See all our fig varieties here: lazydogfarm.com/collections/fig-trees 0:00 Intro 0:41 Why Do Fig Trees Need to Be Pruned? 2:24 Our Favorite Tools for Pruning 3:46 How to Prune a Young Fig Tree 5:44 How to Prune an Older Fig Tree 10:19 Rejuvenation Pruning for Slow-Growing Trees

Reading the Bible and this blessed me in my studies hehe ❤

As they always are, another great video Travis. Looking forward to placing my fig tree order next year.

I needed this video, thanks!

I live in zone 6B in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. I planted my first fig tree about 10 years ago. I've been gardening since I was 8 years old. I'm 60 now. I also worked in landscaping for several years when I was young. I must be missing something somewhere, because I've watched videos and read articles on how to grow and harvest figs, but not a single one of my efforts have produced the results I'm seeking. I always get lots of fruit, but frost gets all but a few handfuls before I ever get to enjoy them. I've followed pruning directions from these resources. Not a single stalk I've ever pruned has produced any new growth. In fact, not a single stalk from the last year has ever produced new growth, pruned, or not. All new growth from every different fig I've grown comes from the ground in the form of countless single shoots, 99% of which remain single, never branching. I get hundreds of fruits, but lose most before they ripen. This year, in late Winter, I pruned again, leaving only the couple of stalks which had branched. Again, as before, nothing grew on them. For the first time, today, I went in and thinned out the single stalks, leaving about 40% of them, hoping to have better success. Should I expect any improvement? What am I doing wrong in my pruning?

@LazyDogFarm

Ай бұрын

Might be too cold up there for in-ground figs because it sounds like you're losing all the previous year's growth each winter. Also might not have a long enough warm season to give them varieties you have time to ripen. I'd suggest propagating a few and planting them in 10 gal pots. Try to preserve some of last years growth and I'll be that helps.

@tlb2732

Ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm I may end up going the container route. But I'd much rather grow in natural earth. I believe that flavor and nutrition are almost always better that way.

I use bypass pruners for several reasons. One is less tissue damage, another is it's difficult to make flush cuts with them without leaving a stub. I also use Felco pruners because they're high quality and you can order parts for them. I have the small ones as you have plus a medium size lopper. I also have a large, blue handled lopper from Hoss for bigger cuts. Anvil pruners are easier to use and don't require as much adjustment. They're fine for most homeowners. I think it's extremely important to keep bypass pruners sharp and the blades adjusted. Most homeowners won't make as many cuts in their lifetime as I make in a day of pruning my fruit trees. I usually get carpal tunnel by the time I'm finished in late Winter. Because I intend to cover my fig trees in the Winter, I will prune them accordingly. I plant to cut out two year old wood annually, and leaving the past seasons growth. It will be more a bush than a tree.

Another perfectly timed video bc I just got my first fig tree and I need to keep it small for space.

@johnwayne3085

3 ай бұрын

I planted my first fig trees last year and caged them to protect from hungry deer. I kept pushing the branches back inside what basically looks like a wire mesh cylindrical tube shape made of chicken wire. sheesh. The branches grew in the same shape. My point is I've found the branches easily trainable. With some twine or those clips that train branches you could probably get them to go where you want eventually.

That TyTy is too cute! I love that "eat figs every day"! :)

Thanks for sharing 👍😊

I learn so much every time I watch your channel... keep up the good work! Thanks

Enjoyed the video, good information!

12:56 great advice I just subscribed figs trimmed

Thanks for the video. I learned a few things and confirmed some others. When you prune the older tree around 9:00 you had a bucket of water to put the cuttings in. I use worm compost tea instead of plain water (the real "fermented" version with molasses and aerator) and I swear those microorganisms help root better with less disease/rot. May just be in my head but I've had very good luck this year once I i started doing it.

Thank you for the video. Yes figs taste great and here in Washington we barely get any of the fall figs so pruning will help get more of the early ones. We just don't have the heat here in Western WA. I only get figs on the one planted in a greenhouse. Thank you.

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

Put it in a partially closed greenhouse 🤷🤷🤷🤷 Many grand blessings everyone everywhere and always

Ha... No pruning for me for now. All my plants were pruned back to the ground with a late freeze last spring up here in N. Ga. Sheesh, it was May before they decided to poke their heads out of the ground again. In spite of it all they recovered to 6 or 7 feet of growth before it ended in Sept. 9 foot for a Panache and one strawberry latte actually set fruit and got it ripened. Craziness. Spring is tough around here with the wild temp fluctuations, murder on the sweet little honeybees too. Sweet so far this year. Even seeing some breba fruit popping out. Blueberries gone plum crazy with the bloom too. Gonna be a bumper crop looks like.

Morning from South Africa

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

🤯🤯🤯👍🥳🎉👍👍👍

FINALLY the video that we have been looking for! Anyhow we purchased two three year old fig trees last Spring. I will say before we "knew" you. They were basically six feet tall when they arrived. Nothing against the company that we purchased them from as we do not believe that we started the fig trees off correctly or gave them enough water. Anyhow the base of the trees have some good growth as well as starting to produce some figs, which will not make it. The Chicago Hardy tree is now producing a lot of what we call suckers. Would you recommend we cut all of those off. The other tree, Kadota, is a bit more bushier and does not appear to be producing suckers although a few small figs. We do not want our trees getting much over ten feet tall. Most likely keeping them around eight feet ...................... eventually! So now we are thinking and pruning both trees at about four feet tall. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post and we do appreciate the knowledge that you share with us!

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

You can leave the suckers or remove them if you don't want the tree to spread that much. Sounds like a hard pruning would help them though.

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

We love long posts Blessings everyone everywhere and always

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

​@@LazyDogFarm so can he just cut them down. Mine is only 6 inches tall, so I wasn't going to cut mine. Blessings everyone everywhere and always.

@aileensmith3062

8 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm A bit late and Thank You VERY much for the reply. Thinking of cutting them about four to four and a half feet tall. A couple of branches there that never did anything so leaving them be. Around the base where the new growth is the branches are around 12-16 inches each. So basically thinking and halving them. As for the suckers maybe halving them as well or just leaving them be!

Great video Travis! My VDB I got from you is thriving. We are up to 40 varieties now lol. BCS Mike

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear! Would you mind leaving us a review here: g.page/r/Ce0wCoaWkbnJEBM/review We'd greatly appreciate it!

@kylefamilyhomestead7007

8 ай бұрын

Done brother

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

Do you have other super hardy ones???? Blessings everyone everywhere and always

very useful. thank you 🤍🕊

Hey trav???? Didn't you have a video about damaging a tomato seedling to get better harvests from it???? Many grand blessings everyone everywhere and always

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

I don't recall that I do.

When you cut down that Brown Turkey root one of those logs and make a bonsai like Mike Kincaid.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@TexasNana2

8 ай бұрын

That would be really interesting. Great idea 😊

How do you control insects and keep the wood borers away from your Fig Trees?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Haven't had any issues with wood borers. Sometimes the bees and wasps will eat some of the figs, but it's usually not a huge problem.

My husband ordered the Pro mix seed starting mix any also ordered the vegetable and Herb mix. I'm guessing I should use the seed starting one but it doesn't say BX or pH on it. How is this mix different than the one you have and will it work just the same? And should I add additional perlite to it?

Is it ok to cut it in April ?

My two fig trees I started in the spring and are growing in narrowish tall grow bags. They are super lush. Maybe three leaves have fallen. The leaves are as big as my hand or bigger. Should I still tip prune them? They are supper lush and about 3-4 feet tall, may be 18-20 inches wide.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Depends on whether you want them to get taller or bushier.

Do you do straight cuts or angle cuts? My Grandfather always said to angle cut trees so the rain couldn't stay and rot.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

I'm not real particular about the angle of the cut. But that makes sense.

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

​@@LazyDogFarm some say angle cuts are bad because bigger wound is more likely to be open to pests. Blessings everyone everywhere and always

How would you address a fig tree that has not been pruned in 15 to 20 years? Most main branches are in the 3 to 4 inch range.

@jenniferunderwood3472

8 ай бұрын

I have that same question.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Cut it back aggressively. You'll see a big difference next year.

How you maintain those long edges

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Years of pine straw helps keep everything in check.

I wish you had spent more time showing how to determine which branches to prune.

@LazyDogFarm

7 ай бұрын

It mainly just depends on how small or large you want to keep the tree. If you want more branching, just cut the tips of existing branches. If you want to keep the tree smaller, get more aggressive with it.

Fig rooting question. When you get fig tree cuttings “not rooted “ from an outside source. Is your rooting procedure the same as fresh cut pieces?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Yes. My process is the same.

I don’t exactly know how old my tree is. Maybe 1 - 2 years. It’s got a nice growth pattern already. Goes up about 3ft and then starts branching out nicely. Would I want to chop off any of that off or just leave it the first year? The first year tree that you showed was just a single trunk and mine isn’t like that.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

If it's already branching nicely, I'd probably just leave it be.

@hazeysgarden

8 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm thank you SO MUCH. That confirms my intuition was correct.

Did you pull the leaves off of those with the figs or did they fall off? Not sure why but my celeste decided to produce the most figs it ever has and a whole but of new leaves are sprouting. Is that normal for that variety?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

They get rust and fall off. Yes, many of our trees will add new leaves in the fall like that.

I've got an Olympian fig and there are "sticks" about 30" tall from last year and is starting new growth at the bottom. My question is: are the "sticks" going to produce foliage too or what?

@LazyDogFarm

17 күн бұрын

Those sticks are probably last years growth that got damaged by cold weather this past winter. Wait until they bud out, and then cut the stick right above the highest bud. No point in hanging on to that dead wood.

@lesliekendall5668

17 күн бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Thank you so much.

Im in Hazlehurst Georgia,when should I plant my fig tree?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

I'd wait until next spring after the risk of frost has passed.

@barbaraengle768

8 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm oh ‼️,thank you..I thought you planted trees in fall....

Hi, Travis. Sorry if you said, but why are you pruning so early into fall? Why not in late February while dormant and just before spring growth?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

1) We're starting to propagate more trees for our website next year. They'll propagate much faster right now when it's still a little warm outside. 2) I like to use the winter months to check my irrigation system and add more mulch. Pruning around the base of the trees makes that much easier.

@johnnyLikeVideo

8 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Is it better for the non-propagation gardener to wait?

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

@@johnnyLikeVideo Yes, ideally you'd wait until the trees go completely dormant.

Do you fertilize your fig trees annually? If you do, what type would you recommend? Also I see that you do not cut at a "nuckle" so to speak. You can cut just a limb at any part of the limb (branch)?

@LazyDogFarm

5 ай бұрын

We fertilize them several times a year to maximize growth. I don't pay much attention to cutting near a knuckle, but it won't hurt to do that.

@leeglee111

5 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm using tree/ bush fertilizer? Spikes you can purchase you push in the ground by their roots? Ty for responding. 👊

You avoided showing me the prhning

Where are the leaves of those trees?

@LazyDogFarm

2 ай бұрын

Our humid climate causes rust on our leaves during the summer. So all the trees will grow leaves, lose leaves, and grow more several times throughout the growing season.

What is youtube doing with the Ad Blocker? Without disabling it I can't watch any videos. Guess what, I have to disable the ad blocker every with every video I want to watch even though it is disabled already

@MissBetsyLu

8 ай бұрын

We computer people often just blame everything on MicroSoft. Many grand blessings everyone everywhere and always

I hate to have to put this in comments but lazy dog doesn't have a real Warrenty on his fig trees. I bought two and three both of them didn't make it. I tried getting in touch with them but they didn't reach back. Email and on their site.

@LazyDogFarm

8 ай бұрын

Send us an email to support@lazydogfarm.com and we'll be glad to take care of you.

@steveo_o6707

8 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm email sent

@steveo_o6707

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Trav, I got your email and refund this morning. I appreciate you resolving this