Transform Your Garden: Build a Living Fruit Tree Fence

[@sabastianlove1286]

I loved when Epic Gardening did this with Citrus about 3 years ago.

[@stacewizer]

I'm looking for some sort of natural fencing to help keep deer out... yeah, right... I'm in zone 7b and my few figs, are too young (Second summer, and first summer) to know if they'll die back or keep their above ground stems. If they die back, I'll give this a try. I like it...

[@midwestribeye7820]

Great video! I'd like to do this with Hazelnuts. I'm 5a.

[@yeemufukkenhaw4616]

Great info! Been following you on IG for a while- thanks for sharing the knowledge

[@PlantFanatics]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackhart1883]

I’m in N. FL and planting 20’ apart hopefully it won’t be too close.

[@PlantFanatics]

You can prune them however you want. But they are rapid growers so it’ll be a chore. Cold climates have the advantage of winter dieback to keep them in check.

[@nktalalzubaidi4624]

Here in the Middle East, fig trees begin to produce fruit in March and continue to produce fruit until October, meaning they continue to produce fruit for 10 months wich is insane but some time the temperature reach 122F and i notice that the figs loves sun so much

[@carlschnackel3051]

Wow. And I thought the 105 to 115F degrees in Texas was hot. Many things don't do well here when the weather gets hot. Growing tomatoes in the hot summer is difficult. You'll be lucky to get a tomato as big as a tennis ball. Blackberries do great, until the weather gets hot, then it's difficult to get enough water to them, and the berries get dry and chewy. There are things that love the lot weather, such as Okra, but most fruit doesn't like the hot weather. Pears are another thing that loves the hot weather. Other fruit? Not so much.

[@lynnpalfi4322]

Hi there. Love the vid. :-) I’m in 4B (Wasilla, AK) and am growing figs. In the greenhouse over winter and out in yard in summer. Moose don’t mess with them due to latex I guess. I have brown turkey, and Celeste that just hit the 6’ mark in height. Not sure of age of these. When can I expect to start seeing fruit emerging from these larger ones? I have the Chicago Hardy too, over 5 years old that have never thrown fruit for me. Recently added black mission plants that are rather smallish so at a guess I figure it’s going to be a couple years before I see them doing anything. You have knowledge to share on fruiting times (ages) and also fertilization tips for the soil/plant for these? Thanks in advance for any help you are willing to give.

[@PlantFanatics]

They should give fruit in the first year or two in they’re given the proper amount of heat and sunlight

[@evanborge494]

Do you guys ship to Canada? I have some cold hardy figs im growint in pots but would like to exspand my collection to more intrestint verieties that can handle our cold winters in the pacific Northwest, authough we dont get as cold as zone 5 our zone 7b winters can be enough to do cold damage on even some of the most cold hardy figs grown here. Ik not lookint to cut them down every year like you im just wanting something that is early for our short season and not get killed to the ground and not fruit since it does not get too hot here eather.

[@PlantFanatics]

Unfortunately we don’t due to import restrictions on live plant material

[@carlschnackel3051]

So, you're saying a fig tree in Texas will get pretty big?

[@PlantFanatics]

You can prune them whatever size you’d like. If left untouched they will take tree form just about anywhere in Texas

[@jarrodboon7421]

Clever.