All you fig lovers

The fig belt is only Birmingham and south?
Absurd. But with an explanation.
Birmingham is about as far north as Atlanta. There's a commercial fig grove 20 miles from me here in VA which is about as far north as Washington, D.C.
When I visit my mother and her hubby in South Carolina there's fig trees everywhere.
So there's plenty of figs north of Birmingham.
I, do think though, that he may be talking about strictly commercial groves with no tourist component, etc. in which case I can understand that he means that the groves set up to produce figs for retail and wholesale bulk sales are set up pretty far south to take advantage of the heat, long summers and almost frost free temperatures.
Nice video . thx.

He may also be referring to the vast yard figs. I think in the cooler climates figs are in far fewer yards. I grew up in Seattle and never tasted a fig until I moved to Texas 6 years ago. Never saw a fig tree never heard anyone mention one.

They are absolutely there but not in the numbers that are in the south. It seems like everyone I talk to down here has at least one fig tree in their yard.

Nice video.
I admit I chuckled when he described one fig (Alma?) as "quite cold hardy"....for Alabama.

Thanks for posting this. He said his trees were producing 150 - 250 POUNDS. That must be around 1000 figs on a tree. Is this realistic? If so, perhaps I should move!

I believe he was only referring to Alabama, when he describe the fig belt.  Meaning that the figs would survive through the winter, without being protected.

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed the video a lot.

i was waiting to see the duke boys driving past with the general lee

I believe that because temperature in the midwest is much colder that the caostal states, it makes sense. The midwest gets very cold winters.