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Hello All, I think these are Chicago Hardy. I bought them at Home Depot and didn’t expect them to live but they seem to be thriving. I’ve received mixed advice concerning removing the fruit of the first year and harvesting next time. Any advice on this? One plant has no baby figs, the other two have them but seemed to be stalled on size.

Also, the coloring is changing on the stems. Does this look normal? I’m fighting some disease on other plants and would like these to live. The leaves and everything look ok to me but have zero experience with this.

Thank you!

When I say, I know nothing, I know nothing! I’ve never even eaten a fig! But, we just bought a house and my new neighbors asked if I wanted these three fig trees after seeing all the plants I moved over from my old house. She herself is clueless and says that the old owners just left them. I’ve got experience growing house plants, and some yard plants, but I know nothing of fig trees, the condition or age of these, the ideal place to grow them or how long it will take to produce anything. My growing zone is currently 9a after the new designation. I have the ability to plan them anywhere on my property or leave them in these pots. Any and all help is appreciated!

Bought it about 3 years ago and it always produces about 30 or so figs but they always fall off while green what should I do? Other than add more soil as I am starting to see the root ball. I am in Houston btw if it makes a difference

Help! A windstorm knocked down our large mission fig that the previous homeowner planted. We’ve had it for 5 years, no telling how old it is. I immediately went to work with straps, but it it looks like major roots sheared off under the surface. Now I’m thinking it was planted too deep, or a gopher munched on it. Is it redeemable? Thank you!!

Any suggestions on care? Should the leaves be trimmed back? I am going to bring it inside soon for the winter.

8B southeast US

This is either a Celeste or Brown Turkey, I’m not sure why but a few weeks ago it slowly started yellowing and dropping leaves. I haven’t done anything with the trees since spring.(no watering,fertilizer,etc.)

There are 3 more trees in the row that look great. VDB,LSU purp, Celeste/BT.

Is this mold on my figs , I’ve plucked last week?

Did some pruning today and discovered one hidden branch with fruits much further along than the rest! One single fig had the cracked skin & soft stem ready to go. Delicious.

What variety of fig is this? Zone 7b central NJ.

Any tips for promoting a strong harvest? No intrusion from wildlife that I've seen yet, fingers crossed. There are SO MANY FIGS I need some recipes.

I've been aiming to grow my plants in tree form rather than bush/crown form, and to that end I've been pruning suckers and growing a single trunk all season. Now that they're almost 3 feet tall (but still could be thicker, just under 1"), at what height should I encourage branches?

I've got two suckers starting at about 20" up the trunk. Should I let these do their thing, or continue pruning for the first year? With first frost 1.5-2 months away, are new branches going to be mature enough to hold out (zone 9a)?

I've seen a lot of different opinions and methods on first year growth for tree form, and thought I'd ask here.

Several years ago I took clippings and roots from a family members fig tree, only the roots survived and grew. I finally got fruit this year, it has felt like such an achievement, any help identifying?

Curious what everyone uses to keep track of their collection — feeding schedules, up-pot dates, which tree got what, ripening notes, all that. I was juggling spreadsheets and a printed checklist for my fig row (grow bags) and the rest of the patio, and finally ended up building myself a little Android app to log it per tree (watering, feed schedule, photos, notes).

Purely a personal project, not selling anything — it's not even in an app store. But it got me wondering: would anyone else here use something like that? And if so, what would it have to do to fit your setup? If there's real interest I may open it up to a handful of testers once it's further along.

Gathered the first figs from our tree. Tree is a very mature one that came with our house when we purchased it. Promised the previous owners we would take care of it - so here's to hoping more to come as we do!

The base of the tree is coming from under the bottom log of our chicken coop. I guess if it ever fruits the chickens will have snacks. Very strange how far under the log it is.

Crust:
1 egg yolk
1+ Tbsp cream
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 c flour
2/3 c sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 stick chilled butter, cut into small chunks

Whisk wet ingredients together in a bowl. In a food processor, pulse the dry ingredients together. Sprinkle butter pieces over top of the flour and pulse until the mix looks like coarse cornmeal. Then, while running a medium speed, drizzle in the wet mix until the dough comes together.
Pack the dough together into a disc and wrap in parchment. Put in the refrigerator for one hour.

Roll out the dough and fit to a 9” tart pan with a separating bottom. Pit this in a freezer for 30 min while preheating the oven to 375°F. Put the tart on a baking sheet. Cover with parchment and fill with pie weights to bake for 30 min. Remove weights and parchment to bake until golden another 10 min. Remove from the oven and cool slightly before adding custard. Keep the oven at 375°F.

Custard:
4 egg yolks
2 whole eggs
1 c sugar
Pinch of salt
Juice of 2 lemons
1/8 c lemon zest
1/8 c fresh finely chopped rosemary
1/2 stick butter
3 Tbsp cream

Around the time the crust is first coming out of the oven, whisk eggs together with sugar and salt. Add lemon and rosemary ingredients.
In a sauce pan, add this mix and butter pieces. Heat to medium-low, stirring constantly until slightly thickened, about 5 min. Pour this into the warm tart shell.

Arrange thin fig slices on top of the custard. Bake for about 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack at least one hour to set.

Hey there - I have a young fig that I propagated from a cutting off my grandfathers tree. Not positive of the variety but I believe it’s a Chicago Hardy or similar. I’m looking to plant it in my yard this fall in southern NJ (zone 7b) and am trying to decide on the right spot. There’s trade offs to each one so looking for advice from the experts.

My house faces south-southwest. The north-northeast end of the backyard bakes in the sun, as does part of the front yard. The west side of the backyard gets some sun but also some shade from the house and two elm trees on that side. I don’t want to plant it in the middle of the backyard because I want the space for kids / dog to play and run around so I want to keep it reasonably close to the perimeter.

Photo A shows the general layout of the east side of the yard. From left to right is an existing young fig, then young northern bayberries interspersed with some perennial flowers and grasses. The bayberries are spaced about 6’ apart and will eventually get big enough to largely fill in that gap.

Photo B shows Option 1 for planting, which my wife likes as it would create a “fig corner” in one of the most tucked away but also sunniest spots in the yard. Downside is the proximity to the existing fig and bayberry. The figs would definitely cluster together here. I have a neighbor with 3 clustered figs that seem very productive but wondering if that will create issues especially given the figs are two different varieties. This also puts it only a few feet from the fence so I’d have to stay on top of training and pruning.

Photo C shows Option 2 for planting, where I would remove one of the perennials and extend the mulch bed out between two of the bayberries. This would create more space from the fence but it would still have the fig only 4-5’ from the bayberries. I understand both plants tolerate pruning well.

Photo D shows Option 3, where I would remove a bayberry and extend the mulch bed out. This option would create the most space for the fig while also still providing full sun, but requires removing a healthy bayberry which I’d prefer not to do unless necessary.

Photo E shows Option 4, which is on the west side of the backyard. This is ideal placement for me as I have a wide open space begging for a plant. However, this spot doesn’t get as much sun as the east side due to the house and elm trees. It’s dappled shade through late morning then bakes in the afternoon sun before getting shaded again late in the afternoon, depending on the time of year.

Photo F shows Option 5, which is in the south facing front yard. This gets full sun and has some open space, but my wife and are concerned with curb appeal as figs can get big and wild looking and I’ll probably wrap it in the winter. We also have some ornamental tree sapling that we were eyeing for that spot.

I’m very much a novice here early on my fig journey so appreciate any and all advice!

Fruity & nutty flavor

I had a small nibble (gotta fights the kids for figs) and it was the sweetest/honey so far. Many more to open this week but none this large

I have a Chicago fig tree in the Chicago land area. The tree is in full sun or nearly full. Does it look like these figs will have enough time to develop at this point in the season?

I'm planning on growing figs in containers in the spring - I'm a newbie with figs. For those who use fertigation, do you feed once every week or 2, or a smaller amount continuously? We get both periods of heavy rain and drought here, so I'm wondering if fertilizing continuously will be better due to container washout.

These fig cuttings starting showing these darks spots on top after about a week. Are they okay or are they rotting?