How To Plant A Fig Tree In Ground | Complete Guide

This video is a complete guide detailing how to plant a fig tree in the ground. This video discusses how to dig a planting hole, how to fertilize fig trees during and after planting, how to water fig trees after planting and how to apply compost and mulch to the fig tree.

If you have any questions, please ask them in the Comments section and I will answer them as best as I can.

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[TheMillennialGardener]

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[ronj]

You were so detailed in all the knowledge you shared- I had to sub. Thanks & Hey from Florida!

[DanaPrice-oshh]

I followed this method quite closely, and my little fig tree looks so happy, even better than before transplanting. No transplant shock at all. I'm sure the fish fertilizer helped with that, as you've talked about in other videos. I mixed compost and a little sand with my clay soil, so fingers crossed.

[ThomasMcNally-umgl]

Great video, as always. Any tips about spacing fig trees? What is the closest you would place them to each other?

[damianmonick]

my family has been growing figs in ground for over 80 years. Our climate is 7a And live in ct. my family came from Italy and when the family settled, they brought figs cuttings. We had a tree that was 70 years old. Never died in winter. Produced 2k figs a season. Hurricane sandy knocked down that tree. But have many more that produce heavily. If you need help learning how to care for a tree let me know.

[ParagonRidgeRanch]

Hi! I came across you while searching how and where to plant my fig tree saplings. Great Video, Im glad I found your channel. Nice To Meet You!

[farmerbob]

That was an excellent tutorial for planting just about any fruit tree. Good one.

[vickiescallan]

Thank you for your knowledge! I got my 1st fig tree it is still in container. I plan on putting it in the ground by the winter . I live in Tulsa Oklahoma and I have fond memories of fig trees from my grandparents. So I know this tree mentioned in Bible is about knowledge and the first thing Adam and Eve covered up with. I will do my best to make it great like yours! Thanks for ur teaching me.

[southfrance]

Thank you so much 👍😄🇨🇦 good job 👍 I love ❤️ fig tree

[rl]

Hey Sir... hello from Western NC. I grew up in Wilmington. Nice to know you're there in the hometown - I've added you, and I enjoy your videos. Thanks very much ! - Robert

[great]

I live a few hours North of you on Coastal NC. I just put a Celeste into the ground last Fall. Set it in a mound a good 6" to 1' above the ground level. In a massive Island with flowers and comfery planted into the mound. There are 16 Breba figs forming already! I look forward to them... and the late Summer Crop.

About to put a LSU Purple, Negron, and Violette De Bordeaux into the ground within the next week or so.... along with a clone of the Celeste if I can't give it away to a neighbor.

[MrRashley]

Great video. I just planted a fig tree. Its about 30 feet from house and 20-30 ft from water main. So you think the roots will reach and damage the water main?

[georgeproctor]

I have always mixed compost and manure with native soil about 1/3 each until resently. Now I add hydro beads they save alot of watering.

[lukecicero]

Where I live is desert dirt I wanna dig like 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide and use fertile soil and warms and then constantly mulch and will this work and maybe slowly turn some of the desert dirt into something better for the plant? Or should I dig more in the ground

[roccoconte]

I really like your videos, i do things much in the same way, i agree with much of what you do and i have been gardening for over fifty years and i am hard to please, but i like what you do, good luck with your trees, i would think you would have to wrap the in ground figs for the winter i think you said North Carolina, i am in Mass. and it is a challenge to get them threw the winter.

[swkosh]

@The Millennial Gardener do you have a video on how often to fertilize in-ground fig trees and what your ingredients are? Is it any different from your potted fertilizer regimen?

[TheMillennialGardener]

Do you have any fig trees planted in ground? How many and which varieties? Let us know in the Comments below!

[matthewwalker]

good video. I sure wish you planted that second one perpendicular to the ground though!

[YoBravaFrumAnuvaMuva]

Do you have any tips on how to avoid or minimize damage from nematodes when planting in the ground here in south Florida? Should I keep them in a container until they are somewhat large to make sure the roots are strong enough to resist them? Any tips would be helpful.

[TheSQLPro]

With the large root system that some fig trees have, where should they be placed? I saw another comment where you said not next to my house. How about at the edge of my property near public sidewalks? Would it destroy it? Middle of my yard? Flat land, or slightly elevated? Just curious as I have three pants being put in place this coming Wednesday! Thanks.