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I am going to leave a 2 year old Malta Black fig tree in my greenhouse to see if it can survive the heat along with my citrus. It will be 95-115 degrees( maybe more) in there during the summer. Anybody have experience with this? I would like to leave my late and slow ripening figs in there all year but I am afraid they'll get cooked in there. Plus when I move them out they get sunburned.
I'm very interested to see the outcome. I hope to have a greenhouse in the next few years.
If you have figs ripening in high heat, watch out for souring, I have tasted figs in a greenhouse that ripened at around 100 they were good, but some soured when it got humid, maybe just the variety.
Yes I have left 15 of my trees in the greenhouse last summer. I saw the temp go above 110 many days. All I had to do was water everyday and they grew like weeds. One cutting went from 3 inches to 4 feet 10 inches by the end of summer. I presently have three cuttings in 1 gallon containers and they are doing just fine. Thus far I have only seen the temp reach 100 degrees. Just keep them watered.
Good points Chivas for newbie like me with GH. Thanks.. 7deuce -- you can invest on automatic vent arms. I think Costco on line sellthem for $60. I am putting Blk Maderia & some late varieties in GH too.
Kubota- I will post the results Chivas- I'm in NJ so humidity inside or outside the greenhouse is unavoidable. Rhopkins- just what I wanted to hear. I have some trees in fabric pots and some in plastic. I think I am going to stick a few more in the greenhouse for comparison. PAULLY- I have 4 automatic roof vents windows and a thermostat controlled exhaust fan and HAF fan. Without shade cloth I think I will be in the 95- 115 degree range.
The central valley of CA spends a fair amount of time in the 95 degree zone and a few days close to 110 in summer. Probably not as much humidity as your greenhouse, though.