Do This Now Before It Gets Too Big! | Fig Tree Pruning Tips

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@AUDIOSWAMP Ай бұрын

Just an old timers trick to encourage branching without cutting the tips of the limb is to take a sharp knife or razor knife and press it into the bark all the way around the limb just above where you want it to branch out this will cause it to branch out and the wound will heal perfectly fine and keep growing !! Try it !! This works on the trunk as well just press the blade into the bark directly above a bud that you want to cause branch out from the trunk if you need a branch in that location !!

@LazyDogFarm Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! Might have to try that on one!

@dvrmte Ай бұрын

I defoliated my young fig trees and wrapped them yesterday. We're supposed to hit 22 tonight. We haven't had a killing frost yet to zap the leaves off.

@tammyohlsson7966 Ай бұрын

You’ve given me courage. Mine are still fully leafed out. 36 tonight, so maybe I can trim later this week. Blessings!

@BustinRootz Ай бұрын

I can't wait for the Cherry Cordial fig cuttings to be ready

@Maria-ql3fc Ай бұрын

Never heard of that fig cultivar, but certainly would like to taste one.

@yunifamily40 Ай бұрын

Hello friends so beautiful you place and your garden, my name is Yuni from Indonesian enjoy with you video 😊

@BNOBLE. Ай бұрын

Great video thank you.... you shipped me a fig tree several months ago and it was lost in the mail... you replaced the tree for me and 6 weeks later you received the tree that was lost in the mail back. You said you may plant it to see if it would make it after spending 6 weeks in a box with no food or water...... Did you plant it? What does it look like? Thanks from Orlando!!!!

@LazyDogFarm Ай бұрын

It's in the greenhouse and it looks great. I'll probably wait until next spring to plant it.

@aileensmith3062 Ай бұрын

A timely video, thank you for sharing!

@PukaHeadMan Ай бұрын

I like your hat!

@DancingTreetopsFamilyFarm Ай бұрын

Thank you for this explanation. I think I'm getting more courageous when pruning figs every year.

@superdave336 Ай бұрын

I have all of my first year trees trained to a single stem. Once they go dormant I will cut them around 30" to encourage the side branching. Thanks

@baneverything5580 Ай бұрын

We can get very very cold here in central Louisiana...like low single digits...so I made my Brown Turkey trees grow horizontal branches low near the ground in a spider pattern. They have trunks too and vertical growth but if we get a bad freeze every few years I can at least cover some of the big low branches with deep pine straw, blankets, then a tarp or 2, and save enough of the tree to allow it to recover quicker even if the higher branches freeze...hopefully. I saw your mulberry video and I planted dwarf everbearing types between and around my six (so far) fig trees to keep the birds busy. I have 4 new cheap fig trees (I fell for a "deal" on "Celeste" trees!) that are growing vertical branches and I think they`re Violette de Bordeaux or Magnolia but I won`t know until they fruit next year. They may be male trees too. I`m trying to decide on 2 more trees to get before spring. I may just get one more fig variety and plant big blackberries for wine. If the 4 new trees are a bad variety for here I`ll pull them up by the roots with a pickup and start over.

@jerrybessetteDIY Ай бұрын

Me too in Plano TX

@JMJWill Ай бұрын

22° 11-28, then two or three sub 20’ DED 2-4. ALL morning lows in the 20s. Zone 7B, NWC, NC. NEED

@happy2cya70 28 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I have someone I want to mail cuttings to who lives in Canada. Any tips on how I should package them?

@LazyDogFarm 28 күн бұрын

No idea on how you can package them and get them across the border.

@DaveK385 Ай бұрын

I let a couple of my pear trees get too big before I pruned them this year. Had to prop an extension ladder against them to reach the tops which wasn't good.

@alabamagirl2725 Ай бұрын

Love y'all

@2brownbraids Ай бұрын

wow ! you cut a lot off, dont know if i can do it ! it does look nicer. Thank you, its most helpful.

@judyjohnson1012 Ай бұрын

I wasn’t sure how to contact you except through YT, but if I order Bravo cabbage or Green Magic broccoli, would I still be able to plant them next fall & expect them to produce since they are hybrid seeds? Thanks

@LazyDogFarm Ай бұрын

Yes, they should still be fine and viable.

@chaz6399 Ай бұрын

What causes the leaves to get brown spots, then turn yellow, and finally fall off? I noticed that some of yours look this way but not nearly as bad as mine. Any ideas? Will it get better over the winter?

@LazyDogFarm Ай бұрын

It's just rust -- a product of our hot and humid climate. It causes the leaves to fall off, but they quickly make new ones and new figs. Doesn't really hurt the trees.