Do y'all think it's too Early?

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Frankallen

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Posted 1394811002	Reply with quote #1

Last year was my 1st year with Figs and I was wondering, Do y'all think it's too early to put all my Fig Trees that is in Gallon pots outside? Also, I guess I should introduce them outside in the shade (Is this correct) Beside my 60 or so of cuttings I have around 15 sitting in my Garage (these are the ones I'm talking about) putting outside (they are starting to break dormancy. I checked the next 10 day forecast and it shows no freezing....What do you think?.......Any help would be greatly appreciated...... __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

bullet08

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Posted 1394811738	Reply with quote #2

if they are last yr's cuttings, they have good chance of making it outside now... as long as there is no freezing. even then if it's just few hours below 32, the wood should be fine. your leaves and buds might be another story. if they are this yr's cuttings, i would leave them in garage or other protected area till night temp is at 50. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

newnandawg

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Posted 1394812045	Reply with quote #3

Frank, I would say no. I am 45 mi SW of Atlanta and the last average frost date is 4/17. I am doing the shuffle on 30 plants but over 100 are still in the garage. They may survive if they were out but could also lose what leaves they have. It was 27 here with heavy frost this morning.

cis4elk

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Posted 1394812048	Reply with quote #4

If the leaves are still pretty small, or if there are no leaves at all, I would put them in full sun. This is the time of year for the "Fig Shuffle". To the tune of Hokey Pokey When the weathers nice You put your figs out When the weather cold You take them back in When it gets nice you put them back out That's what it's all about. If it gets too close to freezing, you might just kill you tree Or at least lose the leaves. It's the Fig Shuffle It's the Fig Shuffle.... :) __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

Frankallen

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Posted 1394825125	Reply with quote #5

Thanks to everyone, maybe I didn't explain my situation too well. The ones in my Garage are the ones I bought last year and most are in 1 and 2 gallons pots.What is worrying me right now is they are breaking dormancy and they are starting to get Leggy (My Garage has 2 windows).....By the Way,I am too scared to put my cuttings out now, even though some of them was started in November. : ) __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

Ruuting

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Posted 1394840186	Reply with quote #6

It's so much work to grow cuttings, though rewarding. It'd be a shame to expose them to too much stress right now... How about getting a sheet or roll of foil-coated styrofoam or bubble wrap and shoving all the smaller plants against the window, then putting the insulation behind them? Seems to work really well for me. The light bounces around, and by having a semicircular (concave) shape, the sunlight is captured and spread for a longer period. It may help with the scrawny growth if light is hitting them from different directions. __________________ Rui Southeast CT, zone 6B

barnhardt9999

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Posted 1394845729	Reply with quote #7

I got burned doing the shuffle today. When leaving for work this morning, I assumed the temperature was close to 30 which was the predicted low and put a couple of my bigger 1st years out. Got home to see all the leaves burnt to a crisp (the buds are still green so they should make it). Just checked my neighbors weather station and it was really 24.1 when I left for work. This afternoon it hit 69.8. __________________ 8a

jdsfrance

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Posted 1394899630	Reply with quote #8

Hi Frankallen, Here it is still too soon to put them outside unprotected. But you could go greenhouse ... That is the best option especially if you are at home to keep an eye on the greenhouse. Remember that a greenhouse gets really hot if the sun hits/heats it . So one should check in the middle of the day to vent the greenhouse or open the door to let air in and close it in the evening. You could buy a nice one, or make one yourself with window glasses or a platic over a wooden or iron structure . Hey, in my greenhouse at the garden, my tomatoes are born ! ... But I have no space inside left for figs :°°( . As for fig trees, I checked them today and "goutte d'or" started bud breaking today, all other cultivars are still in winter mode. __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

Dieseler

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Posted 1394900413	Reply with quote #9

Our dormant plants go on driveway when temps are near 50 . Back in garage when temps go below 42 . Its a lot of work but i don't want to risk damaging the bud tips sometimes still closed or beginning to open. I watch forecast daily . Some years back when our Maderia was 1 full growing season old following early spring it did the shuffle with the rest and died to soil level but came back well just that a full growing season was lost with plant.

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