We've Got a Ripe Stella Fig!

[@lobe2032]

I always learn something new from you and I catch your energy and I go outside and do something, thank you so much. 😁🤣🙃😊🤗

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad to inspire!

[@emanuelbalos688]

Keep them fig videos coming! Thank you!

[@shawng8432]

Keep em coming Mike! Awesome to see you enjoying them.

[@shawng8432]

Love your videos Mike! Ive loved figs forever, but recently caught the bug and can’t get enough. Please continue updating and encouraging us with your awesome videos!

[@vince19792008]

Thanks for video please keep the fig videos coming

[@MikeKincaid79]

You've got it!

[@audiemueller7500]

Yes go nuts with the fig tastings!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

There can never be enough fig videos!

[@leopham9105]

Hi Mike, thanks for your sharing. Prior to seeing this video, I’ve only known that Stella is red inside. I’m so excited with this berry color ‘cause I have a Stella

[@MikeKincaid79]

It's a really great fig and I think you'll be happy to grow this one!

[@tony-thefiglovinstargazer]

That is one special tree!

[@MikeKincaid79]

And it produces some fantastic figs!

[@vlunceford]

I got a young GE Neri fig plant online from Almost Eden. It’s small still but the leaves look very similar to your Jim Wilson. The figs are supposed to be very large. In fact, I went looking for a fig tree that produces very large figs after watching your first video about the Jim Wilson. The GE Neri is what I came up with. I also have a brown Turkey fig tree that is maybe 7 years old that I got 25 pounds of figs off early this month. Best harvest yet, and there are tons of figs still on the tree.

[@vlunceford]

I should add I’m in 7b.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks for the tip. It's definitely not a brown turkey but I'm debating on whether or not it's an Olympian. The problem with that is that they are side by side right now and the growth pattern is so different and my Olympian doesn't even come close to the fruit production. Leaves and figs look similar though and ripen at the same time. I'll keep an eye on things.

[@melaronie3024]

Love seeing the fig videos! And seeing when you cut them for sure. 😊

[@cherylcentenioblessedvirgi3241]

I am interested in figs. Please have more videos in this area. Every year Lowe's offers fig trees and I have been considering purchasing one. I love Fig Newton and I located a recipe on the Internet. It is just a matter of time and I will purchase a fig tree. Thank you for another interesting video.

[@charleswilder2985]

OF COURSE we want to see you document each of the figs!

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL, they're really starting to produce now that they're in ground.

[@judithjohnson5371]

This is the 1st time I've ever seen a fig fresh off the tree like that so thanks Mike. I'm in 6a so I dunno. But would like to learn more. That looks so yummy😳

[@MikeKincaid79]

There are probably more fig growers in zone 6 back east than there are in warmer climates. They just grow them in pots and bring them into their garage for the winter.

[@VianneyCreates]

I am here for the figs. I love roses, but we have gophers...and I hear they eat rose roots. IDK if that's true, but haven't tried it. We stick to pygmy date palms, Mexican palms, bird of paradise, and agapanthus (lily of the valley). They don't touch those. Everything else is in a pot, including citrus, figs, pomegranates, etc... Figs are definitely like wine...luckily I like A LOT of wines and I like a lot of different figs! LOL!! "I don't know, maybe it's time to move, guys!" Haha!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love bird of paradise. Wish I could grow it here.

[@lindakile1229]

Looked like a really good fig. Can't wait to see how the rest turn out. Enjoy.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Me too!

[@markwalker9107]

Yes to fig video

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good, I like them too.

[@panpeter2969]

Love your videos and I am in 8a so I will try this fig out. Hey Mike, wife was by your side saying "delicious" got give the lady half of the fig. lol

[@MikeKincaid79]

I know, the video makes me look like a greedy husband but I asked and she didn't want it. Not sure why, lol.

[@chriskouzinoglou6293]

Very nice video. Genuinely enthusiastic Mike..well done! Well, you probably know by now but the Jim Wilson fig looks like an English brown turkey. Best of luck and congrats on your fig success

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, Chris

[@flowergrowersmith449]

Nothing like real live fig reviews - I've just got a boring old Brown Turkey fig but it's a good fruiter!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I had my first brown turkey fig last year from my own tree and it was one of the best tasting figs I've ever eaten. I think it should get more credit.

[@CindDJo]

Loved your fig video. I'm in Vancouver and I bought a house with a fig tree. Looking at your figs gives me an idea of what type mine is. I call it the squirrel feeder but I might change that soon! :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

The Cindy feeder!

[@CindDJo]

@@MikeKincaid79 Now that's funny!

[@lindapeterson9267]

I like seeing the whole process....I live in zone 8A...so I’m thinkin, what you grow maybe I can grow too....My problem is, I live in a small mountain town in Southern California at 4000 feet, (you probably drove by it as a kid if you went to the beaches in San Diego), and all the nurseries are in the San Diego area, and carry trees and shrubs varieties that won’t work well up here.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like a beautiful area. All you can do is try and see how they turn out but I'll bet we can grow a lot of similar things. Just for comparison, we're right around 450 feet here so you are much higher and like you mentioned, that changes things.

[@tonyb7319]

Cold fresh figs are the best. Forty-two varieties and growing.

[@payelbhandari7485]

Nice

[@karenstrife4594]

more fig eating and taste testing please! wish we had your type of weather though, all I got is brown turkey figs here in niagara. :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

One of the best figs I've ever eaten was a brown turkey.

[@ruedigerluethy6998]

Mike have you ever thought about selling any cuttings?. I would buy a couple of your Stellas in a heartbeat and they would be from somebody I trust.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I sell on FigBid.com in the winter. If you want that variety from my stock then just remind me in a couple months (when the tree goes dormant) and we'll work something out.

[@maehay4065]

I have eaten figs off of a tree before but I wasn’t particularly impressed with the taste of it. Maybe I should have put it into the refrigerator first. But I do really like them when I order them when they are dried. In Southern California as a kid my dad picked dates and I could eat them all the time! But figs makes a great cookie! Just my tastebuds are different. I am happy for your success with growing them on your property!👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

It also makes a difference when you pick them. There's a very small window of time for fully ripe figs.

[@HLT646]

Mike, that would be great to show more videos on what different kind of Figs look like inside, or are all ripe Fig the same inside? New to the Fig world.

[@MikeKincaid79]

They're all different!

[@sandragrace4613]

Oh yes. My fam is southern Italian and we love figs! Have you tried them sauteed? Figs are heavenly, period.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I haven't but that sounds great!

[@michaelnelon9037]

Love your videos have learned a lot and obsessed with rooting plants now. I want to try rooting some fig cuttings. I live in South Carolina, can you recommend a good place to buy fig cuttings?

[@MikeKincaid79]

FigBid.com is the best!

[@heystevo]

Also, figaholics.com/cuttings is a great place to get cuttings in January.

[@cynthiasanford2405]

Mike Great video. YES CONTINUE FIGOLOGY need all i can get i have ooboodles of varieties i know nothing! Lol You are a Blessed and gifted Teacher!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks for the nice comment, Cynthia!

[@itzlexz5767]

I have some questions for you. I have three year old black mission fig tree that hasn’t fruited yet. It’s been in a pot for the entire time. It’s seems to absorb water quickly than my other fig trees. I’m thinking I need to up pot it. I’m thinking about doing this in the next week or so. Would this be too late to do so? If not too late then what fertilizer can I use in the soil for the up potting? If it’s too late what can I do to give it added nutrition? I’d like to get figs someday. Thank you Yung

[@ModaNorway]

😱 you have so beautiful garden😍 I am new friend here. Have a nice day!☀️

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks for hanging out with us!

[@TheTinkerersWife]

I am very interested in figs and the info you're sharing is quite helpful. I am only a couple miles from One Green World, a nursery that sells fruiting plants and now edibles from all over the world so what you are sharing will be influencing what I end up getting most likely. There used to be a park south of Portland dedicated entirely to fig trees. It's been gone a very long time but can you imagine...An entire park dedicated to figs?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds awesome! Hopefully I'll have a small park for figs here one day.

[@gloriathomas9873]

Ooh yummy I love figs not sure if I'd successful in UK though. Love your videos Mike I have some rose cuttings going from your last video, fingers crossed

[@MikeKincaid79]

We live in very similar climates so you may be able to grow them. Good luck with the roses!

[@lindaparra6002]

Mike, how do you keep them short? I have a volunteer fig tree that has grown to the 2nd floor of this apt complex... It takes a ladder to get them and it's no longer safe. Oh, I didn't realize they were in pots.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, they're in pots, but you can prune yours every year and keep it within a couple feet of the ground.

[@madalienmonk]

Do you prune figs like other young plants? You mention the long branch developing on the fig at the end, is that good? Should you aim for bushier?

[@MikeKincaid79]

It really all depends on what you like to look at. Pruning will produce more fruit over time and when I get them in the ground I plan to prune vigorously but for now I'm enjoying all the tall growth on that one.

[@a.m.rootedinbuffalo331]

Nice!

[@vlunceford]

Would coconut coir work well as a rooting medium? Shredded fir bark is hard to find in my part of the country. I have vermiculite and peat on hand, as well as coconut coir. All are easier to find here.

[@MikeKincaid79]

All of those will work well.

[@Krnhim]

Yes...keep those fig videos coming...I'm growing into a fig snob myself!

[@realtorbydaychefbynight]

Do it! More fig videos!

[@camicri4263]

Hey Mike I enjoy seeing the ripped figs and it's okay for you to taste it but I would much prefer to taste it myself 😋, 😂😂. Awesome! When you plant them, if you can have them protected by the barn, house or something. My grandma in Romania was covering it up with straw for the winter. Enjoy it! Hugs 🤗👀👀(you know what)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, I know what! Hugs

[@camicri4263]

@@MikeKincaid79 🤣🤗

[@murky2502]

Looks like that first one was a breba and the rest were main crop. Did the main crop ripen for you?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Nope, but the tree is young.

[@heystevo]

Hi Mike, it's good to know that the Stella fig is doing well for you. I love the brebas as they are so big. Your trees are farther along than mine and I'm guessing that's because of all of our cold nights in the spring. My first main crop figs should be in a few days and they are from Florea. It will be my first time tasting them. My Jim Wilson figs are producing well, but nothing ripe yet. Did you ever get the cutting of the fig that tastes like a combination of sweet peach and tangy apricot to grow? It may be a Brunswick, but I bought it years ago from Edible Landscaping so who knows? I've set a couple airlayers on it and one has your name on it if you didn't get the cutting to grow.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I did get that one to root and kept 1 in a 1 gallon pot. It's growing well but no fruit this year. I've got it labeled Steve's Peach/Apricot. Thanks again for the Stella. It's going to be a great fig for my area and tastes really good. My Jim Wilson is starting to ripen all those figs, they're really drooping over now and darkening a little. I think it will be a few more days to a week. I've been waiting until the last second to pick these figs just to get every bit of ripening I can out of them.

[@heystevo]

I'll let you know when my Jim Wilson figs ripen. I've still got them labeled as Plantation fig. I'll finally get to try my first RDB (Ronde de Bordeaux) fig this week. I've heard that it doesn't like a hot dry climate, but so far, it's doing okay for me. Do you remember the Black Turkey or Hatfield fig that was on figbid a year or two ago? It is ripening figs now and I found one today that had dried on the tree. It tasted okay, but I've got a bit of a cold, so my sense of taste is muted right now.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I don't remember the black turkey. Is that a new rare fig? New ones are coming out every week, lol. I need to buy more property!

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Nice video! I liked the fig testing! How is your little finger? I didn't see the bandage.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I need to get you guys an update on that.

[@cish6047]

Until I watched this video, I didn't even know what a fig looked like, so thanks for the lesson! So does a fig right off the tree taste better than a Fig Newton cookie?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes!

[@chitopardo]

i want some Jim Wilson cuttings in spring, let me know how much you sell them.

[@MikeKincaid79]

It's a small tree but I'll probably post them on FigBid when available.

[@schifflangefarms4539]

when are you going to have some Jim Wilson cuttings available? I'm in eastern Washington , Would Like to try it.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Probably this winter.

[@beachxbumz]

yes, more fig tasting videos

[@MikeKincaid79]

You got it! If I can ever get enough heat to ripen them, lol.

[@kicknadeadcat]

How do I get a cutting of Jim wilson

[@barbt.1171]

Will you offer rooted cuttings from Jim Wilson figs?

[@MikeKincaid79]

If enough people want them, yes. I sell figs on FigBid.com in the winter so that's where I would probably do it.

[@Dee_Cee227]

Nice! What’s the soil medium in your containers? What fertilizer and schedule do you use to fertilize them?

[@lindapeterson9267]

he has a video on that...look into his archives

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thank you, Linda! Yep, videos on both topics on my channel.

[@Dee_Cee227]

Mike Kincaid I know you do. I have watched just about all of your videos and I don’t recall video on soil dedicated to fig plants. Just wondering if you have specific recipe for figs. I know you use fine fir bark for rooting them but once rooted I was wondering what soil you use for transplanting them unless you have generic formula for all the plants. It’s all good. I can look it up on fig channels such as Ben from Seattle

[@chuckpatch1230]

nice fig flavor ?? would have been nice to tell what flavor ? color is nice.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I haven't gotten a ripe Stella since this one. I planted it out in the orchard and I think the cooler temps have caused this but I'm giving it time to get established. Hard to remember the exact flavor but I think it had slight berry notes to it.

[@nancyjimenez9247]

Woot woot ✨🎉🎊🙌👍Bravo 👏👏 Those a great looking figs amigo I want to Be a Bugambilia snub one day...in Edmonton ab 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇲🇽🇨🇦Good luck to me.lol

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck!

[@TheNewtMC]

I can grow pretty similar plants to you in South Western British Columbia in zone 7 WooHoo

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, you guys are just north of me

[@lily12370]

Interesting video as I have never seen a fig whole. I have only enjoyed them dried. You little oinker by not giving Shellie the other half of the fresh fig!🐷

[@MikeKincaid79]

I tried but she refused.

[@rushikeshpardeshi2611]

Which fig variety you are farming

[@MikeKincaid79]

Close to 50 different varieties now.

[@rushikeshpardeshi2611]

@@MikeKincaid79 do you have Deeana and Poona fig variety

[@tjsluxmeachristus1936]

Yum,yum figs....🌞💓🌏🌎🌍💓🌞

[@user-rr3yw9dn1l]

Most of my figs split. Do you know why they do this?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Too much water

[@B24-q9i]

Where is available?

[@phamthanhtung169]

Mike, this was a breba, right ?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes, it was. This fig was so good, I can only imagine what the main crop would be like.

[@travisevans7502]

I live in Western Washington and want to get a fig tree or a start I should say where can I get one? I'm in Carnation if you know where that is.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes, you're probably 1.5 to 2 hour drive north of me. I got a lot of my plants from Raintree Nursery in the beginning (down in Mossyrock). Since then, I've gotten most of my cuttings on FigBid.com and also traded with other people in the hobby.

[@travisevans7502]

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks I'm going to check out figbid.com.

[@mysteriousworldofplants]

Have you ever tasted an olympian and aztec gold fig ?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Not yet but I have an Olympian that hasn't fruited yet. Haven't heard of the Aztec Gold but it sounds great.

[@mysteriousworldofplants]

It looks yellow on the outside and it is also yellow on the inside .

[@ronkeller108]

Here in North Carolina black mission has to crack open before it is best

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm trying to push the envelope. Got one ripening fig on the Black Mission right now that I debated on picking yesterday but I'm trying to suck every bit of sweetness out of the tree, lol.

[@tankchairadventures8339]

More !😆

[@sparky5513]

question, will fig seed germinate

[@MikeKincaid79]

If pollintated

[@greenthumbelina7331]

OH YUM!!!

[@carolparrish194]

I have a nice 2 year old fig tree but no figs. ??????

[@MikeKincaid79]

3rd year's the charm?

[@thomaskauffman983]

how much do you sell your fig trees for? :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

I auction them on FigBid.com so the prices vary.

[@vlabislav1]

Очень интересно )

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hvala vam

[@sallybauer3234]

👍🏻😊

[@dianepittsbritt6945]

That is the biggest fig I've ever seen -WOW- keep the videos coming; how the FINGER doing?

[@MikeKincaid79]

It is a big fig. Finger is coming along slowly, I need to get you an update.

[@dianepittsbritt6945]

@@MikeKincaid79 just takes a little time,but it will get better your a strong willed person.

[@carminepetracca7518]

super juicy mike. love dem figgy videos. ghee, shelly didn't get a bite? if you have overripe figs, smack it down on buttered toast. -- it's going down to the mid 50's tonite over here. 80's/50's is quite a spread in temps. later. enjoy, carmine.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Tried to get Shellie to eat it but she wouldn't do it.

[@carminepetracca7518]

she doesn't know what she missed. cp.

[@mattmcghee1137]

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[@decomanjoel]

No taste of fig for Shelly?

[@MikeKincaid79]

I tried but she wouldn't do it, lol.

[@emadahmed9615]

I wish if there is a way to get one of these trees specific the jam walson but If everything was by Wishes there would be any poor people

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'll probably post some cuttings on FigBid.com this fall/winter.

[@BlizzardBurrr]

Can I get cuttings please?

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm not selling any right now but check FigBid

[@scottrockone1054]

Fig snob 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL

[@TheNewtMC]

I'm a pumpkin snob

[@MikeKincaid79]

So are my kids ,lol

[@TheNewtMC]

I have a garden full of only squash. I don't know why I love them so much but I can't not grow tons of them.

[@MikeKincaid79]

We do the same thing and end up using about 10%, lol.

[@TheNewtMC]

Sneak your zucchinis on your neighbour's front door if you have too many

[@shaurishauri7786]

I've been wanting this type of fig Stella. I found one tree from a nearby company and asked one branch. I cut it into small sizes, but was not expecting it to be successful because I forgot and left it under the heat of the sun (mid summer) for a half day! It was dried already, but had like an experiment how it will survive by putting it inside a bucket of water for 3 hours and planted it. Watering everyday was all I can do without the expectation as it is only placed to some other plants in pots, so, watering was not a big hassle. Out of nowhere when I tried to transfer some of my plants for protection from a severe typhoon today Oct. 12, I saw some tiny leaves coming out. I was like...Wow, what a surprise! So, it is just like that when I will propagate something from cuttings. Super love this type. Oh, I have a zebra type too. How about you Mike, do you have it? Looking forward my zebra type to bear fruits, hoping next year.

[@MikeKincaid79]

This stella was fantastic. I definitely recommend it!

[@TheNewtMC]

#ITS JUST A PINKIE

[@gakaface]

Mike, Mike, Mike, we have some fig talking to do! First, I have a question: you've said a couple of times a word I'm not sure what it is but it sounds like "braebers"? Please, can you tell me the correct spelling and what you mean exactly by this? Second, some really interesting fig leaf structures in your collection. The Stella fig was interesting but I noticed the skin hadn't torn yet. Figs are fully ripened when the skin begins to tear open - you see lateral tears from top to bottom. Third, man, you ate that fig with the skin on! You're supposed to peel the skin off! The skin might be bitter or it might have contamination on it, like bird poo or insect eggs or larvae! Fourth, have you ever weighed your ripe figs? You need to start weighing them! The biggest I've ever had is 240 grams, and last year the biggest I had was 187 grams. This year, so far, I had a 150 gram fig, with the majority coming in at 100 - 110 grams. Hope your pinky is better! Best wishes from London.

[@MikeKincaid79]

If you like leaf structure then i know you'll like the Col de Dame Noir I rooted last year. It's my favorite leaf so far!

[@TheNewtMC]

#ITS JUST A PINKIE

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love the reminders. Right now my pinkie isn't letting me forget about it. All the scar tissue is forming like crazy and my pinkie feels like it's encased in concrete.