Figs are like family heirlooms They have a story to tell
LSU AgCenter fruit and nut specialist Michael Polozola prepares to take a cutting from a fig tree.
Make sure cuttings have at least four to five buds.
Take cuttings from branches whose thickness is somewhere between a pencil and a permanent marker.
The three smaller fig trees are about a year old. The larger one at right is about 3 years old.
Figs are one of the most common fruit trees you’ll find growing in Louisiana backyards. And for many of these fig trees, there’s a name and face and a personal backstory behind them.
That’s because figs are a popular passalong plant. That means they were grown using cuttings taken from older trees or those belonging to family and friends.
Whether you want to start a new fig tree to continue the line…
