Just curious if anyone else's figs are still in winter storage ??? 

Mine still are they are fully leaved out and all tangled together LOL Last year I thought that it was a safe to take them out and Bam they got hit with a light frost and screwed up all the leaves which isn't the end of the world but set everything back and I don't want this to happen again this year


 

My trees have been out for a few weeks already and have no where near the amount of leaves you have....

Hi Dave,
Your winter-storage looks like a greenhouse.
It looks like your trees could spend the whole season there. It is amazing how good looking the leaves are.
Mine are all outside since mid-March or April - The roof of my garden house does not allow for enough light to reach the trees.

When your free-frost date ?

Dave,

Trees look great and you should be fine bringing them outside now. Many of the trees ( maples, oak, birch) are already leafing out so it looks like spring is finally here. I'd expect the same for you in CT.

Dave, I have had mine out for a week now. I am no where near as leafed out as yours though. Nice set up. Do you have heat during the winter?

I think it's safe. (Famous last words)
I have over 40 fully leafed out figs in 7 gallon and 18 gallon pots that were over taking the sunroom and required way to much attention. I placed them outside this week after looking at the extended forecast. However I did shuffle them in an out over the past few weeks to get them acclimated to direct sun.
Good luck.

Nice, I'm having some squirrel issues myself. That is a nice set up.

Hey Dave, what some beautiful foliage! Keep what your doing, for sure you are not behind us and I am 7-B zone...Good Job Bud! : )

No tarp Chuck it has a corrugated fiberglass roof on it .... when they leaf out in the greenhouse like mine there more delicate then if I brought them out before they opened

thanks Chuck.................

Dave, a couple questions/thoughts:

1.  What percentage of the sunlight do you think gets through that roof?
2.  When you bring them out after they've leafed out so much, do they get sunburn?  If not, I'd say it's a great way to get a headstart on the season.
3.  When I start my tomatoes indoors, I turn a fan on them to simulate wind for a couple weeks before I set them out.  Maybe you'd want to do this for your fig trees? 

Excellent setup. I have squirrels hiding acorns in my pots and forgetting them until they sprout.
Have a nice fig season.

Rob I am not sure of the percentage of the roof here's a link to the webpage to what I used    http://www.fiberglasssheets.com

I didn't have any trouble with sunburn last year when I brought them out I'll see how this year goes 

I thought about putting a fan in there but when I open the front and back door it gets a nice breeze through there 

The only adjustment I need to make is to keep the doors opened earlier so it is not as quite as hot in there to slow them down from breaking bud as early as they did 

Thanks Sas

What a lovely setup!  I'm hoping to have something like that next year, and I'm glad to hear that you don't have any problems with sunburn when they come out.

All of my figs are out and have been for a while.  They were slow to open, but now they're racing to push out leaves and brebas.