Excellent job in clarifying planting. You are one of the best video producers I have ever seen. Keep up the good work and post more.
@jamiepark8882 жыл бұрын
Oh, man, I love figs and I only see 1 variety in the grocery store for a very short window of time. I live in a cold climate and didn’t think I could grow figs but think I’ll try now. 👍👍👍
@marychandler80973 жыл бұрын
you really broke things down to a very simple language. That is a talent.
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment
@pablosblog6844 Жыл бұрын
Does chicago hardy fig tree will survive in canada?
@tarts97673 жыл бұрын
Thanks !!! That is the most encouraging video for beginner in fig growing like myself living in Estonia (Zone 6b) 👍👍👍😊
@Youronlydaddy2 жыл бұрын
You might have just changed my life, eary rippening figs! THERE IS HOPE.
@TheSunRiseKid2 жыл бұрын
The fig shuffle!! 💃 I do the seedling shuffle every spring! I am in Wisconsin. Great video neighbor!
@valentinawernli14963 жыл бұрын
One guy keeps his figs in ground, cuts them back to 10 inches in the fall. Dumps a crap ton of mulch (at least 8 inches) on them, and they survived a negative 15 F. winter.
@VirginiaFruitGrower2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation about general fig care and way to overwinter figs.
@cdnnmonaakitchen8504 Жыл бұрын
I LIKE THIS EXPLAINING HOW TO GROW FIG TREE IN WINTER CLIMATE
@RKfigs Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching I'm glad you like the video 😁
@angelaburrell-lewis29553 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing all your wonderful FIG care tips. I got my fig plant from a family member yesterday. Thanks to your information I think I now how best to go about planting them. God bless you 🙏
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@Nexus-ub4hs3 жыл бұрын
Really like your presentation style, very calm and helpful. Always wanted to grow figs, thank you for the inspiration
@henrikcasell57653 жыл бұрын
Short yet comprehensive video. Great! I'll try these tricks and see if it works.
@adventureguy4119 Жыл бұрын
some men have guns, some have car and motorcycles. This guy found his peace growing figs.
@thebills26143 ай бұрын
I have all of that stuff and none of it is nice 😂
@Crumbeyeolo3 жыл бұрын
Good vid. I’m in Toronto and after years of trial and error, I leave my figs out till it gets to -5 and bring them in. The short dormancy produces a second fruit ripening in March
@Free_Falastin20242 жыл бұрын
Hi, Chris. I'd like to know more about your fig growing experiences. I've subscribed to your channel in case you decide to post about it.
@dickstruckparts41853 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. You cleared up so many questions I had. 👍
@emilehabib55233 жыл бұрын
You bring back nice memories of last summer fig harvesting Very informative video
@donnavorce88562 жыл бұрын
Thank you for presenting detailed information. Figs are a rare luxury for me. I'm going to grow more figs now using your suggestions. Cheers post script: subscribed!
@DS122102 ай бұрын
Need more videos like this. Thanks. Im in Zone 3A Canada and in love with tropicals and moderate temp trees.
@hythekent3 жыл бұрын
I love your delivery and relaxed presentation. What a good video. I’m S.E England and we can grow figs but mostly just one crop.
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍
@ns-rd8so3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Thanks !
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked it. Thank you
@Free_Falastin20242 жыл бұрын
That was easily the most thorough guide to growing figs (and other exotic fruit trees) in the GTA. I really appreciate this video. I'd like to grow my fig tree in-ground. Are there any methods that don't involve digging it back up, whether partially or fully, and having it produce figs reliably every year? I'm not concerned with dieback so long as it produces every year.
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJjChJt9ab-pZ5o
@Danielseven-ir2mq3 жыл бұрын
Here in Denver CO I'm learning that small fruit is the way to go for a short season. Small eggplants, cherry tomatoes and yes small to medium figs. Do have challenges dealing with radiant high altitude 🌞 sun, dry winds. Providing shelter from this elements is key. Peace.
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Good luck👍
@rexmonarch23 жыл бұрын
I had four Chicago Hardy fig bushes growing in the ground in Englewood CO and it was frustrating because of the early and late freezes. Now I've recently moved to Port Charlotte Florida and I dug the figs up and took them with me. Right now they seem to developing a new root system because they are just sitting there hardly putting any new growth on. I dug a persimmon tree up too and took it with me -- it's putting on lots of new growth.
@ginab26892 жыл бұрын
You are a great resource: I am responding per your request: I have a white Italian honey fig tree that my son bought me this year. It is in ground in a sunny spot in my Long Island NY south shore yard. Since I have less success with potted plants I planted it. I have not had success with smaller cheaper figs overwintering in the past. Honestly, I’m nervous about wrapping it (when) & in wrapping it (when) & the details about needing a fertilizer product. Thank you for addressing these questions GinaB
@sergiouni211 ай бұрын
god video, I have a hardy chicago plated in my backyard in Montreal, very cold winter, i wrapped it with insulating wrap and it resisted, so far it s been 5 years
@EXTREMERC4168 ай бұрын
Im going with the miracle grow shake n feed 12-4-8 as my main fig fertilizer. Tons of micro nutrients and the benefits of organic and inorganic fertilizers. 3 times fer season. One before or during dormency so it is ready to boost figs once awake. I think it saves some steps with that fertilizer alone. I do have some neptune harvest liquid fertilizer and also dry kelp meal. Might get some bone meal for the added phosphorous but idk about mixing two fertilizer can cause plant burn
@Matt1333 жыл бұрын
Great video, especially for someone who has killed a few 🤣
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Watch my spring care video
@masoudzamani20962 жыл бұрын
Useful info, wonderfully explained. Thanks
@jordansjournal13242 жыл бұрын
This video has made my day
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it 👍
@ngohung499 ай бұрын
The fig you showed at 4:37, i don’t think it is brown turkey due to the leaves not having 5 fingers 😂. But, you’re right choose the right variety is very important to grow fig in cold place. I am guessing viollet de bordeaux should be a good one 🎉
@ellieabk76593 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing 👍
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it
@mariamedeiros10402 жыл бұрын
I am in Winnipeg Manitoba is very cold I am going to do just the way you just said to try now is finding a tree have to look in the nursery thank you
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
You can buy here and get it shipped to you Rkfigs.ca
@govindasgarden Жыл бұрын
Very clear and informative. Thanks!
@lsophial10 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@mariaanaliereyes29562 жыл бұрын
Very informative.
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it 😊
@samzanti1402 Жыл бұрын
I was given a fig tree from a friend of my daughter in law. Her Dad grew them right here in Western NY. He passed away. The tree is 5foot tall and around 6 feet wide. The pot is maybe 40 or 50 gallons on wheels. . All she could tell me is to water it everyday and put it in the garage in the winter. I need some advice, please.
@elizabethraworth642 жыл бұрын
Just found this. Can't wait to try growing figs on the east coast of Canada.
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Yes I've sent many cuttings and newly rooted trees to Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on the East coast
@elizabethraworth642 жыл бұрын
@@RKfigs do you sell them ?
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Yes check out my website at Rkfigs.ca
@elizabethraworth642 жыл бұрын
@@RKfigs great ! I will. I am so excited to add figs to my garden. Thank so much.
@grahamwellington9786 Жыл бұрын
Hello. I’m in Canada. I get figs but they never ripen. I think I have Chicago hardy. Is that a variety you’re familiar with, by chance?
@renecreemers389311 ай бұрын
Thans you for using celsius.
@DebbieLynToomey Жыл бұрын
Do you wanted the dormant potted fig during the winter while it’s dormant to do you just leave it alone until Spring time? Also when in the Spring is it safe to take out of the garage?
@rrgriffin66 Жыл бұрын
We recently moved to a home in Atlanta, Georgia last summer. Surprise! There is a fig tree! We didn’t see any breba fruit. The fruit is just starting to ripen to a purplish color, but the ants are beginning to swarm our fruit. There are bees and wasps as well. How do I tell what type of fig we have? Also is there a way to deter insects while we allow our figs to ripen?
@juronlobo3 жыл бұрын
Is it possible in Mississauga Ontario to grow a fig tree in the ground throughout the year?? Putting the essential burlap and or mulch to protect the roots.
@torontohomestead92542 жыл бұрын
According to my colleague, yes. She said they have a full size fig tree in the ground in their mississauga yard. I don't know which variety but i was told that they wrap it with blankets and other insulating materials every year.
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJjChJt9ab-pZ5o
@TheShamwari Жыл бұрын
I have two large fig trees ( 4m high, X 3mm wide) figs, they both sprung up in the pot of a rose tree, which I bought ! Now they both produce hundreds of small figs which are about the size of the top of a lady's thumb and these do not ripen. However, there was one exception and it only happened last year it was one low branch produced one edible fig which was about golfball size. Now I have once cut these two trees back to only 3 main stems but their original size , I live in S of UK and in (say) March I will again cut these trees back and try to graft to themsection of a normal black fig which is only aboy 2m in diameter but does produce good black figs. Any thoughts on the above ; especially on how seeds of a fig may have been in the soil of the shop bought rose?
@Wisconsin_Gardener9 ай бұрын
Im in zone 5a. Can you point me to a variety I can grow in ground, tastes beautiful, and has a shorter grow season? What is ground bagging?
@Lochness192 жыл бұрын
Are you more in the northern GTA or southern GTA? I'm in the southern part and it doesn't drop to -30C here anymore. Seems like -25C, maybe -27C is the worst I could expect? I was thinking of trying to grow figs for the first time next year, and picking a hardy variety (ex Chicago hardy) and then wrapping it in a bunch of insulating layers (including straw or leaves) and hope that's enough? That way the roots are undisturbed and hopefully a good amount of the main branches/trunk can survive?
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
I am right around the Toronto area and yes you're right it hasn't been minus 30 in a while but it has happened over the years and could possibly still happen one of these years. If you want to grow your fig trees in the ground here's a simple method that you could try kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJjChJt9ab-pZ5o
@dani3296 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I am interested in starting a ~20 fig variety garden in Varna Bulgaria, I think the climate is perfect and I have a wind shielded piece of land. Could you make for me a special package of cuttings with the 20 cornerstone varieties? :)
@BlackJesus8463 Жыл бұрын
yup
@shaikhraihan282 жыл бұрын
Great video can you give me idea for Chicago hardy fig growing in the ground in winter in Chicago please
@shayb17012 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.
@bshouseof2wheelsmeats7 ай бұрын
Is a 5 gallon bucket big enough for a mature tree?
@PLNTGMING2 жыл бұрын
Citrus is subtropical, palms subtropical-tropical and figs temperate-subtropical
@leslielucci3182 Жыл бұрын
Nice sized green house. Where did you get it?
@napolissc7 Жыл бұрын
Where did you buy your little greenhouse?
@michaellovetere80332 жыл бұрын
use the Chicago fig..That's the name Chicago variety very cold hardy
@RandoBox2 ай бұрын
Have you grown Boston Unknown #12?
@jtate33311 ай бұрын
Hi which variety is your best fruiter?
@skylark3913 жыл бұрын
do you know anything about Chicago Hardy, I bought it Home Depot. Supposedly it from Michigan state university and can grow in Chicago s harsh climate outside.
@ashtanga20003 жыл бұрын
give it some protection this winter and it will survive outside in the ground and come back next spring.
@travisnienhaus33602 жыл бұрын
@@ashtanga2000 do you have experience you could share about your wintering?! I'm just north of Chicago and REALLY want them in the ground.
@ashtanga20002 жыл бұрын
@@travisnienhaus3360 if you can put against brick wall on south facing part of house, that's best bet. Other methods involve using concrete curing blankets and tarps to wrap it.
@ashtanga20002 жыл бұрын
@@travisnienhaus3360 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp6rh3l-m9qgibc try this without the burlap (he comments that he removed it)
@travisnienhaus33602 жыл бұрын
@ashtangaboy I've also read about cutting them to the ground before winter and fruiting the following year?! That terrifies me
@user-mx5to9qk9d Жыл бұрын
Hi rk. I'd like to transplant my fig trees from pots to ground. I live in Pennsylvania. Can you help, please. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks.
@RKfigs Жыл бұрын
You can do it but you need to provide sufficient winter protection.
@joanie-music3 жыл бұрын
What about an LSU fig? I live in zone 7... any idea what type of fig that is? Have you tried an LSU fig?
@fablan33082 жыл бұрын
Help me fig god why are my fig not ripe On the in side please help I think it's a turkey brown tree And I've had a couple go mouldy why they still on thee
@lry4013 жыл бұрын
what fig varieties do you choose?
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Depends what area are you in
@lry4013 жыл бұрын
@@RKfigs I wanna know what varieties can survive your weather. I live in a subtropical area.
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIGtoZiYoN5jZ6s
@j.l.thurman27253 жыл бұрын
We are in Nova Scotia and I got a Chicago hardy. My garage got to -15 this year, but i also keep chickens in it. What do you recommend?
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
I like Italian Honey, Violet de Bordeaux and Atreano
@mariaanaliereyes29562 жыл бұрын
Just wandering where you bought your greenhouse tent and temperature regulator. Thanks
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
It's all in the video description including many other products.
@ns-rd8so3 жыл бұрын
what is ground bagging?
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
You can see it in the video at 3:30. It's basically planting the tree in the ground every spring but in a grow bag with holes in the sides. Then removing it in the fall.
@shayb17012 жыл бұрын
Question, can I cut off the top of my fig tree so it'll fit in my greenhouse?
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Yes you can
@stevegrant45432 жыл бұрын
How early do you put them out in the greenhouse? Around first day of spring?
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Depends on the weather as soon as I see no day has a temperature lower than freezing.
@oneyaker3 жыл бұрын
Do you get any fruit from those Loquats?
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Good eye. These loquats are young and I planted then from a seed just for fun so nothing yet.
@oneyaker3 жыл бұрын
@@RKfigs I have a few 3' Loquats also from seeds I brought from FL to MA about 5 years ago. These things need serious pruning to keep as indoor plants. I wonder if they will ever bear fruit in the north east. What a fantastic fruit right from the tree/bush.
@pasqualeparente97763 жыл бұрын
Where is home for you?
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Around Toronto in Canada
@pasqualeparente97763 жыл бұрын
@@RKfigs thank you for the quick response. I asked do that Ik can get an idea of your climate as compared to the climate in Montreal.
@Salmiyaguy12 жыл бұрын
minus 30 in toronto. Seriously since when? - 13 was the coldest recorded in Toronto in 2021 and minus 19 in 2020. in any case, many people on my zone pushers facebook group plant figs in their backyards in toronto and have new growth every year, after winter dieback, and a shrub full of fruits by mid or late summer. Sounds better than potting.
@RKfigs2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thanks for watching, I appreciate your support. Most of the time during winter the wind chill makes everything worse. Here is City TV reporting -30 on Jan 10, 2022 toronto.citynews.ca/2022/01/10/extreme-cold-toronto-gta/
@saraswatkin92263 жыл бұрын
This does not sound easy to grow figs in cold climate.
@RKfigs3 жыл бұрын
Let's just say it's challenging, but it makes reaping the reward all that more enjoyable. Cheers :)