I have never met this man, Though I have seen his posts on Ourfigs. Last winter I had asked a poster named Netstars about purchasing a hard to find cultivar called Crozes. Unknown to me, Netstars mentioned this to Everdutschi and a short time later I received 2 cuttings in the mail, free of charge. I was so touched and grateful that I promised him I would pay it forward. I have gifted a Crozes to a poster on Ourfigs that had it listed on their wish list. As far as I am concerned this generous fig lover is walking the walk. He is truly an Ambassador for Hobby Fig growers. Dare I say... an unsung hero! George Higdon from Vancouver, Washington.

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Very nice to hear that, thanks for sharing!

This was a great take on things.

This talk was so helpful in understanding how to understand varieties, some insights into benefits of varieties (which you don't find on the label), and ideas on how to treat your figs. Thank you so much for posting this!

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you Randal for filming this part, I had to see all the video because I missed half of Eric’s speech while I was trying the Paw Paws 😊

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

The paw paw's were worth it lol.

Thank you very much for sharing, ya did a great job with this. SO much information to try to take in.

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Enjoyed listening. Here in Denver Colorado zone hardiness 6A. I cut down the in-ground fig trees to one foot above ground. Cover them with 18 inches of mulch . Remove the mulch in May. They all wake up. Early varieties will ripen fruit. Late varieties have ornamental value. My two cents.

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

Now that is a fig nut😊 I only have 3 varieties and want more 😅

@AveryOCason

9 ай бұрын

Yes you need more 😁 you want be happy till you have more😂 because as you grow to like figs more you'll want to try some different varieties and see which one's do best in your area and taste the best to you. Some in pots and some in the ground.

@2AngelsMushrooms

9 ай бұрын

😆 That's exactly how one becomes a fig nut. "I have ____ varieties, and I want more"!

I was late in life too when i really discovered figs, 68 yrs old, be 71 soon. And the fig patch keeps expanding 😂

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

no telling how many I'll end up with lol

@barryjanis

2 ай бұрын

Wow , I started at 66 and now 70, wish I would have caught the Fig Bug years ago . as well . I've got 200 trees with about 57 varieties. Yee Haw !

Fico San Pietro and Noir de Caromb are amazing figs in containers in Zone 7A

Very interesting to hear him talk about some of his favorites, I have most of them, still on the fence about Bass Favorite as I’ve heard it’s a bad splitter and I’m in the humid rainy south. Also informative… I was about to cull my LSU tiger but now I have to give it another year or two. LSU Scott’s black has been great from a one year old tree in a pot and he said it’s better after a few years in ground. I will be planting it soon that’s for sure.

@AveryOCason

9 ай бұрын

Do you have BB10 and Joualle Noire

@AveryOCason

9 ай бұрын

What part of the south are you in. I'm going to my tiger and s. blk in the ground too this coming spring

@itsasickness4939

9 ай бұрын

@@AveryOCason I’m between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. I don’t have either the BB10 or the Joualle Noire, trying to keep my collection to 20 in ground trees. I may consider culling a few next year and trying others. For example I have three different varieties that are all similar Black Mission types, I will choose the best one for my climate and get two new varieties to trial. As of today I have 12 absolute keepers, the rest are still earning their spot.

@hawklatino

7 ай бұрын

​@@itsasickness4939What are your absolute keepers? I'm in the Houston area and my backyard is very small. I plan on having at the max 10 trees in the ground and I'm pushing it trying to do that much, but I love the taste of fresh figs, so I'm going to squeeze them in..😅

@itsasickness4939

7 ай бұрын

@@hawklatino Smith, LSU Scott’s Black, Celeste, Black Celeste, Ronde de Bordeaux, Sao Miguel Roxo, White Madeira #1, Col de dame blanc, I258 and Black Madeira. If I had to cut back to 10 today that would be my list. However I added several this year that I haven’t trialed yet and I have a dozen on my list to add next year so that list could change

Excellent video and editing! I tried to take notes. I would love to hear more about which of those “good/favorite” varieties can survive in ground and which zones with what precautions/protection. I’m interested in growing in ground with limited protection after the first few years. I’m in zone 8a, Upstate, SC.

@2AngelsMushrooms

9 ай бұрын

We just subbed your channel!

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Awesome! thank you for the compliment. It made Mechelle's day that you liked the editing.

Is the beers black fig just the black mission fig I believed I heard lou monti mention that

@RainbowWarriorChris

9 ай бұрын

I have it but no fruit yet, I thought it was a violette de bordeaux type. But I'm not sure

@DeanFamilyAcres

9 ай бұрын

I have a Beers I bought from Lowes, many consider it very similar to VDB. My VDB didn’t survive last winter so I couldn’t compare side by side.

@DDWASH9595

9 ай бұрын

I got mines from Lowes this year @@DeanFamilyAcres

@DeanFamilyAcres

9 ай бұрын

@@DDWASH9595 same. They had both Beers and VDB, my friend over @earlybirdfarm SC got the VDB. My Beers produced 3 figs this year. I enjoyed 2 of them.

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

I believe beers is a mission type.

For some odd reason the link to Erik’s KZread channel not working.

@2AngelsMushrooms

9 ай бұрын

Here it is: @figsandchocolate5553

@FlomatonFamous

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, fixed it.