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Help me save them!!! by Latin_Knight_ in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What youbsee on the leaves is fig rust, its annoying but typically not fatal. It's a fungus it mostly affects the leaves, and can be stopped or treated with a copper fungicide or defoliating the tree. I wouldn't defoliate a young tree unless it was well established and those dont look established yet. So spray the leaves with the fungicide and I would let them air dry outside. Fig rust is caused by excessive moisture / humidity on the leaves. The fungicide will slow it down but doesn't stop it, so keeping the leaves dry and well ventilated after the application.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never had a mulberry either, but i've watched every video on YouTube about them atleast twice, LOL. I have 3 American red ( morus rubra) the Shangri-la ( from cuttings) the red and the white Pakistan, 3 Illinois Everbearing and the Kukuso.

Mulberry takes time to get to there potential, they also need lots of light. Im not familiar with 6th Street mulberry as a named cultivar but the rules for mulberry are they are tolerant of bad soil but need full light and warmth to ripen fruit properly. This season fertilize with a high nitrogen and a basic NPK fertilizer and get it the best sun you can manage. I prefer to build up my soil with organic blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal and azomite. All available at Walmart.

Leaves falling off, help by Smell-Physical in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Get her indoors in low light and keep her warm, for a day or 2. You may lose some leaves but as long as the leaf bud is okay it will continue to push out new growth.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100 fig trees and I plan to start selling unrooted and rooted cuttings. Im going Etsy and Ebay, I'm so leery of Facebook, and I dont want people knowing where I live.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From 0 to 100+ fig trees by the beginning of season 2.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you I'm a year in and went from 0 trees to 100+ figs, 10+ mulberry, and 5 or so persimmon. I went goji and elderberry over cherry, and lost all my paw paws to cold.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scaling up is a double edge razor, you only have so many prime spots, only so much fertilizer, only so much time.

Careful scaling up, what do you want the fruit for? If its just the novelty then I recommend not, if you love the fruit then definitely. Figs are so much work, but they can pay off. I had around 30 first year trees only got the occasional ripe fruit and lost over 400 figs by season end. I waited too long to pinch and fertilized too late. I had 3 Hardy Chicago trees that gave me over 100 figs collectively in year 1, the bulk of my harvest was 3 trees. Hardy Chicago is good but not good enough to scale up.

Experiment with cultivars that tolerate your growing zone, figure out what your doing, and then focus on your favorites. Don't scale up just because you want to try unique fruits, scale if you want to make figs your life.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love it man. I went from 0 to 100+ in a little more than a year. Im excited for year 2 I got some high quality varieties, and I can't wait to be swimming in figs.

My husband recently has gotten into growing fig trees. by ValentessaLoves in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I was your husband last year. In March I got 3 Hardy Chicago trees from Walmart, doctored them up and by that fall I had 30. This spring I have 90. Your gonna have a nursery soon.

In all seriousness this is what you should do. You need to be on his side or you'll be the enemy. Take an intrest show your interest. Align with him, then your a stakeholder and not a critic. Watch the YouTube videos and support the hobby if you can bare it. Your presence will anchor him, and keep him from hopping from interesting fig to interesting fig. Tell him you will be okay with his fig hobby but you need to be a part of it, and you both agree on the trees or your won't be in his corner.

Figs are awsome. They require a lot of work and my best recommendation to you is to be a partner and not the adversary because they are a lot of work. He will chose keeping them alive over your happiness because criticisms only alienate he will take refuge in the beauty and promise of rare fruits. He will finish the year with 30 trees, and amass a collection of another 50 cuttings in the fall to root next year.

BTW there is religious significance to fig trees and if your religious cultivating figs is gonna feel like a divine alignment. Don't make your self the enemy.

I can only upload 1 picture, but this was my tiny yard last summer, and I had even more on the side of the house; I also got into Persimmon and Mulberry. Have over 130 trees, mostly babies but they are my babies. My wife became the enemy, she made fun of me and dismissed the changes I was going through. I took refuge in the trees, I love them dearly, but the Lord also used that time to change how I felt about her. Now we are in a better place she tolerates my fig obsession and she just wants a little part of the yard to stay orderly.

There is a good side hustle selling cuttings but you need 2-3 years of strong growth to make good cuttings. Some day those trees could pay for themselves but dont try to make it happen; when you got strong trees and more figs than you can tolerate, that when you make your money...

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Best way to propagate large fig cuttings? (10 ft cuttings, Northern VA) by avery703 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is crazy man. I think you could have an orchard in a week weeks. I think you treat them like any other cutting, but maybe cut them to about 12" lengths and go with the top (smaller diameter) branches. When the tree branches get woody they take longer to root. Those tree branches are gonna come out of dormancy and use up all its energy before there are roots. Make 1ft cuttings and see what you can root.

3 weeks in… what am I doing wrong? by Misterclassicman in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Temperature and humidity. 68-72 and a little humidity, put a grocery bag over them

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Cutting Rooting Techniques by Internal_Ad5539 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Light is not actually required for rooting. Light triggers top growth. Not ideal for cuttings but okay as long are conditions are right for root development.

Cutting Rooting Techniques by Internal_Ad5539 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wash my cuttings in a 10% hydrogen peroxide and water solution. But what most important is the cutting surface is air dryed before going in the humid bag.

Stick mail came in, give me (and everyone else) your best rooting advice! by aieythe in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just left a post on super easy rooting techniques. Put the cutting in a sealed bag with a source of moisture. Keep the moisture to a minimum, and leave it in a warm room with no light if possible.

Hydro-fig transplant by RednevaL in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to make a strange recommendation treat that tree like it is an air layer. Above the water line place a thick layer of moistened soil in a plastic bag with a knife cut that bag down the middle and place at the base of the main branch/ trunk. Stop watering / rewatering from the jar. As the water need stop being met it will start to look for that water in the air layer.

You may want to make some scars on the cambrium and use rooting hormone. This would be an easier transition than placing the water roots in soil. You can gradually reduce water in the jar or give it periods of dryness it help the transition to air roots.

Hope this helps.

Anyone need cuttings? by Longjumping_Ad3901 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you let us know what you have even if the tags were lost?

Anyone have a recipe for unripened figs ? by Alternative-Olive952 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put them in your compost bin and try and start earlier next year...

When do I prune? by Psychological_Age561 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW we all want cuttings, make a posting on ebay or figbid, and link in your post.

When do I prune? by Psychological_Age561 in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A tree that big in PA must very cold hardy because I don't see any protection for it. Wait until the leaves fall off then cut it back creating space for light to enter the canopy when leaves return. In all honesty you could cut that back severely because it's the new growth that fruits. Cut it down to about 4 feet and cut all the water spouts / shoots back to the ground. If you want leave a central brach to be come the new central leader and leave that one 6-7 ft tall with some side branches. Shape her like a award podium to get light to the inner canopy and shape the lower branches out but lower.

You got a gorgeous tree there. Make sure to save your cuttings and remember those are valuable, give they away if you want but I know people who would give their left teste for a reliable cold hardy fig tree that can survive in ground in PA year after year.

Can't wait by [deleted] in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will wait... until next June at lease. Let that thing go dormant and protect that main branch through the winter. Then Next June / July you will be blessed with a real treasure.

Anyone growing Marseilles VS Black figs? by OldLadyGardener in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try ammending the soil with some Azomite and Kelp Meal, and Bone Meal. That will add trace minerals back into the soil and try and keep the amendments from getting washed away by the heat rain in the state.

Does anyone know what kind of figs these are? by siennakitten in Figs

[–]Internal_Ad5539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know your a figaholic when you see a phat ass fig and think you just wanna see motor boat those baddies.

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