I only go off of your opinion Ross. You introduced me to the many fig varieties and got me into this hobby.

I had a smith tree for 20 years after acquiring it from Louisiana back in the 90s. I brought it up to ct 6b. That tree was one of the best! It died in 2011 after a freak cold front came through when I went away on vacation. Great videos! Blessings!

Just started a cutting of this yesterday based on your recommendation. I couldn't wait. Super excited!

Bending a fig limb to the ground is a Japanese technique to get more new vertical growth and higher productivity. I can attest it works very well, at least in my Sacramento fig orchard.

Great video Ross. any chance I can purchase any cutting for the Smith variety?

Great video Ross. You mentioned that Smith does not typically respond well to pruning, do you recommend pinching a Smith tree in the early summer? Thx

I would love a comparison on this fig versus campaniere

Hi Ross, another timely and great video! I've been checking on the growth of my 1st year Smith rooting from cutting. It has been a vigorous grower with lots of side branches already. You are right, they tend to be more upright. After watching this video, I will put some weights on the branches to bend them a little. Is I-258 also an upright grower and has an aversion to heavy prunning? My 6 feet height 2nd year I-258 is like a long pole with the first side branch at 3 feet and 4 to 5 branches like a V shape center toward the top. It is getting too top heavy. Would you recommend I air-layer the top half, and prune it down to first side branch at 3 feet? It is in a 15 gallon container and I am in zone 10B, Los Angeles. Thanks for your help.

What would be a good fig for SW PA, south of Pittsburgh?

On the pruning question, have you done any videos on which specific varieties never need to be pruned? That would be a great subject.

I only have room for one fig tree (Southern California). Which would you grow if you had to choose: Smith, Tiger Panache, or Violette de Bordeaux?

Thank you😊🙏😊

Guessing climate is a big factor in determining what varieties perform (and taste) best. I'm in Sacramento California (hot and dry from May to October) and haven't found Verdino del nord or Smith for sale. Can you recommend varieties for this kind of climate? Also hoping you might be able to comment on Peter's Honey or Panache.

Curious on your opinion of Smith vs. I-258?

45 degrees is the best hormonal balance for fruit and growth. this applies to apples,peaches,plums,ect.

Living in the south and wanting figs that can handle this crazy weather. I can't see myself spending the money on smith. I'm just trying to collect more lsu types. Florida 9b

Would using those UV bug zappers in the fig orchard work on SWD's? I don't think, that bees and similar pollinators are attracted to them, so they wouldn't be detrimental. Bees and the like are mostly out during the day, when presumably the zappers would be turned off anyway I have a small cheap Sunbeam indoor bug zapper in my cabin in the woods of Alabama, & I notice, when I empty it's tray, that it kills a ton of ordinary fruit flies. Perhaps heavy duty outdoor ones deployed in the fig orchard, would be effective against SWD's?

Maybe rather than "hype", use "excitement", as in "What's all the excitement about?".

I have a fig tree which the seller calls Texas Strawberry fig. It reminds me of the Smith tree. The seller has a large fig orchard in San Antonio, she said her father started the orchard. I honestly think the Texas Strawberry is the Smith fig tree.

i was curious what other common figs ripen the same time as smith. is there a list already? every good fig is french right lol j/k

Mine 15 ft tall and just as wide, two years after heavy pruning.

What type of traps do you set and when? Ty

Whats SWD ?

Does bagging them not help with fruit flies?

Ross - Maybe I didn’t catch it, but what is SWD?

science is not consensus

There was an article that came out the other day where researchers used a tobacco variety as an inner stock to graft together a daisy rootstock and a tomato variety and the tomato was able to still fruit afterwards. I can’t wait to try the 1,4 beta-gluconase to graft all of my figs onto my 50ft oak trees. 😂

Your trees are all so close together and small they don't have really any room to grow to full-size maturity.

Enough people saying something is true is just about the worst reason to believe something (ie religion[all of them] or politics[all of them]). I'm still trying to get my hands on a Smith though 😁

Kapytz. The Jewish word Kuputz. How do you spell it ? Say Kuputz instead of hype