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Did you winterize efficiently?

Funny, I did the same as "The Celt" for my two trees planted this fall.  Good ole plastic garbage can upside down.
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I did that on one out of 25 inground though

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I saw this today and thought of the figloo, of course. Made with 500 milk cartons.


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Originally Posted by Maro2Bear
hi Jennifer

My in ground Hardy Chicago is tucked away, BUT no snow! And the temps are warming here in our January thaw. hopefully, my bed of leaves will keep the tree chilled and sleeping duing this thaw!



That's a lot of leaves... ;-)
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Most I do


Lucky. I wish I had a nice view. I miss the sun

Jennifer
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Originally Posted by Bass
To me it was a combination of no time, laziness, doing too many other things, and testing for cold hardiness.


(sigh) I will get there... I like the lazy part
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Originally Posted by james
The 55 gallon barrels which I used to cover my trees have failed. I feel like an idiot getting cold damage in Central Texas (zone 8b). More so that I have had near 100% die back of the tops of my trees for the past four years. And even more since there are trees within 30 miles of me still in full leaf. Oh well, back to the drawing board.


That's a good attitude, I have been there soo many times "back to the drawing board" indeed

Jennifer
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I saw this today and thought of the <a href="/post/The-Figloo-4980845?highlight=figloo" rel="nofollow">figloo</a>, of course. Made with 500 milk cartons.<br><img rel="lightbox[1276418577]" src="http://demilked.uuuploads.com/rainbow-igloo/rainbow-igloo-7.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><a href="http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/new+zealander+spends+his+holidays+in+edmonton+building+an+igloo/6442781240/story.html" rel="nofollow"><br></a><a href="http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/new+zealander+spends+his+holidays+in+edmonton+building+an+igloo/6442781240/story.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>


Pretty but that would mean I have to shovel snow. Kidding around, that is a lot of milk to drink down
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All my inground trees are tripple wrapped(burlap,weedcloth,plastic tarp).  Larger potted trees are in the tool shed(unheated, uninsulated).  All the smaller trees are in the house with me.
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Foreverfigs

See that blue/gray shed on the right? that's where my potted figs go too (common figs), the "ah hem" private collection is indoors.
I always wonder how everyone's backyard is doing. Thanks for sharing
Jennifer
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Greetings All

just a quick update to my post No. 18. My covered Hardy Chicago made it through this winter just fine and is growing like gang busters here in eastern Maryland. Lots of new growth and lots of figlets popping out all over. Attached photo you can see new growth, branches, lots of activity...should be another banner year from this HC.

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All my inground fig trees except one suffered die back this winter(first time in 7yrs.)...although all the trees were tripple wrapped(burlap - weedcloth - plastic tarp), I lost about 18" to 24 " on all the branches...the 7yr. old was the only inground tree to come out of the winter unharmed...all the damaged trees recovered and are growing vigerously at this time...one Strawberry Verte was killed right down to the ground(about a 6" stump was all that was left), but that tree also survived and is growing all new branches from the ground up...    :)  :)
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i think bass is testing for cold hardyness, i dont have any of my trees coverd eather as the past few winters have been mild. we had snow on the ground for about a week so far this year and thats it. i lookt at my trees daily and they still look great and asleep. not seeing any sign of damage eather. but i am also testing for cold tolerance in trees for zone 6. now some of the trees i will be planting in spring like RdB, VdB, ect will have some winter protection for next year (just to be safe, dont want to lose any of those ones)
~hi,fairly new to fig growing,i'm in zone 6 what is a good hardy tree for me to start out with in your oppinion ? thanks,chuck,~


Chuck: Here are 2 threads with some good info that should help.

Mountain Figs: Brief rundown on some of the more common hardy, short season varieties.

Cold Hardy Fig List by Flavor: More indepth, work in progress.
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