October can be the perfect time to propagate your fig tree because the cuttings will have time to develop roots before the winter dormancy period.

A reader from Atco writes: I thought I had lost my 15-year-old fig tree this year. I uncovered it as I usually do and noticed there were no new buds or new growth. By the middle of June, I cut all the ...

Question: Two years ago, I planted a "Kadota" fig thinking that it would be a tree. Both growing seasons it died back to the ground completely and sprouted new shoots each spring. The first year it ...

Except for a few varieties, and only in certain favoured sites, fig trees in our current climate ripen only the first (breba) ...

Growing a potted fig tree is a rewarding process, and can be done year-round with the right conditions. Place the container outside during the summer and bring it back inside if you live in a region ...

We sometimes see plant roots growing from stems or branches (rather than from seeds), or small, leafy shoots appearing on tree trunks far from the leafy canopy. The term used for that in biology is ...

Take advantage of fig tree hardiness to harvest figs even in cold climates. Learn how to prune fig trees for a bountiful crop and how to prep a fig tree for winter. Many years ago, when I first became ...

Pat Morgan of Westlake Village wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic to ask: My fig tree was started from a cutting three years ago and was recently transplanted to our atrium. It has been in a container ...

Q: One of my two fig trees has produced a few figs. The other one, which is the largest and healthiest tree, has never had a fig on it. Both where planted six years ago. Why is it not producing? A: It ...