Let's See What Happens?! Will This Fig Grow?

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Deep South Homestead

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@DeepSouthHomestead 3 ай бұрын

Fruit Picker amzn.to/3XHONIQ

@JoannaMaGrath 3 ай бұрын

Just sharing... I love watching your channel and how you work together and do stuff around the homestead together in your videos. Watching all your labor of love come to life. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!! So beyond grateful I found your channel through Pinball Preparedness.

@TheCoronaleo2 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Danny and Wanda for sharing so much with this community. I live that fruit picker. I have a ton of fruit trees and this is one tool that will come in handy. Many Blessings.

@fotoejunkee6247 3 ай бұрын

We got one of those fruit pickers after you showed it to us last time. We love it. It is a BIG help.

@shodson314 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@bonnyevans1880 3 ай бұрын

My massive fig tree was a scrap branch that was cut off and thrown into a leaf/brush pile. I spotted it in the edge of wood line. Was about 2 1/2-3 foot long. It had started making roots in the composted leaves. So I transplanted it and then moved it when I moved here back in 2003. It is a massive tree now and is probably over 20’ across from side to side.

@lotus.... 3 ай бұрын

Figs are very easy to root. Take 8 inch cuttings from the end of the branch. Take off most all leaves. Put in 4 inch pots or plastic cups with holes in the bottom. Fill with perlite mixed with potting soil. Keep damp but not soggy. Figs don't tend to like wet feet but can actually root in water. Once rooted, remove to a better draining area. I also sometimes put about 10 in a gallon sized pot with perlite and potting soil mixed and get good results. I have shipped cuttings wrapped in damp moss and they started making roots on the way. So that may be another easy way. Also works for mulberry trees, beauty berries and many other trees and shrubs.

@SheilaDawdy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful explanation!!

@flintmcrock636 2 ай бұрын

Very Happy Independence Day ya’ll.

@sallywasagoodolgal 3 ай бұрын

If you'd planted that fig up a couple of feet higher, it probably would work. Figs are more desert dwellers than swamp dwellers. I root figs in a plastic bag on top of my fridge. Cut a foot or so off the ends of limbs, put some hormone on half, wrap 'em in wet newspaper and put them on top of the fridge in plastic. In 2 or 4 weeks they have roots and put them in dirt in a pot. In the spring I put them in the ground and keep they watered for a year then they go on their own. Also you can put them in your compost pile in the late fall. They root great that way. In the spring when the leaves come out plant in the ground. They do really good. Danny should build a scaffold in that fig tree. There's an old man here that did that in a giant black mission. He gets nearly ever fig and sells them he gets so many.

@Aussiehomestead1965 3 ай бұрын

Same as my daddy used to say when you remove the lower leaves off tomato plants - he'd say: you're growing tomatoes not leaves. Great video as usual you two. Regards from Australia 🦘🦘

@vickisavage8929 3 ай бұрын

Given the problems with vertigo, it’s a blessing to be stable on a ladder. Leverage has a lot to do with perceived weight, and it becomes more apparent when the pole is extended. It looks to me like, after last year’s drought, the perennials are on a procreative hyperdrive. Nothing is more effective at inducing increased productivity than the threat of death, whether in critters or crops. The windows of heaven have surely been opened, and His blessings are pouring out.

@isabelhoyohoy5775 3 ай бұрын

OMG Danny & Wanda, DSH is my dream homestead! But, I'd be dreaming only... I'll just continue watching you guys, my ideal homesteaders.

@lorenstribling6096 3 ай бұрын

We had what my mother called a sand pear when I was a child. They were small and hard but made the best canned pears. I remember climbing in our fig tree every summer and eating figs fresh.

@gerrymarmee3054 3 ай бұрын

I cut a branch from our fig tree and used it to stake a small plant in our garden. It took root!

@junkinjodi 3 ай бұрын

When I saw Danny up in that tree, I can here my grandma saying boy you better get out of that tree. Lol.

@monkeyfoodgarden 3 ай бұрын

Good afternoon Mr. Danny and Ms. Wanda. Getting our very first fig that should be ready to harvest today. Never have ate one so can't wait to get out there and take a look. Planted pear trees last year and got our first few this year. Anything we get is a blessing. Thank y'all for sharing and Ms. Wanda is going to be busy in the canning kitchen LOL. Have a blessed day.

@sallywasagoodolgal 3 ай бұрын

Good for you! Your fig will give you 10,000 figs soon enough. I have about 15 fig trees (I was just so excited by my 1st fig I went out and got another and learned how to propagate...it's easy to catch 'figitis'.)

@franpaterno486 3 ай бұрын

Danny and Wanda the pears look good. Great video God bless both of y’all and your family. My husband loves figs. It’s sure is hot outside be carful.

@marybethham4967 3 ай бұрын

I have made pear honey before which is good. Never thought of pear sauce. Thanks

@RobinTru 2 ай бұрын

Up north...we keep the pears and apples cut low..about 8ft max.

@blessedbloominghomestead9134 3 ай бұрын

I’d rather eat pears than apples, and figs are my favorite! Nice harvest!

@claudettehernandez3402 3 ай бұрын

My bff for46 yrs has a pear tree I usually get a bag of pears from. 4 pints each time

@a.chandler6993 3 ай бұрын

Figs are from the Mediterranean. They won't like that much water.

@nockreel1190 3 ай бұрын

I have a white fig from Southern italy. They also store water in there stems and really love humidity. I live in coastal Virginia and it thrives.

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

It's only to root it.

@Jomama02 3 ай бұрын

When i was a small child, maybe 3 years old mom and grandma would can up small pears, only like 2" and would spice them. It was always a treat to go to grrandmas to eat those pears. To this day I've never seen those small pears or a recipe for spiced pears. They had cinnamon and cloves in them. Such a happy happy memory for me. I'd love to find the little pears and a recipe for them. We lived in Ohio and the tree was in our back yard. The pears were brown.

@debbies2966 3 ай бұрын

Maybe a bosc pear?

@janelleroads6011 3 ай бұрын

I paid close attention to how you trimmed up that rooting end of the fig. I'll be really tickled if it roots! I'll try it myself!

@DinkTank369 3 ай бұрын

Hello Danny & Wanda Nice harvest Have an amazing day/Weekend

@MedusasHairDo 3 ай бұрын

That is some hard work overhead picking the pears. I never heard you could do that with a fig tree, just starting one from a cutting. I have had a hard time keeping mine from dying back each winter, then it pops up and stays small. My favorite Pear is the D'anjou. I am slowly getting things set up for an orchard and would love to have the blueberries you all have down south. They are so expensive to buy up here in Illinois. I love the tips you give us. I am about to try getting some peach trees to grow using your leaves method you showed us a few videos(live) back.

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Figs need heavy mulch year around.

@sengelmohr 3 ай бұрын

I'm in SC & since we had no late frost, we have lots of Apples, Pears & Peaches. You did get a nice haul there & I can't wait to see if that Fig takes hold. 👍

@waydownyonder8446 3 ай бұрын

Looks like that 1960 model climbs good too!

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Not as easy as it use to.

@BUTTERFLY31214 3 ай бұрын

🦋🇺🇸👍👍👍👍Hello everyone. Love pears 🍐. Most fruit in general. Awesome 👏. Thks for sharing. Beautiful farm

@nancyp1568 3 ай бұрын

Matthew 25:14-30 19. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.[c] You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.

@billfraser2279 3 ай бұрын

Wanda you guys are a great couple, but I just love Danny’s personality. Live in another part of the country, but just find myself wishing I could hang with him in person every day.

@Angie-jg4nz 3 ай бұрын

I’m trying to figure out how to spray my dads very tall plum trees, without getting covered in poison myself. Ladder, reach high as I can hold my breath and spray wildly🤣. This way, is NOT working. Worms in every one. Pear preserves for me, love em.

@cbass2755 3 ай бұрын

I’m surprised the squirrels & birds didn’t eat them, or should I say waste them. Growing up we had a Pear Tree and Mom was always upset about that. We’d just cut around them bc Mom was so mad about wasting those pears. She’d make such great jams/jellies and lots of treats for us kids. I miss doing that with her. I’d run out and climb the tree and get them, and Mom was doing ground pick up. She canned Brandy Pears for the Holiday seasons…so good….

@theIAMofME 3 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see if it works! If so, I have 3 and will take a few from my Celeste fig and try this. My oldest and biggest tree does the worst. It never was great. The two younger ones drip with figs. I feel for y'all. Our heat index is triple digits every day. Right now it's only 101. That's actually not so bad. HA

@ernieguillory8299 2 ай бұрын

I sure enjoy watching your videos. That is my dream when I retire to do exactly what you’re doing.

@rockinpranch10 3 ай бұрын

Pear trees make me cringe. Last time I picked some at my rent house I grabbed one & a yellow jacket came out of it & stung the palm of my hand. Swelled up & couldn't make a fist 😂. But decades later id love to have one. My goats ate my orchard one day when. They escaped

@Planzman1 3 ай бұрын

we make pear pickles. peel and slice to thumb size pieces, cook 👩‍🍳 n sugar syrup with pickling spices and some turmeric for color cook until tender not mush can as normal in hot water bath for pickles

@monkeymommy778 2 ай бұрын

Our first brown turkey fig ripened the other day and it was delicious! That fruit picker is really neat, it reminds me of that gadget people use to change light bulbs on the ceiling.

@clairemontanaro4985 2 ай бұрын

that's so weird that you guys have the crickets making noises in the heat. They don't make noises here in Pa until the Fall so I associate them with the Fall and I love the Fall.

@bettynewman66 3 ай бұрын

Our pear tree had hundreds of pears on it - but the @#$%* squirrels got every single one!

@joyceswansey8116 3 ай бұрын

I bought me 2 of the pear pickers so when my tree gets pears I will have a helper. My pear tree is only 2 years old.😂

@tambrasmith9707 3 ай бұрын

I think I’m gonna get a blower to clean my high tunnel clean , when I get everything else done

@lauracarter2223 3 ай бұрын

When I pruned my fig trees this year, we put the stems in soil. We now have about 10 new fig trees. I have never done anything like this! also have 1 surviving apple sprout.

@EvelynW-b6l 3 ай бұрын

My mother in law liked apple sauce, so I made her some pear sauce that she liked.

@wildturkey8752 3 ай бұрын

I’m interested in seeing if the fig grows also. Thanks for sharing.

@herbgraybill8963 3 ай бұрын

What variety of fig trees?

@DeepSouthHomestead 3 ай бұрын

Brown Turkey

@Sandra-hk8ks 3 ай бұрын

Im with you .i love pears , peaches, cherries, apricots

@joanmatchett8100 3 ай бұрын

That's a great gizmo for picking fruit

@NashRambler 3 ай бұрын

I make pear sauce and we almost like it better than apple sauce.

@Jman1776 3 ай бұрын

Love the experimenting...blessings

@carolineflynn1799 3 ай бұрын

I LOVE fresh figs! Beautiful fruit trees!

@MilknHoneyHeritageFarmz 3 ай бұрын

That’s a wonderful harvest!

@tammyharder7488 3 ай бұрын

Picking and a grinning nice! 😊 It's still raining here in Minnesota please keep it in your prayers 🙏

@jrae6608 3 ай бұрын

Like pear sauce, make just like apple sauce.

@sandilacy9498 3 ай бұрын

What a wonderful crop of pears!

@chriswinger7881 3 ай бұрын

Good luck on the fig tree 😊

@PopleBackyardFarm 3 ай бұрын

I haven't had a fig in forever

@texaschopper3091 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful harvest.

@cbass2755 3 ай бұрын

I love Pears too…yum

@joyceswansey8116 3 ай бұрын

Your fig tree is pretty.

@jennine7384 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful pears!

@shodson314 3 ай бұрын

Everything looks really healthy! In my part so South Carolina, we are drying up something terrible. No rain in 4 weeks and heat index of close to 100 or more the last week

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

We're over 100 every day.

@angelawillis145 3 ай бұрын

Wanda do you can okra or just freeze it? I feel like I should know the answer but I can’t remember seeing a canning video

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

We do both I have videos showing how we can the okra.

@Leebeaux1 3 ай бұрын

Where can I buy a pole pear picker at. And what is the correct name for it. Thank yall Ms Wanda and Mr Danny

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

It's in the comments first one just click on it.

@donnadelong2781 3 ай бұрын

We have a pear tree and it put off lots of huge pears last year, this year it was full of blooms but I think they froze, I don't care for pears I will eat one while they are still crispy. We have figs too but it gets too cold and they freeze to the roots and don't have enough time to regrow and the figs get ripe before winter.

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Cover the roots with a deep mulch.

@PepperplacewithShawna 3 ай бұрын

Pears ❤❤❤❤❤

@midwayfarms 3 ай бұрын

Great video God bless

@waydownyonder8446 3 ай бұрын

FIGS!

@Astewa1234 3 ай бұрын

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤🙏

@nelsoncanuelas7069 3 ай бұрын

Hi Danny and Wanda . that's a lot of pearls 😋 can I grow pearls in Florida just asking..

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@nelsoncanuelas7069 2 ай бұрын

@@DeepSouthHomestead thanks you . And blessings from me and family 🙏

@Keiths1234 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙂♥️🕊👍

@EdMerritt-wb3yd 3 ай бұрын

Can you tell me the variety of your white okra?

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

White velvet

@Wigington24 3 ай бұрын

🌱

@PaulaSetzer 3 ай бұрын

Do you know what variety "old timey" pears are? I would like to buy one. Thanks

@a.chandler6993 3 ай бұрын

Kieffer is the old canning pear our grandma's grew. Seckel and Bosc are heirlooms. I can't grow the last 2 here near Houston - not enough chill hours. But I can grow Kieffer and Southern Bartlett.

@DeepSouthHomestead 2 ай бұрын

Kieffer and Bartlett are the two I'm familiar with.