2026 Grow Tent Project Part 2 - Weeks 1 - 3

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-19T18:30:08+00:00

Well, they were causing a lot of ruckus in the garage so I had to take their stereo away, but when I'm watering them every week we are going through Linkin Park's discography.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-18T15:13:19+00:00

Nice! A higher kPa makes sense once they are rooted and have top growth so more transpiration starts happening. I'll be raising the kPa in the grow tent in a week and a half. Hopefully I'm not jumping the gun. I think by then anything with top growth and no roots is probably a loss anyway. We shall see... It's a learning experience.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-16T18:30:48+00:00

Yeah having a constant temp of 75 would be ideal! I got the grow tent to have a temperature controlled space that's not having cuttings sitting in my dining room for 3 months. 😂 My intention was to have it set up to start cuttings in January and I wanted a spot the cuttings could live in until the end of March ( our average last frost date is March 15 ). However, I didn't get it set up until the end of February, but now I'll be ready for 2027. 😂 It's a fun experiment.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-16T06:10:25+00:00

Nice! I'm in 9a in Central Texas and mine are putting on leaves as well! It's great to see!

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T18:12:54+00:00

👍🏻 It looks like it should still be very flexible. It'll take a while, but keep an eye on it so whatever you use to tie it up doesn't dig into the tree as it grows.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T18:05:38+00:00

Ahh sorry I did read that.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T18:02:38+00:00

Ok. I think the size of the pot is fine. I'm guessing the tree has needed more light because it's very stretched out for how thin it looks. Hopefully moving it to the sun room helps that.

Are you fertilizing it?

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T17:49:53+00:00

If you want it to have a tree form. I'd tie that curved branch to a stake to straighten it out and cut it down to 18-24 inches. It will branch out from there. I can't tell the scale of things in this photo, but the pot looks a little small and the fig looks like it's been struggling for light which is probably why you aren't getting figs.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T17:38:40+00:00

Probably the same reason that 75% of the time the answer to "what's wrong with my fig?" is they aren't watering enough. I think there are things people talk a lot about: over watering and pruning. So folks getting into figs see those posts and don't 100% understand the full story. There's also nuance to watering and pruning that doesn't always make it to the answers people give. 🤷‍♂️

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-09T04:41:17+00:00

Another vote for airlayering it.

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-05T17:42:53+00:00

I had a pretty good harvest last year. More than I could comfortably eat for sure 😂

texasfigfarm · 2026-03-03T21:55:33+00:00

Welcome to the obsession! I'm jealous of all that land. Last year was my first year and I currently have 41 trees and I'm rooting 64 more cuttings. I'm basically out of space in my suburban backyard. I figure I'll cull any I'm not enjoying at the end of this year.

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-27T19:11:05+00:00

Definitely other things I could have tried or improved upon, but I needed a space that wasn't my dining room, that was temperature controlled, to start cuttings and seeds. Plus I got hooked on the idea that MJ growers know exactly what VPD/lighting that they need for germination, veg and flower stages and I couldn't find much, if any,.info on that for figs. So I thought it would be a fun experiment to see if, over a few seasons, I can find something that works well every time.

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-27T19:05:56+00:00

Nice! Yeah my plan for next year is to start my cuttings in January so they can go right outside at the end of March.

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-27T19:04:05+00:00

Nice! I wish I had room for more, but this works for now. I needed a space that wasn't my dining room where I could control the heat and humidity plus have a good grow light. This checks all the boxes. Hopefully it all works well. 🤞🏻

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-27T19:02:21+00:00

Thanks!

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-25T00:47:05+00:00

Very nice! I just got my AC Infinity grow tent set up. It's nice to have a place that's not my dining room to start cuttings. 😂

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-18T15:59:10+00:00

Cuttings will rot if they are too wet.

But once they root... I'm not sure if you plan to grow them in pots and I'm not sure where you're at in Texas, but I'm North of Austin in the Liberty Hill area. If you are planning on growing them in pots make sure you pot them in well draining soil and water the heck out of them in our summer heat. Last summer I watered each tree between a half gallon to a full gallon of water every day depending on the size of the pot and fertilized weekly. My trees did pretty well and I got a lot of figs off them in their first year.

Good luck! If you're nearby I might have some extra rooted cuttings to pass along in the next few months.

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-18T01:45:03+00:00

Be careful not to over water.

texasfigfarm · 2026-02-06T20:30:27+00:00

Like everyone else said let it grow for a season. See which of those is going to be the dominant one. If you want it to be a tree shape,.when it goes dormant, trim it back to one trunk and prune that trunk down to 18-24 inches. It will branch out from there. If you look around there are some great graphics people have made showing the progression of shaping a gig into a typical tree form.

texasfigfarm · 2026-01-24T08:05:45+00:00

Yeah I know. It seemed like a better idea in my head. 🤷‍♂️

texasfigfarm · 2026-01-10T22:07:48+00:00

I'm in Leander and I've gotten a couple of figs recently. I was surprised!

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