Hi Guys,

I haven't posted here for a while, just looked in a couple times.
This winter has been terrible for my figs.
I have only one survivor, my Kadota.

The two others froze/thawed/froze/thawed/froze, or something like that.
Here in Calgary we have had every temperature extreme possible.
It can go from -25C to +15C in six hours, that is a 40 degree differance,
all because of the Chinooks we get.

My Kadota is now only about 24 inches tall, all the branches freeze dried out.
I had to cut it back hard, and now it has 12 inches of new growth.

Hope everyone had better luck than I did.

Jerry

Jerry, sorry to hear of the loss of fig trees. I'm glad you were able to salvage the Kadota, you did a great job, I have a soft spot for the Monrovia Kadota fig, I like it very much, how was your experience with it in Canada? I too lost a few trees, perhaps to cold and by giving too many figs last year, wish you well, Sergio in NJ.

Did you have them in an unheated garage ?

John

Did you have them in an unheated garage ?

John
 
Yes, the garage is unheated.
They were boxed up and had newspaper for insulation.
The problem is the extreme temperature changes we had this year.
 
Jerry