Two new videos I made a month ago.

One is on the "mystics" of fig cultivation and the second one is on different fig trees growing in the city of Vienna in Austria. Most importantly, this was made possible by one very knowledgeable forum member who was very kind to spare some of his time.

Some of you will probably recognize this member...

to view the two videos click here

(both videos are around 10 minutes each)

Nice work on the videos!! What software do you use? The content is superb as well!

-Little John

.............must be good fun. Thanks for the video.

I also seen this video,and what I see is the most important fact stated,is the the low extremes found in Vienna Austria that those figs in Botanical garden must endure is :
-20*C
Now 0* F =-17*C
Sooo:
-20C,must be about: -8* F
That is very cold indeed!!!!
But:It is exactly about the coldest winter here in NJ,about 8 years ago,when I only had :
Florea fig
Hardy Chicago
Marseilles vs Black
And they too made it.
I am sure thre are many more varieties that can take,these low with minimal Damage.
So Good fig growing in the north!!!!

Dieseler: your Martin Unknow's is doing well.

Wildforager: I used imovie on MAC OS X. This is not Final Cut pro but it makes a good job for what I need. I have around 2 hours of footage and I cut all the relevant parts and complied them into these two films. If time permits I will add a third one.

Herman2: this past winter was very harsh in Europe

Most importantly, we should thank Apnoist since he is an excellent orator!

Thanks Apnoist, and Happy Gardening!

So, how did they keep the trees from dying back?

by harsh I mean -20 C but the rest you would have to ask Apnoist. As far as I know some tree were not protected. They are growing in a city so the walls and buildings that surround them are probably helping.

Hi All,
@Michal, it was my pleasure. We had a lot of fun, thx for your visit.
but I have to correct you - hearing myself talking in English, I would describe me as let´s say a natural born poor funeral orator:)
@Martin, Italian unknown and large unknown are doing well, looking forward to id them, thx.
@Herman2, you are right with the temperatures, very cold, we had -20C in some years, this past winter about -18C.
my marseilles vs black which is growing unprotected outside of Vienna, had nearly no winter damage this last very strong winter.
I can attest the same winter hardiness to the varieties dalmatie, ronde de bordeaux, and pastilliere, beside the record holder EBT laradek.
their winter hardiness is mentioned in the book "le figue pas a pas" from pierre baud.
as well nordland-bergfeige turned out to be very hardy.
@Hi Paul, how are the salmons:)
@Jose, the 3 winters before the last one, have been exceptional warm.
so the last winter was the best test someone can imagine.
the above mentioned varieties where unprotected.
your cuttings are doing well, only yellow neches failed, thx again.

Hi Mike
i will send email to you about italian unknown and what members called Martins unknown. I dont have either anymore and will state why i got rid of them.