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Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote: Igor, that's an amazing survival temperature for your fig! Make sure to post a pic!
You are right, Cameron. I was surprised too. I put some straw and PVC on it. At the time when that terrible cold arrived there was no a much of snow outside.
I trench and bury our largest fig tree. When timed right, and carefully unburied, I have had figs in June and a second crop in September. That does not happen to the figs I leave exposed (only Sept.) I've had a double crop for the past four years.
Adam
Zone pusher7a. Trail runner, marathon racer. Propagator of Yuccas, palms and Pawpaws among others. World traveller. Language collector, lol.
Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
I think our largest, from Grimo, is a Brown Turkey Fig. We have two others I completely neglect.
Adam
Zone pusher7a. Trail runner, marathon racer. Propagator of Yuccas, palms and Pawpaws among others. World traveller. Language collector, lol.
Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
your fig looks good Cameron.......just needs more heat. Here's a comparison shot with mine. My fig leaves are already wilting and it's only in the low 80's right now.
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Here's my tallest "Hardy Chicago" fig. Out of the six that I planted, one died over the winter. This one is around 3.5', which isn't bad considering that it was in a 2 inch pot last year:
I've definitely got my fingers crossed for fruit next season! I'll be cutting down most of the figs like last winter, but will be leaving one intact to see if the wood can survive this winter.
I had good success getting F carica cuttings to root and I have trouble trying to root woody plant cuttings usually. Seems 3/5 worked so far, and about the same in past experience. Mine are in baggies because i dont want the new leaves to dry out. I just open up the baggies for a few hours every 2 days or so to make sure they dont get moldy.
"The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results" - einstien
nice rooting job Cameron..........I never protected my fig above the mulch........I'm sure the branches are all dead above the snow line......since we hit 5F.
Thanks, Tim. I didn't mulch my figs this year, I just threw some extra hay over them. My area has also hit -15 C (5 F), so we'll see how they do in the spring.
Barb, so far it has just been the hardwood cuttings that have budded. However, since I was cutting every portion of the fig plants down for the winter, I figured that it was worth a shot at rooting the softwood cuttings, rather than just throwing them out! Soon I'll have a better idea if the softwood cuttings have rooted or not.
Jim, I think the wood on "Hardy Chicago" figs is slightly hardier than on regular figs. I remember seeing pics from someone on the HPS board in Pennsylvania, and he didn't cut back his fig in a zone 6b. However, for people growing figs in zone 5b or colder, they would likely have to either protect the entire plant, or cut it down entirely.
Out of my five plants that survived last winter, I left one still standing as a test. I'll keep cutting the rest down until one season's growth is fast and strong enough to definitely survive a zone 6b winter here with just mulching.
