Montreal, then the Botanical Gardens are well worth the visit.

[@PlantObsessed]

I ate my first Chicago fig yesterday. It lives in a 5 gallon bucket. I drag it into the basement every fall. Then back out in May.

[@bretthong6137]

How big was it when you bought it?

[@PlantObsessed]

@@bretthong6137 just a bag in a box from Menards. Pencil thick stem.

[@markb8954]

We have a mixed bag of figs here in Maryland. Some in pots, some in ground. At one time i had about 75 all in pots that ended up being a real pain to move inside in the garage during Winter & back out in Spring. I’m jealous of Lazy Dog’s rows & irrigation system.

[@allantrafford6262]

My neighbor got tired of losing his fruit trees to the cold, we've had some real cold weather late in the winter the last few years. So he planted all of his fruit trees in 35 gallon pots. He has a set up so he can move them in the barn with a tractor. We'll see how that works out in time.

[@littlebiscuit53]

I just planted a few figs this spring. I got them because they are delicious and supposedly tolerant of poor soil and dry conditions. At first i only hooked up half of them to drip irrigation and the other half i tried hand watering. It's very dry here and my soil is very sandy. The half that was hand watered didn't grow and the existing leaves started getting rust and dying. The others being automatically watered were darker green, bushy and healthy. Once i fitted them with drippers the rest started putting on fresh growth after just a few weeks. The Ge Neri has been very finicky since planting. It keeps getting shocked, I planted it in a difficult place. I hope i get to try some of those big juicy fruits next year. I'm loving the huge pretty leaves of the Conadria. Big as my head, they've got to be twice the size of the other varieties i have.

[@RonChew-ko1mm]

My Ge Neri and Conadria that I got from you this spring are 7 feet tall and well fruiting in 15 gallon fabric grow bags. Thanks. I'll grab a few more next year.

[@markb8954]

Wow! Thats impressive. 7 ft tall? I too bought a Conandria, it’s put out some new leaves. I’m hoping next year it really takes off.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Wow! Those are both fast-growing varieties, but 7' tall is impressive for the first year.

[@primeribviking3688]

I ordered a berry, honey, and sugar fig from yall. That's exactly what I did. I planted them in some mineral tubs with holes drilled in the bottom and a layer of gravel at the bottom. I soak the crap out of them and they seem to love it

[@LazyDogFarm]

Awesome!

[@memph7610]

2:16 I just moved from a place with sandy soil to one with clay soil. Actually the place with sandy soil is still on the market, so I have a garden at both locations and can compare. Both have had a rather wet summer, but the new place with clay soil is bordering on waterlogged, while the old place with sandy soil has moist soil thanks to all the rain, but definitely well drained and nowhere close to waterlogged, and feels like it wouldn't take much for it to start turning dry. Actually on the edges of some raised beds, it is dry. Those raised bed edges at the old (sandy) place seem to be favorites of Mediterranean type plants like sage. The sandy soil doesn't seem to make a huge difference for plants like tomatoes and squash that tend to have deep root to get them through slight dry periods (as long as it's not a serious drought), but the shallow rooted plants like lettuce, radish and peas seem to do much better at the clay soil place (maybe it's also due to temperatures being a few degrees cooler though).

[@gardeningsimplified]

I with you on having my fig trees on a drip irrigation system. I have deep sugar sand and in this 100+ heat their getting twice as much water as yours.

[@JohnJohnson-rj5uf]

23 years ago when we bought our house our friends got us a Turkey Fig as a house warming gift. We planted it in the planter bed area on the south side of the house. North Carolina Red Clay is Prevalent along with brick and debris from the construction of the house (1984). when we had the A/C heat pump installed a few weeks later, the A/C installer offered to run the condensate drain line right to the root ball of the tree..... i too being young and not greenthumish, thought it was a wonderful idea.... This tree is amazing!!!! Cut it to the ground every 2 years and it will grow back taller than my house..... This fig seems to LOVE water!!!!

[@archstanton9703]

I recently ordered a Fignomenal dwarf fig tree. I’m going to plant it in a pot after watching your video. I’ve planted Alma, Celeste, Turkey, and some unnamed white fig, but they all would die back during the winter and grow back in the spring but the figs never matured and fell off the plant. Hopefully, this dwarf gig will do better than the previous varieties I’ve tried to grow.

[@Tom-xc8up]

Would the figs grow better in a Gater bucket?

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Excellent video! I really appreciate the clarification on soil types. So many take a snippet off YT or other places and don’t research the whole story. Zone, location, soil, elevations, etc all make impacts. Another reason we stress local info so much.

[@1charlastar886]

GA gal here. I live in the CA desert where we get about 4" of rain a YEAR. Daily to every other day irrigation is mandatory. When I lived in Tifton we almost never had to water our fig trees and they produced just fine. Nice fig rows you have.

[@CrosStitching]

The big #1 reason for some folks to grow figs in pots is Root Knot Nematodes. In Florida’s sandy soil, the RKN kills figs. I’ve lost so so many different plants to RKN even with solarization, crop rotation, and cover crops. Figs are highly sensitive to RKN. If I didn’t grow my figs in pots, I wouldn’t be able to have figs at all. Love your channel and tips. Thanks for all the great informative content. I’ve learned lots!

[@aarongentile7232]

great video, thanks!

[@willlumpkin6108]

I got the LSU and mixed the mushroom with it in a five gallon bucket and it shot up nice!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Great to hear!

[@timfetner8029]

I’ll be placing my fig tree order once you have the Salem Dark variety back in stock. Should have gotten them earlier this year 😕

[@deans2790]

Alannah Myles ... Black Velvet...🤣 Love her music!

[@PolSKNAzi]

I bought three little figs from Lidl supermarket in the Highlands of Scotland a year ago, because they remind me of the huge fig trees in Greece (also to rescue them). I put them all together in one deep pot and keep them at the window of my 2nd floor flat where they get direct sun in summer, when the sun clears the buildings across the street. They've doubled in size, have huge leaves, and seem to love MiracleGro. Such a delight to look at! Thnak you for your precise videos.

[@newatthis50]

Thank You for your comment. I was wondering if you could put more than one in a large pot.

[@eretabegardens]

Nice video, thank you for sharing.

[@matthewking2209]

All good information.

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[@lisakruger5289]

You read my .mind because I have been thinking about trying a fig tree - and since I grow all my food plants in containers, it would need to grow in a pot. Could you suggest a couple of varieties that you have in stock that would stay on the smaller side/be pot friendly in North Atlanta zone 7A/B? Thanks so much for a great video!

[@LazyDogFarm]

The great thing about figs is that you can prune them to whatever size you need them to be. And often times, pruning promotes more new growth and more figs! I'd recommend White Marseilles for your location. It's relatively cold hardy for a fig and is a fast grower.

[@SuperAudiowizard]

thanks, good info

[@annettesanchez7062]

Been wonting to buy some of your figs but we are moving out of our of California to the state of Texas at the end of the year so I don’t want to have to pack them and I bet that they have a band on shipping to here anyway so I’m looking forward to getting some next year

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah we can't ship to California due to interstate plant shipping regulations, but we can ship to Texas!

[@2skyland]

Hi again, we have a low spot on our property where water will sort of collect and I was looking for something to put there and just really by accident planted a little Brown Turkey fig there and it would be doing a lot better if the guy would quit weedeating the leaves off of it but now that I know that I think I'll plant some more down there...and put down some drip irrigation just in case. 👍👍 Do you have any recommendations? We're in Zone 7.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I think the fig tree down there is a good idea. It might help soak up some of the excess water and keep it from getting too soggy down there.

[@2skyland]

@@LazyDogFarm It's a good feeling knowing I was thinking along the same lines as you were but then again watching your videos is probably why. 😆 They've made me a better gardener in a really short period of time; I'd never heard of Agrothrive before, I tried it, it's great and everything shot up, loved it, produced great. I'll have to try the Coop Gro next. Thanks again!

[@MommaKnowsBestest]

Hai from Vancouver

[@jhutto3814]

Travis, interesting. Good reason, cold snaps, for growing in a pot especially when young. Be really interesting to know how they do for how long when it gets older. That might be a bit of a chore to transplant when it needs it and keeping the root ball under control. I've looked threw your fig trees for sale and though I'd like to have one, remembering the huge tree in my favorite aunt Kat's back yard when I was a kid. One question. Are fig trees grafted, like orange trees? Maybe two questions. What's your favorite fig? Thanks bud. Keepu'm commin.

[@LazyDogFarm]

They're not grafted, although some people do graft them. Ours are propagated from cuttings in our orchard. Conadria is my favorite variety.

[@jhutto3814]

Thanks Travis. I'll be looking in to one now I know I can grow it in a pot.@@LazyDogFarm

[@memph7610]

Got a general container question for you. How do you stop the water from flowing down the side of the container? Often I find the soil gets sucked inwards, especially if it's a bit dry, and then there's a gap between the edge of the container, and the edge of the container soil, and whenever I water it, the water runs down the edge and out the bottom of the container instead of through/into the soil. And then the soil gets even more hydrophobic and becomes even harder to water...

[@markb8954]

Drop the entire pot in a large bucket and full saturate. You might need to repot your plant and add better soil.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We use a Dramm nozzle in our greenhouse that absolutely soaks stuff. Might want to try something like that.

[@memph7610]

@@LazyDogFarm So the idea from both of you is to just get it really wet however you can to counter the hydrophobic-ness. Alright, I'll try that. Maybe add a little soil on the edges so that it can filter into the gap.

[@LittlePieceOfHeaven.65]

Subscribed :)

[@johnsites5105]

Travis this is not a fig question. I have Jamila okra plants 3 foot tall, but they are not producing any okra Blume any advice. Stalks are 1" diameter in size. I live in mid-state SC.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Could be that the soil is too fertile. I've seen that happen with some of the heirloom varieties. That's why I stopped using any fertilizer at all on our okree unless it starts looking really pitiful.

[@hollynelson543]

Hi Trav😊

[@michaelchadwick1194]

Could you do a one on onions seed to in ground I have tried seed an they just won't germinate I know it is something I am doing wrong .

[@techworld-kc6lt]

I will sell my house eventually and taking them fruit trees with me

[@chucktwnkid]

If you had to pick one kind of fig tree what kind would it be? I've been thinking about getting one and I live in Mt Pleasant SC

[@LazyDogFarm]

If I could only grow one, it would be Conadria.

[@SunShine-nz8kp]

in florida our in ground figs suffer from nematodes, maybe you dont have that problem? what kind of potting mix would you suggest to avoid this problem in the pot?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I haven't noticed any nematode issues on ours. Not sure how to control them in pots, but we mostly use ProMix when propagating ours and then add a little mushroom compost to promote good biology.

[@onecrowingrooster2239]

Can you grow figs from seed? Thanks for sharing

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not these common figs that don't require pollination. They are propagated via cuttings.

[@zanderayers1011]

I have an Olympian fig in a pot in ky i cant bring it in any advice for the winter

[@LazyDogFarm]

Let it go dormant after the first frost, prune it to a manageable size, and then wrap it. Keep the soil moist throughout the winter as well.

[@zanderayers1011]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you Im new to figs so I'm nervous about winter because it can get to negatives here for a short time like a night or two

[@billybass6419]

I'm in NW Fla and if I don't water, the figs wither up and fall aff.

[@FloraM44]

I noticed the lower branch of that fig tree was underneath the soil line, is there no concern of it rotting?

[@LazyDogFarm]

It won't rot. But it will form more roots.

[@FloraM44]

@@LazyDogFarm awesome, thanks!

[@husseinfaraj8690]

When you guys gonna have the 258 for sale

[@LazyDogFarm]

It will probably be next spring before we have any more of those. They went fast this year.

[@bretthong6137]

How long if it's 3 to 5 to produce figs?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I can get figs in the second year on most varieties. Sometimes I get a few in the first year.

[@Tom-xc8up]

Would the figs grow better in a Gater bucket?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Unlikely

[@jerrybrown8605]

How do I know what kind of fig tree I have.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's tough. There are hundreds of varieties in the States alone. More than that overseas.

[@jerrybrown8605]

I’m thinking it’s probably a Brown Turkey since most of the fig trees in my area are Turkey figs, but again it’s a guess.

[@jerrybrown8605]

How low can I keep my fig tree & still get figs?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'd try to keep it at least 5-6' tall if not a little taller.

[@jsamford6547]

Well poop...I planted mine in the ground and they both died...too much heat..

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sorry to hear that. They need a lot of water until the roots establish in the soil.

[@itsasickness4939]

Growing figs in pots has at least one Achilles heel. My south Louisiana heat, we’ve been experiencing triple digit temps going on two months now. I’ve lost three of the 20 or so varieties I got from Cajun B this past spring. The roots literally cooked. My solution for some was to move them to full shade, for others I buried the pot in ground and a few I went ahead and planted. Fortunately the ones I lost weren’t top tier figs. I was wondering why he had all his potted figs that he sells sitting in the shade next to his shed. I probably should have asked. lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

Makes complete sense. Thanks for sharing that great info.

[@JoyAdele68]

#4 reason to grow figs in a pot: root knot nematodes in your west coast central florida ground soil 😡

[@janicescott-reederking6536]

Or anywhere in Broward County. We are infested with them.

[@SpartanSolider]

Dang I missed the discount window 😢

[@citylotgardening6171]

Great video thanks for sharing 👍