I have a NOID fig tree growing for over 10 years. I've pruned occasionally and hardly fertilize. What do you do to get them to stay healthy and fruit?

I just pruned some branches and cut off a large branch that was lying near the ground. I kept some of the branches to root. What is your best method to root them?

I have a neglected Brown Turkey fig in a large container. I planted it there as I wasn't sure where I wanted it in the ground. It produces a good amount of figs in early summer. Then I will harvest a few more here and there for the balance of summer.

As it is in a container, I use a diluted fertilizer added to the watering solution. I suspect they will be easy to root but have never done so, sorry.

I have a 'Chicago Hardy' planted in the ground. It was given to me as a rooted limb. It has frozen to the ground every winter except one, but so far has put back out from the roots every year. In a good year, there will be an early, light crop and then a later, heavier crop of figs. They obviously bloom on new growth. I'd have a lot of figs to deal with if it wouldn't get frozen back. As it is, I just eat them as they ripen. Usually the early crop gets wiped out from a late freeze in the spring. I wasn't sure it would survive February 2021. It was slow to show up, but ended up growing well. Every year that growth grows a little bigger with more sucker stems. The stems/trunks got about 8' tall last year. Uses a lot of water in the growing season, especially if turns off hot and dry.

I have Brown Turkey and Celeste trees, but I've never trimmed them. They normally produce two crops: a good one in spring and fewer later in the summer. I'm pretty sure they'd do better if I watered them regularly.

For the first time since I've been growing my fig, the above ground growth didn't get frozen back. Same with the pomegranate. I wish I was sure of the reason why they managed this winter. We had some colder than normal temps, so I wasn't expecting to anything except suckers. I hope it means the root system is getting developed enough that the plants can withstand the cold. That's how it's supposed to work, esp. for the pomegranate. They've both been growing for a few years now. It could also be that it stayed cold enough they didn't jump the gun and green up too soon. That's certainly happened with the fig several times. I thought it had made it and then a late freeze killed the new green growth and the growth that held them. No late frost this year. Means the fig is starting out at a little over 7' tall this year :smily:.

piksihk said: I have a NOID fig tree growing for over 10 years. I've pruned occasionally and hardly fertilize. What do you do to get them to stay healthy and fruit?

I just pruned some branches and cut off a large branch that was lying near the ground. I kept some of the branches to root. What is your best method to root them?

I don't cut the limbs....
To root... I fill as large pot with soil and place under limb... brick or block or whatever to hold branch in place... cut off from original tree after well rooted in pot... Eventually remove pot and decant into final resting place.
I have a problem with root knot nematodes, the figs don't always survive, and even if they do... they don't seem to get very large... If I wanted dwarfed figs...
I was able to eat figs last year... not seeing much in the way of figs forming yet this year...