Once again, another great video. Thanks for taking the time and making them. I'm looking forward to your comparison, hope they ripe soon :)

Beautiful fig and great video. Hey, you have lots more room for more trees. I have a lot I'm trying to get rid of if you want any.

Another enjoyable video. Again, keep them coming please.

How do you water your trees? I have drippers, and my figs
are on the same valve with citrus and pomegranates. I'm having a 
little trouble finding a watering schedule to suit all three. 

I second the notion you've got room, looks like a nice sized lot.
I don't see a pomegranate  ?

Joe, 

Great view round your garden, almost a fig orchard!

I this beautiful hot climate-you are living in fig heaven.

thanks for this JJ review!

I enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting! Do you think you will plant more varieties? If so what kind are in the plans? Thanks!

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Figfinatic I sent you a PM.

I live on a 1/4 acre lot.  My fenced backyard is about 90' X 60'.  I have trees planted around the perimeter of the yard, but I'm trying to keep the center of the yard open for the kids and dogs to be able to run around and play in.  Right now I have the following fruit trees planted in the ground: 21 fig trees, 6 citrus trees, 2 pomegranates, 2 almonds, 1 mulberry, 1 peach, 1 grapevine, and some herbs.  I also have 1 small pigeon pea plant that I'm trying to grow into a small tree and protect through the winter to keep it alive as a perennial.  I'm really happy with the setup I have because it gives me good production and I still have an open yard so we can run around, bbq, etc.  I keep toying around with the idea of putting in a chicken coop or aquaponics vegetable garden but I haven't followed through with either of those yet.

Bada I water all the fruit trees the same.  Every Monday I give them a deep watering with drip irrigation.  Every Friday I supplement them each with a few minutes of water from the hose.  The small young plants get a little extra water here and there throughout the week with the hose.  Everything looks happy except for the citrus.  I can't figure out how to make them green and lush.  But they still produce good fruit.

I'll probably put in a few more trees here and there.  Time will tell.  The only one I have definite plans for is a small Barnisotte that is in a container right now.

For the citrus use an azalea food if you can't find a good citrus food.  Is it possible that you have root nematodes?

I went organic a couple of years ago.  I've only been using fish emulsion, manure, and compost.  I suspect the citrus may not be getting some nutrients that they need.  I'm not sure what organic fertilizer I can use to give them a boost.

And yeah, I have root knot nematodes in my soil.  Every fig tree that I've dug up has had the knots.  None of them have been heavily infested, but I know rkn is widespread in my yard.  When propagating cuttings and air layers for other people I make sure to use bagged potting soil and I never let the pots make contact with the ground.  I would never want to spread rkn to anyone else so I take precautions.  The vigorous growing fig varieties don't seem to be affected by the rkn.  But rkn probably contributed to the death of some of my weaker figs.  Is citrus badly affected by rkn?  Nematodes are common in the soil around here and people grow citrus all over in this area.

Hey, FrozenJoe, I believe you have a UCD 187, that was recently planted.  How is it growing compared to non UCD figs?

Shah I have a 187-25 that another forum member gave me.  I believe that it was a cutting from UCD that she rooted.  The tree put out some new leaves in the spring and then pretty much stalled out after that.  It is still less than a foot tall and hasn't put out any new leaves in awhile.  I'm hoping it pulls through but I don't know.  The temps here are already in the 100's and will stay there until late September.  That's hard on small plants, especially when they aren't strong growers.  The spot I planted it in looks like it should be great, but this is the third small fig tree I've planted in that spot since 2011.  None of them thrived, so it may just be a bad spot.

thanks for the vid , joe.

i'm still trying to root a jersey joe. indoor attempts failed so i'm trying outside.

Hope it roots for you Susie.

Great Video, as usual.

Hey Joe, regarding  your taste comparison, I found your Joe's Jersey to be almost identical to my Hardy Chicago figs in shape, color, and taste.  Only...so far, your tree grows faster and puts out more fruit.  Both trees are still quite young though. and my hardy Chicago is newer and younger than the Joe's Jersey.

Man, what a year we are having.   With our last frost back in February,  trees are all growing gangbusters and putting on lots of fruit.
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Do you step up the watering later in the year when temps stay higher longer?   (I may be overwatering up here).

Dave I've noticed the same thing.  The Joe's Jersey tree seems to be the same as Hardy Chicago, but it grows stronger and produces more fruit.  It may just be a vigorous strain of Hardy Chicago.  In my yard the Joe's Jersey tree also starts ripening the main crop earlier than Hardy Chicago.

I'm glad your trees are growing strong and producing a lot of fruit.  Do you have a large breba crop this year?  My Desert King had a lot of brebas this year, but the other trees not so much.

Bada bing, you can end up going once every 7-14 days in summer but water deeply enough so you can put a stick down into the ground 2-3 feet. But since your trees are trained to every 3 days, you'll have to do this gradually. They will be more drought tolerant and handle heat stress better.

Hi bada-bing,
10 gallons = 40 liters ?
If so, IMO - That's too much .
I would go for 10 liters every day or 20 liters every two days ... But that's me ! and I don't know how fast your dirt is draining or keeping the water ...
Do you fertilize accordingly ? Because the more you water the more you wash out nutrients .

Nice video Joe...my mouth is watering already.

Thanks Vince.

Thanks for responding with you watering schedule Joe.   And you too Badda Bing.

I think I may cut back  on my watering then.  I normally water every three to four days here, and our temps are generally 5-10 degrees cooler than yours.  So I may be wasting water.

I set up a different (to me) irrigation system this year.   My fig hedge is comprised of 12 trees spaced on average 8 feet apart.

I ran a pvc line on either side of the hedge with four cross over pipes (to maintain pressure), and drilled holes using the smallest bit I could find) every foot on the back side of the hedge and every 18 inches on the front.  One inch pvc pipe graduating to 3/4 and then to 1/2 at the furthest extremities.   I hook up my garden hose  to this system and run it for ten minutes.   70 psi. The system puts out 14 gallons a minute, so ten minutes x 14gallons  is 140 gallons for the twelve trees.

The system sits on top of the ground but is buried beneath 4-6 inches of straw  mulch.

So far, so good.   It puts out a lot of water in a short time, but I can see no run off, so it's putting the water right where I want it.   This higher output system puts the water down all at once, and I believe I lose less to evaporation since it's absorbed in a shorter period of time (as compared to a slow drip system which runs for longer periods).

The neat thing about drilling holes directly into the pipe is that there are no drippers or emitters to clog.   Our water is quite hard, and that takes a toll on irrigation systems. 

And it has two characteristics  I really like.  Low tech...and cheap.  

Originally posted by FrozenJoe

Sounds like you have an efficient irrigation system that works well Dave.  They raised my water rates last year in the spring.  I just hope they don't raise them too high one day to where it becomes unaffordable to maintain a lot of trees.  Best luck with your trees this year.