Thanks Chad I went from zone 10 to 7 love and have grown wonderful figs until now. I had no luck so this was amazingly helpful!! I will be in contact to get some of these cold hardy figs, the die back was tragic 1st year. Then growth and getting fruit is a totally different game. Thanks again,

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Problem here in the UK, is although we have mild winters, we don't get enough summer heat to ripen most maincrops. Though a few Ronde de bordeaux maincrop ripened in South UK last year. Great video. 🌿

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

Same issue here in colder zones. The summer is just not long enough for many varieties

@mr.puddles5246

10 күн бұрын

My guess is that you'll need to grow from seed and select for cold and dark tolerance.

Thanks for growing so many varieties I live in North Ga. They changed us to zone 8a but 7b is what I grow by. I will be watching this video and purchasing a few new varieties.

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

Yeah I don’t trust the changes they made either. Glad you liked the video!

I keep telling my wife’s grandpa about your methods..meanwhile he’s lugging in 30 fig trees indoors each fall!

@jailenc6674

Ай бұрын

He can get better fruit from majority of varieties that way. This guy could never get some of the best tasting varieties to ripen with his method.

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

There’s no right or wrong here. There’s people that want to carry 30 pots in every winter and people (probably the majority) that would prefer varieties that don’t require that much time so you can focus on other plants as well.

Vdb is Def in my top 5 fav figs. I am interested and will be looking into the Boston unknown. Good stuff! Have you ever looked into emerald strawberry? If not, highly recommend. That's my top fav.. Top 2

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

We definitely will! Thanks for the suggestion

I have a non fig plant question. Last November, I planted a dormant grafted persimmons tree. In April this year, the graft grew buds and sprouted leaves. However, in May, that growth withered, died and new growth sprouted from the roots. I want to replace it since the graft is dead, but I would first like to know how to prevent the graft from dying. Any pointers?

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

Hi, it’s hard to say without seeing the plant. Could’ve been a bad graft or disease, etc.

I'm in z7 haven't had a complete die back yet ... But im on the coast so it doesn't drop super fast giving the tree time to adjust . Oddly enough ice storms are bad for figs snow isn't as bad

@PlantFanatics

Ай бұрын

Yeah where we are it’s the cold snaps that are killer. We regularly have 30-40 degree drops in the fall and winter

Secret #1: Don't kill them by forgetting to mulch them well in the fall. 🥺😭