My inground trees had four leaves on every branch.
Only the leaves that were fully grown (older),got damaged,while the other 2 small leaves close to growing tip,+ the growing tip are alive,so I thought that is interesting!.
It came by surprise,last nigt it was forecast-ed to be 38F.

I had about the same results on the only two trees that got damaged. Accept a few of the larger leaves are ok.

I learned my frost/freeze lesson here in Connecticut. I caught several times by the weather man missing the low. So, now any time they say it's going to be anything below 40 degrees I take precautions.

I learned my frost/freeze lesson here in Connecticut. I caught several times by the weather man missing the low. So, now any time they say it's going to be anything below 40 degrees I take precautions.

Hey rob I'm in ct too in west haven. I brought all my fig trees, lemon trees and tomatoes into the garage where they will remain for the next few days till it warms up again. It's better to be safe than sorry!!! Even though when I woke up early this morning there was no frost to be seen.

I carried all the potted plants in side last night except for the large ones. Over 100, glad I did. Because the large ones took a beating, I think all the leaves are damaged. Strange thing is the ones I have planted in the ground have little damage. In the middle of taking them back out, need to sit a spell and catch my breath. This fig shuffle thing, not good.


luke

Luke, perhaps next time you can try to place a tarp over the plants. I am planning to do it if frost is expected. The tarp can trap a lot of heat. I have done it before. My tarps are ready as I have a good crop of brebas with many new variants.

Hi.  Got some similar conversation going on in another forum topic... see

Do you rap the tarp around them or just sort of blanket them? 

My neighbour uses a tarp on her figs and oleanders if we are getting a frost, they are in pots and she puts them on the north side of the house, seems to work  really well for her. 

I'm just curious. It's sort of a different situation. Last year we had a freak snow storm on October. I wrapped a tarp over 2 trees and it didn't seem to help. I wonder if it made it worse. When I took the tarp off the leaves wet then dried up and fell off. I figured maybe moisture couldn't escape. Thats why I wondered if draping it over is better so it could breath.

I've gotten hit with some frost also. Forgot to cover one tree the other night and a few leaves got burnt as did half of some grapevines planted in the Fall. I've been keeping a circle of wire fencing around the fig trees and when I hear of frost I put a tarp around it and one over the top and secure it with bungee cords. It works fine as long as I don't forget to cover one. On one night that it was going down to 26 I put a 60 watt light bulb at the bottom and it kept the leaves and opening buds from freezing. Hopefully there won't be anymore nights that cold til winter. As of now Mother Nature and I aren't getting along too good. She keeps making me do the fig shuffle with the potted figs and I'm tired of dancing. One day outside - two days in the garage. So on and so on. My last day of frost is between May 1 to 10. But that is the average and this Spring is anything but average. Looking forward to warmer weather.

With the differences between the local meteorologists forecasts and my temperature sensor I'm keeping my plants inside thru to Monday night.  Ice in the bird bath?

71GTO --  I Blanket them & weigh the sides down. I had gone into the tarp when outside was at -3 to -5*C. I was surprise to feel there was a mark difference compare to no protection. With The wind chill it was colder - it was an artic outflow then and it is cold. With artic outflow, there is constant wind for a few days and it is very cold even in southern British Columbia.

My hat goes off to all of you still dealing with thirty degree and below weather. The effort you all put in to maintain a certain type of plant is nothing less than astounding.

Thanks Paully, I will give it give the tarp another shot if it gets to that point. It appears though where I keep my potted trees and two inground trees has a microclimate or buffer of some sort. They made out ok both nights this weekend. Two other unground trees not far from where the pots are got damages the first night and last night i put garbage cans over them.

Luke look at the local fields.. ROW COVER.. this is a thin cheesecloth type fabric and it keeps the frost from settling on the plants.. it does nothing for temp but it keeps the frost off the pumpkin....  Any cover over the top will prevent the frost from settling on the leaves.. Remember we are talking frost not a freeze.... simple steel fence posts and a tarp will keep the frost off the plants. build them a roof cover that can be put on and off in a matter of minutes......

Amazing ,fig adaptation to cold:
Most of my plants covered the growing buds with the first and second leaf,that was curling on top of the bud,and in doing so they died but the shelter they made over the growing buds saved them all.
I am sure this did not happened , by hazard,but ,intelligently the plant protected the growing tips.

I will remember this for next year. Have been having health problems and just getting back on my feet. Hopefully I'll have my greenhouse up and running by fall.