Producing MORE Figs on your Fig Tree by Maximizing LIGHT - Most Important Video all YEAR
Channel: Ross Raddi
Date: 2021-05-23

Why isn't my fig tree producing figs?
OR 
How can I increase the production on my fig tree?

Sunlight just like food and water are the basic needs of any plant and not just the fig, so naturally there should be a high amount of importance placed on it. The general recommendation of putting your tree in full sun or in as much light as possible is mostly a dumbed down version of the truth, which in all honesty took me too long to truly learn. Sometimes you hear things and you know it to be true, but it's not fully ingrained in your mind until it clicks. Hopefully that if it doesn't click for you, it will after watching my latest video on the topic on how light affects the production of fig trees. 
Not only does sunlight affect how many figs your tree will produce, but also whether or not they will form at all. Unfortunately, we cannot go back in time. This increase in light penetration or maximization of light can only affect production going forward as figs are formed at the microscopic level before they become visible and as the tree is forming new leaves/buds. Eventually they bring themselves to our vision and can be seen on a small scale along the nodes above the leaf scar or where the leaf stem attaches to the branch. If the amount of light required (variety and location depending) is met, you will see the beginnings of fruits in the form of two nodes. One is a new branch that could grow given a change in hormones or apical dominance, the other is a new fruit.
I've been super busy this past week getting things ready for the growing season. Lots of long days in the sun of hard work, but I'm very glad to hear that people are enjoying and benefiting from my recent videos. Do check out the blog (figboss) for a continuation of this write up! Enjoy: https://www.figboss.com/post/maximizing-sunlight-to-form-figs-to-produce-more

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