My dear friend gave me many leaves. We’ve come to love making go tea with them. I’ve thoroughly washed the leaves, will place them in the oven to dry up. I am so grateful for fig trees, and friends who share their harvest.

Hey all! Looking for advice from all you fig wizards out there. I live in New York and I am a recent (staring at the beginning of this past summer) dwarf fig tree mom. She sprouted her first fig but it never truly matured and then the leaves began to fall off and I thought the little one’s season was coming to an end. We have had rather warm temperatures here recently and massive amounts of sun that I can’t get enough of and neither can my fig apparently. Now, because of this weather, she has new leaf growth. So my question is ….Would it be advisable to bring her inside if the weather gets too cold and continue to give a solid amount of light from a lamp and keep her growing until I can put her out again when the late spring/ early summer arrives or is there something else I should be doing? Thank you for taking the time to read my post! ♥️

Hey I recently rooted some fig cuttings they are no getting leaves I was wanting to use this as a grow light wil it be good/strong enough for a while? (Check specs on picture)

I bought a Ryobi battery operated pruner because pruning with a lopper wasn’t easy anymore. I’m testing it tomorrow morning.

My Ryobi pruner https://youtube.com/shorts/BqhUyILYJfg?feature=share

Zone 9: Houston

I bought a fig tree a few years ago. It came with partially ripe figs that ripened and I was able to harvest. The mature purple figs were roughly the size of a large cherry tomato, somewhat firm and not particularly flavorful. In the great Texas freeze the tree froze down to the ground and had to regrow from scratch. Two years later I am harvesting figs off a tree that in comparison are massive, closer to the size of a lime or lemon, nearly twice the diameter of the pre-freeze figs. These are also extremely soft and juicy with very bold flavor.

Note: this is not a difference in when I am harvesting the figs. Every house I have owned since 2003 has had a mature fig tree. I know when to pick them.

Thanks

This year my fig tree had 3 leaves but I'm wondering how many does it need before it starts to produce figs. Is 3 enough ?

It’s a 2-day+ process but the end result is magical. Every Greek household has a steady supply of these preserves. My mom would be so proud of me for making this.

Green Fig Preserves https://youtu.be/Vqn-wdovuSc

I live in z5 and thus need to cutback my figs each winter. I figured I could use those cuttings to possibly root and propagate clones? Does this work? Are there any tips? (My wife loves figs and I’d love to include a lil fig trail for her in our food forrest ) TIA

So I have a lot of indoor lights and such because I have some tropical plants I keep going, but I'm curious how early can you start a fig cutting and it still bloom in spring?(if it can?)

I’m always on the lookout for freebies. Today I got these beautiful free mattress bags that I will use to winterize my fig trees. I will dig a hole and use these bags as a barrier between the soil and three potted fig trees. It’s a true labor of love.

Free Mattress bags to winterize buried fig trees

https://youtu.be/bgp8_ho1iFQ

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These are Chicago hardy figs. I know I planted these too close. Are the leaves still supposed to be this small after 4 weeks? The darkened leaves are still soft. I have been keeping them in an old milk jug, with a flippable lid, so that they can stay in a humid area. I left the jug's cap open for a few days, and when I came back they looked like this. I misted them, and watered them immediately, but the leaves haven't recovered.The top of their substrate is still moist. It's half potting mix and half peat moss. What's with their leaves? Should I move them to larger pots now? I want to keep them inside until after the last frost this spring. They all seem to have rooted, Even one cutting with no leaves, appears to resist when gently tugged on.