Oh great Cameron - everyone here just keeps enticing me. Now I'm going to need a Fig tree too! LOL - I just planted two Pawpaws last month. Just Kidding, I hope your Figs do well, they look very cool. Paul

Thanks everyone!

Paul, good luck with the Pawpaws! I need to get a few sometime 😆

I planted the Sabal minor "McCurtain" and the "Hardy Chicago" figs out today. I've actually had plants die in the area where the Sabal minor and this fig are planted because of the amount of heat/sunlight that are reflected in that spot! Hopefully that means it'll be a great spot for the palm and fig 😆

Should do fine. If I, a fig novice through and through, can offer one tip, that would be to give the fig enough water. Figs love the sun, but the leaves will yellow and drop if they do not get enough water.

What are you going to use for fertilizer?

Paul - Paw paws are awsome trees!, just be prepared to wait a bit for them to grow. Make sure they get soem shade!

Cameron - Looks like you worked in some perlite. GJ. They LOVE heat and if you realize they are getting baked, mabey put some annual vines behind to take in some of the heat ( morning glories are vigerous enough i think) They apperantly take a bit of a hit when repotted or move, so dont be suprised if it doesnt do much for a week or 2.

Jack - Thats good advice. But too much water can be really really bad for them. My neighbor warned me not to water the one I have ( in a pot), till the leaves just start to wilt. Mabey its a bit different in ground....... Then again, any new planting should be well watered for the first year no? Mabey a nice layer of straw multch to keep the roots a bit cooler and to keep the moisture in?

Looks good Cameron-
It will be interesting to see how fast they grow.

Sabals at that size are less
hardy than their bigger brothers,try and
protect as much green tissue as possible
over winter for best results/maximum growth....
lot's of heat and water!

Thanks everyone!

Jack, I'll make sure to keep the figs well-watered. I'm not sure how I'll fertilize them yet. BTW, the poncirus seeds are sprouting now, some are a couple of inches tall already!

Canadianplant, I've started using "Pro-Mix HP", available at Rona. I've found that it works really well, and Banana Joe uses it too 😆

Jim, I'll make sure to keep the sabal protected in the winter!

Great they're in the ground Cameron.

This guy grows lots too:

http://www.figtrees.net/

Barb

Should do fine. If I, a fig novice through and through, can offer one tip, that would be to give the fig enough water. Figs love the sun, but the leaves will yellow and drop if they do not get enough water.

What are you going to use for fertilizer?

Unlikely the fig likes much of water. Look at thees two pictures taken in Petra, Jordan.

I'll have to try to find a balance as far as watering is concerned. I think the amount of rain my area receives should provide most of it!

Should do fine. If I, a fig novice through and through, can offer one tip, that would be to give the fig enough water. Figs love the sun, but the leaves will yellow and drop if they do not get enough water.

What are you going to use for fertilizer?

Unlikely the fig likes much of water. Look at thees two pictures taken in Petra, Jordan.

Jordan is one place. I can only say what happened last week in Maryland. Some of the leaves on my fig suddenly yellowed and dropped. The soil was bone dry. Daily saturation has brought it back to its lush glory.

Just something to watch out for. 8)

Should do fine. If I, a fig novice through and through, can offer one tip, that would be to give the fig enough water. Figs love the sun, but the leaves will yellow and drop if they do not get enough water.

What are you going to use for fertilizer?

Unlikely the fig likes much of water. Look at thees two pictures taken in Petra, Jordan.

Jordan is one place. I can only say what happened last week in Maryland. Some of the leaves on my fig suddenly yellowed and dropped. The soil was bone dry. Daily saturation has brought it back to its lush glory.

Just something to watch out for. 8)

I've never watered figs when they're estabished unless there is a month or so without rainwater. I could see however why one woruld want to do so with smaller trees.

Jesse- Here is the fig. Downtown Toronto, pic is from 2007??

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Great pic, Paul!

If you ever take the GO train from the east end (Scarborough) to downtown, you can see a lot of small sheds/coverings in backyards in East York. That's what the Italians would use to cover their fig trees in the winter! 😆

Jesse- Here is the fig. Downtown Toronto, pic is from 2007??

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Cool pic...i betthat baby ain't been wrapped in years!

Awsome Mike! Please show some pics.....

Here are some pics for you ....Enjoy. I just finished trimming them back again for the third time since May 1st...they get nutty!!!!!!

Titan "Guardian of the Figs!"

I want to recount a funny story of how South Philly Italians are sooo very proud of their figs. When I first became a teacher in the city we lived in a very Italian neighborhood where most of the elders didn't speak English (only Napolitan dialect). My roomates and I used to shovel snow and do odd jobs for the older Italian couples and the women were fiercely competitive when it came to their food and figs especially. Every September, they used to pay us back with loads of figs, homemade wine and homemade mozzarella cheese. Well, one year, I made the mistake of saying that Carmelina's ( a neighbor lady) figs were delicious....My next door neighbor Antonietta, screamed at me in dialect and told me "that whore down the street has no figs and her stuffed shells suck too" i about pissed myself laughing....FigWars !! Woohoo!