Hi JB. I don't think that is true. You might be confusing this with Euphorbias, check out my video on them. Those have a latex sap which is definitely a skin irritant. Alstroemerias I've always been able to handle without gloves or problems. However, if you Google "Is Alstroemeria poisonous", the results say that all parts are, including skin contact (dermatitis), though I think some of these warnings are a bit over inflated. You should exercise your own cautions but don't be afraid to buy this plant and handle it, with gloves, if necessary. Hope this helps.

Hi thank you for your reply I have looked and it does say can cause skin irritation in the uk. I have seen other people with this plant and havnt had any problems it's such a beautiful plant I will buy it and handle it with gloves as an extra precaution thank you for your reply.

Thanks for your great comment, Andrew. Good luck with yours. It really is as easy as I show in the video. The buckets I filled with the divisions I gave to my next door neighbour in September and she transplanted them into a couple of spots in her garden and they've already come up! In the meantime, the spot where I took the divisions from have grown back so quickly, replacing what I previously cut out!

You're welcome!

My pleasure, Mazza.

Hi Davena, yes of course you can. They thrive well in cold conditions. Go for it.

Hi, because these were a propagation, not to be confused with when stems die back, at which point you pull them out to encourage new growth. When propagating, you need to take off most of the load of top-growth, so that the root clump has time to establish, which is what you see later in the video. Hope this helps.

Thank you! Cheers!

Hi neighbour (I'm only a few miles away from Essex!), 50:50 soil:compost would be fine. I've not found Alstroemeria to be at all fussy. All it needs is a sunny spot and a little bit of watering 3 times a week. My soil is very poor quality and also heavy clay, like yours, and I've done nothing to amend it, as you can see in the video. The soil I had in the buckets was not much different, though there was some old compost in there. I'm not a big fan of buying compost when free soil is everywhere. Check out my Gardeners Mindset video and my soil video. Good luck.

Hi Jeanette, yes ordinary topsoil is perfectly fine. A lot of the top gardening channels always talk about elaborate, expensive composts, which really are over the top for getting plants started. If you notice the little nodes sprouting on the stems as I point out in the video, then you're pretty much 100% likely of success in propagating the plant. Good luck.

@prentishancockgardening have checked plants no roots starting to grow yet have tobe a soft wood cutting nearly lost them with the frost this year then I found that awful chameleon plant growing across the front garden so the whole front garden is be treated to try to kill so many of my plants are it pots

Are you talking about Houttuynia Cordata Chameleon? I've done two videos on propagating that! Also, if you've checked out some of my other videos, you'll see I'm also a container gardener!

Hi! I'll just be leaving them outside. They should be fine. If you've split some and planted in the ground then that should also be fine. Put some mulch on top to protect a little from possible frost and snow and to keep the clump a little warmer.

My thoughts are with you at this difficult time your nation is going through.

What did you call me??? Lol. No, my fig trees are not Brown Turkey. Brown Turkey figs are smaller than the ones my trees produce. Though I don't know the varieties of my trees as they were already here or I have propagated from trees from my near neighbours. I have 8 different varieties.

I'm glad you're having a good fig year, Bart. Best wishes.

Hi. I think you should dig out the pot and then take the plant out of the pot and plant it directly into the ground. Leave it for a couple of years to grow some more before you do the process in the video. If you're in the northern hemisphere (i.e. it is now summer), now is a good time to do it. Make sure the soil is well-draining. Give it a good watering immediately after planting and thereafter water twice a week.

@@prentishancockgardening Thank you so much, i will do it this evening. Thank you for replying ,i was afraid to do anything with out expert guidance.

​@@prentishancockgardening, I am a little confused. You advised honeycat to make sure her soil is well-draining. Yet, you advocate against amending the soil... How do you square this circle, may I ask?

I had to read that twice! Hmm, I see what you mean! I had to think back to what I meant when I wrote that. I think what I was trying to convey was you don't have to add any special compost or grit mix to the hole you're dropping the plant into. So long as it is going into a spot that doesn't get waterlogged when you get heavy rain.

Hi Jim, thanks for the great comment. Yes, I agree. I forgot to mention that in the video. If you put the base of the bag facing upwards and tie the knot facing downwards. I do that most of the time when reach is not a problem. Including adjoining leaves in the bag, helping to keep the bag puffed up, also helps the water run off the bag. I've not done it with grapes, yet, as I can usually get to my ripe grapes before the pigeons! I just picked a crop today, funnily enough!

Hi Yannis, Greece is an ideal place to grow fig trees. They grow fast there, what with the low latitude and higher temperatures. Thanks for the great comment.

@@prentishancockgardening If you go to the village of Taxiarxis in Evia Greece 🇬🇷 you will find miles and miles of land with just fig trees they export us well

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You're very lucky. Great channel you have, by the way.

You're welcome 😊

Hi. 7th April, in the Uk. So this is Spring time. But I've also done it as late as July.

Well done. I thought mine would work but if you see at the end of the video, I started snapping them in half and they looked soggy, though not rotted. So maybe it was because they were outside and were well watered when they needed to be a little drier? Sounds like you had similar results to me, when you have a larger clump.

Hi Mike, you can't keep the figs on to ripen the following spring, well it's very, very rare that I've had any do that. That works with lemons but not really with figs. They'll stay on the branches but they're very unlikely to ripen. I pinch the tips when I want extra branching, then you'll get more figs from year-old branches.

Hi @mompuff, I live in London, England. This is at latitude 50 degrees north, and is equivalent to US Zone 9. Thank you for your comment, I'm glad you liked the video. :-) Check out my other fig tree videos, and I hope to do more later this summer.

Yes, they can be pesky!

You're very lucky. It's because you have the heat, sun, and humidity that it works so much faster for you. Here in England it takes that much longer - up to a year or more.

Thanks for your feedback, Clarence.

I don't know the variety names of my fig trees as they've all come from local trees as cuttings. Though I am keeping score on how many different varieties I have, and I have about 8 so far.

Hi Cap Cats, thanks for your questions. In this video, no they weren't. They were given to me by a neighbour about 100 metres away. He'd cut down his fig tree and he had these cut branches sitting on the ground for maybe a 2 - 5 days before I got them, so they weren't as fresh as I'd have liked. But they were still viable. I normally do this with fresh cuttings with a very reliable success rate (I've done over 60 in the last 10 years). The problem with getting cuttings from people through the post is you can never be quite sure if they have been prepared properly and secured properly to survive the journey. It's always better to try and get them yourself, in person.

@@prentishancockgardening Thank you for replying Prentis. I won’t be ordering any more cuttings online. Going to visit a local nursery and hopefully will find a nice fig tree.

Not quite, Prasanna!

Yep. That's a good thing to do, Marc.

You're right! It does look a bit like that!

Hi Jeanette! You can come and dig as many of these as you like out of my garden!

@@prentishancockgardening 🤣 I’d be there in a heartbeat but I believe the Pond is between us! Howdy from Texas! 🤠

You are indeed correct! Greetings from London!

Thanks!

Do you know the name of this Camellia? If so, let us know?

Thank you, Ron. My pallet wood constructions are pretty basic. I don't have any specialist woodworking tools. I made this planter three years ago now, and it's still solid as a rock.

Thank you! Cheers!

That's interesting. How big are your fig tree(s)? Do you get many figs ripening? Where are you located? What's the environment like?

It's a twelve incher, come on!

I thought of a better one: Are you commenting on the size of my equipment? :-)

Thank you! Cheers!