GROWING FIGS

Have you ever seen brown spots on your fig tree leaves in the middle of summer? If you're new to growing fig trees, you might have been worried that your fig tree was sick or dying. In this blog we'll explain...

Lately we've been getting a lot of viewers asking if fig trees can be planted in containers or large pots. I thought this would be a great question to answer on a blog, because there are several reasons why you might...

I recently attended a fig swap event in Watkinsville, GA that included fig hobbyists and growers from Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Alabama. While talking to some of the growers at the event, I was surprised at how few of...

Fig trees are unique in that they don't typically grow like a standard fruit tree. They don't always have a single main trunk (although they can), and tend to want to grow like a big bush with lots of "suckers"...

Waiting for figs to ripen can take quite a bit of patience depending on the variety you have. Some varieties of figs can take two months for a fig to ripen after its initial development. Violette de Bourdeaux is a...

Do fig trees produce figs only on new growth, or do they produce figs on the old growth as well? This is a question we get all the time, especially from new or potential backyard fig growers. The answer can...

If you plant a fig tree this year, how many years will you have to wait to enjoy delicious figs from that tree? Much like fig tree cold hardiness, this can be a tricky question to answer. But we'll do...

On previous blogs we've explained why the 'common fig' varieties on our site don't require pollination by a fig wasp, and that you don't need to plant multiple trees to get fig production from our varieties. But I did want...

You may have read the common myth that figs have dead bugs inside them which gives them an extra special crunch when you eat them. I've eaten a lot of figs and to my knowledge have never eaten a wasp...