Newbie with figs here. Last spring (May for me), I got a couple of Chicago hardy cuttings that were already rooted. They've been doing great, and I've been following and reading the subreddit assiduously since then.

I'm in zone 5b/6a (Michigan), so my trees have gone dormant. They are in the unheated garage now. But I have the following questions:

1. Should I trim/prune them? If so, when and how? These are young trees, but one shot straight up, and the other got "bushy" (see pic).

2. When or at what temperature is it safe to put the out again?

Thank you for any advice.

The wife is not as excited as I am…Italian 258 rooting here

Zone 9: Houston

I have roughly 30 figs at this stage in early December. I am really hoping they eventually turn purple to harvest. They have been stuck at this point for a couple weeks now.

Got my first fig tree this year, and I’m hooked. lol. Got me some cuttings from the Fig Boss, getting a head start on next season. 3 varieties, LSU Hollier and Tiger, and Verdino Giacomo.

I got a giant bag of Pro Mix HP for rooting fig cuttings and I have a substantial amount leftover. Can I use this mix for anything else? I was thinking maybe if I amended it with compost that it could be ok for up potting my cuttings?

Thanks for your group and help.

I need some advice. I've had a fig tree for about 4 years and have let it grow as it wanted. Every winter, when the frosts come, I put it in the apartment to overwinter and in the spring it goes back out on the balcony. But this year I want to prune it and I have no idea what cuts are right and won't damage it. I don't want it to go in height, but in width. Can anyone advise me ?

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This is one of the two I started in water. The other one started rooting too but it turns out I had it upside down and The Roots were coming in on the wrong side. It doesn't look too great now. Maybe it will come out of it it.

I’m in Oklahoma in 7b (as of 2023, I believe), but kind of on the border with 7a. I’ve planted two Kadota fig trees that I got from a Lowe’s, and want to ensure their survival. I already put them directly in-ground maybe in late September/early October, I think.

So… they haven’t grown much. And they weren’t very tall to begin with when I got them, so I assume they’re not very old, either.

Temperatures have started to dip to below freezing somewhat frequently at this point in the season and the leaves have died. I believe they’re both maybe around 2ft or so, give or take (just eyeballing it).

I’ve considered mulching over it or otherwise insulating it, but I don’t want to mess anything up.

At least one of the trees appears to have some die back already, if I’m not mistaken (some of the wood has a reddish hue), so I think it may be a good idea to give it some protection.

Here are some things I was wondering about:

1. Does it matter if I trim off the red wood now or not? Would it be acceptable to simply let it stay there until Spring (if one/both survive)?

2. Can I take cuttings from the greenish wood and grow more potted figs from it? Or can that not be done if the wood is still greenish (I don’t believe either have lignified much)? When should I?

3. Would it be safe to cover it with something like a 5-gallon bucket? Or do I need something like mulch that’s more breathable (and wouldn’t stop it from collecting rainwater)?

4. Are there any beginner concerns not listed here that I should/could be aware of for overwintering an in-ground fig?

Thanks in advance for any help, advice, or suggestions!

I've got one of these little dwarf Figs of the Fignomenal variety. They't not as winter hardy as bigger Chicago Figs so it doesn't want to stay out all winter, and I usually bring it in once it gets really bitterly cold.

It's gotten remarkably cold here recently (down below 20F) so I'm planning to bring it in for a warmup, but I worry that it might be more stressed by having its dormancy interrupted than with the chill. It should be hardy to about 0-10F so I don't know if I'm killing it or making it happy by leaving it out in low 20's.

Note, it's also seemed "dormant" for a while now. Earlier in the late summer it's leaves got blasted off by a huge windstorm while I was out of the country and it was budding up to produce some more when Autumn came, and now it's mostly just sitting there like a bunch of twigs. Very supple bendy twigs, not dried, but I really don't know what to think about this current situation. I've seen plants happily come back from similar leafless stickdom, but I worry nonetheless.

Worse case I'll replace the poor thing with the hardiest available Chicago fig or similar, but I don't know what to think.

Has anyone heard a variety called Adams fig? I’m from Melbourne and I just bought this from fb marketplace and was wondering what this variety tastes like!

I have a few cuttings that I started early and are relatively advanced. Meaning: at least one strong leader (green) with 3+ leaves. I have since moved them into a 1.5gal pot. My question is should I move it outside into the cooling weather to get it to go dormant to encourage fruiting for next season? Or leave it in my “cutting environment” with my other cuttings? This is season 1 for propagating cuttings and owning figs so I’m not sure what to do over the winter.

I have a local seller w8th the following varieties. Are any of them worth buying? I'm on central OK in zone 7a/b. My yard is tiny , so most would be potted.

Sucrette LSU Scott's Black Negretta Negra De Reies Thermalito. F P. 2g. $15 Rockway Green 2g. $15 Napolitana Negra. 3g. $20 Grise De LSU Red. BB Rimada. Kensanari. 3g. $20 Hunt. 10g. $35 Torerra. 10g. $30 Hog Island. 4g. $20 Atreano. 4g. $25 Lampeira Preta. 4g. $25 Gil's Brown Turkey. 2g. $15 Honey Plum. 4g. $15 White Geona. 3g. $15 Brunswick. 5g. $25 Summacki. 4g. $25 Green Ischia. 5g. $30 Melan. 5g. $20 Col De Dame Grise. 4g. $30 Vern's Brown Turkey. 2g. $15 Sultane. 3g. $15 Deraert King. 3g. $25 Collar De Ellche. 4g. $25 Lungo De Portogallo. 4g. $30 Syrian Honey. 2g. $15 LSU Dead Cat #2. 4g. $25 Izmir. 3g. $25 Preto De Travessa. 3g. $20 Bkack Italian. 3g. $20 Smith 4g. $30 Cavaliere. 5g. $25 Celeste. 3g. $15 Grandtham's Royal. 5g. $25 Guotte D Or. 4g. $20 Col De Dame Mutante. 5g. $40 Olympian. 3g. $20 Marva Sika. 3g. $20 Violetta 5g. $25 Italian Honey. 4g. $20 Black Lebanese. 3g. $20 Petite Negra. 5g. $25 UkN Green Ischia. 7g. $30 Egyptian Brown. 7g. $25 Syrian Shitawi 2g. $25 Lapritja. FDM 3g. $35 Native Black 3g. $15 Rosa Esperalda 3g. $25 Col de Dame Noir. 3g. $25 Bourraou. 3g. $30 De La Reina. $25 B Grise. 4g. $25 Settimo. 3g. $25 Dark Syrian. 3g. $25 LSU O'rourke. 3g. $20 Beat Ranon grafted on Peretta $25 Teramo UKN. 4g. $25

I recently repotted my Desert king and it’s leaves have drooped massively. It lives indoors atm as it is now very cold here in the PNW. My apartment has a south facing window so I get plenty of sunlight.

This is my very first fig tree, and I've always wanted one badly, so I did my research and thought I knew my stuff. It was a hardwood cutting gifted to me, when I got it, it did have a fair amount of fine brown roots. This was about 3 months ago

I planted it in a big pot with fruit and citrus soil, bit of premium potting mix, blood and bone, every so often sprinkled used coffee grinds on the surface. I haven't been otherwise watering it.

When I first planted it, we had rain everyday so I actually thought it would get stem rot. Then we've had a heatwave with the odd storm/a few days of heavy rain.

It's maintained the same appearance the whole time - 4 large leaves - two growth buds at the crown, one near soil level. Only difference is one of the leaves has started yellowing.

It's been out in a full sun position the whole time

I've been checking on it because I wondered if it had root/stem rot, and I noticed the soil did feel pretty compact (this would've been after the heavy rain), so I kind of fluffed it up a bit by digging through some of the layers and just crumbling it and letting it settle without packing it back down. That's when I noticed that it seems to have put down some fat white/green roots closer to the surface

Could anyone please explain what's happening, if I've done anything wrong, and how to get it to grow/flourish?

I'm based in Sydney, Australia

Hi all, I recently started some figs from fertilized seeds in a pot outdoors. I’m in zone 9a, and was wondering when an appropriate time would be to move them indoors under some grow lights. I have a cabinet with grow lights that I use to keep my cats away from plants that the seedlings could overwinter in.

The seedlings are just starting to sprout above the soil. It’s starting to get colder (45-65 degree days) so I’m sure that this was the wrong time to start seeds, but I’m just growing these for fun (especially as they’re likely not persistent, and I don’t have the wasp). When should I bring them indoors?

Hi folks! last spring I was gifted a small fig tree and I have been absolutely hooked ever since! I was planning to order a few cuttings from a seller that's offering some interesting varieties pretty affordably but the weather in my area has dipped irregularly low for this time of year with nighttime temperatures down to 15-20f! I've both sent and received everything from tropical aquarium plants to potatoes in weather down into the low 20s without anything turning into a very gross popsicle and I know unlike those things figs naturally have some tolerance for freezing so is it safe to ship cuttings right now? (I really hope the answer is yes because they are selling out very quickly lol)

I get why caducous female plants need the pollen coated wasps from caprifigs. However, I don’t understand why the caducous caprifigs need fig wasps in order to produce a fruit that has pollen.

Zone 7A here. I am getting more into the world of figs. I won 4 pretty nice varieties of cuttings on a figbid auction. I read that while they can store up to a year in the right conditions, they tend to have a better success rate if rooted soon after cutting. As this is my first time rooting cuttings, I want the best success rate possible. I have 2 fairly small grow lights but could potentially have up to 12 cuttings if I were to have a 100% success rate. Anyways, when do you guys tend to start your cuttings for the coming year?