Hello dear all good Fig Peoples.

Greetings from Far Far East, South Korea, Seoul.

Though I knew and visited this site years ago, This is my first post.

I am a writer and Bee keeper(actually apiarist is a unfamiliar language even to me;;)

and keep Figs with big pleasure.

2011 spring, Some good camarades here shared their good cuttings with me,

and after that events, Figs are definitely one of my everyday pleasure.

This spring, I'm very pleased to see my beautiful winter survived Fig trees.

Last winter in Seoul recorded -18 celsius. very severe winter.

Though I've covered my trees with pipe warmers, really worried about.

(Actually I don't know It's exact name in English.

In Korea, we call just "water supply pipe warmer")

cause My Fig tree Pots are all exposed in building roof;;

Some friends recommended Car Garage or basements for Shelter,

but for the difference of culture, Most of Car garage in Seoul just opened without wind proof door. and I have no basements.

so I just covered My fig tree with pipe warmers. carefully;;

and, with the mercy of mother nature, Figs survived successfully.

:-)!!!

Chicago Hardy, Dark Portuguese, El Sals showed great cold climate compatibility.

almost no damage.

and RdV, Vdb, survived also. but 70% upper parts are damaged. sorry about that.

I use 105 Liter round pot and 128 liter square pot for my Figs.

http://www.europot.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=A&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=11

http://www.europot.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=A&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=9

In Seoul, many people use these large pot for roof gardening.

:-)

and this spring, I got some Florea, Danny's delight, Dark salem, etc.

I shared precious Fig cuttings with my Bee keeping friends

No Flower tree cuttings for Bee keepers,(??) little confused, but I've explained their scarcity and my friends welcomed it:-)

good fig cutting from this sites are spread all over my country.

These Situations make me think of Johnny Appleseed:-)

In South Korea, Figs are not popular.

People grows just Japanese-Dauphine Figs and they are very weak in winter.

Seoul is still cold. weather cast expect 0 Celsius morning tomorrow.

I'll make new post in May my Chicago Hardy, Dark Portuguese show some brebas.

added image is pipe warmer.

Thanks to Dieseler and Marius:-)

p.s. If possible, Please give me a information about grise olivette~

sorry for bad grammar and poor expression;;

I'm sorry,

I'm just forgot to take some picture before remove my pipe warmer materials. :-(

attached images are from some newspapers.

Let me explain;;

1. a four-column image.

a: some People here just white paint to prevent radiant heat loss. It easy and works well. It works both in summer and winter. many apple tree farmers and persimmon tree farmers use white paint- especially for young tree. some of them are organic water-soluble and spring rain wash it completely. some people use oil paint.

b. reflection film. same effect. very thin vinyl film coated with reflecting material. we use it for citrus, peach and for many others. easy to install, easy to remove.

c. just news paper. It's a most cheapest way. with staplers:-) However it works too!

d. Pipe Warmer materials. Its also cheap. 50 cents for 3 meters. It has many models. some of them vertically incised and adhesive agent spreaded. just like some 3M scotch tapes.

2. Young Persimmon tree covered with pipe materials. easy to cover and easy to remove. tips ares fastened with string to prevent come through of melted snow. If melted snow water freeze again in night, It's a disaster.

3. a apple tree nursery in winter. 2 way combination. white paint and pipe warmer.

I think everyone use peculiar way of their own.

Uhm, for example, American style rooting(western vinyl bag rooting methods??) is totally new to here.

We use just some fine river sands and rooting promotion medicine for rooting, and my fellow Bee keepers and Farmers are surprised American style vinyl bag rooting methods!! They are praised your style with one accord.

It's a genius way:-)

and last, Korean-English translater are exist. but cannot be recommended.

Babel fish with Korean-English option is not good at all.

It's far inferior to German-English translater or Italian-English translator model.

IMHO, a different language family is big chasm for babel fish:-)

Korean language is the Ural-Altaic languages and English is the Indo-European languages..

I know my English is far far beyond disaster :-) sorry for my poor expression.

my English teacher never loved me haha:-)

greetings to you all good fig peoples!!

I love you all!

p.s.  just call me Joel. Joel Lee wrote:-)

Great info .

Thanks ..... John

Welcome to the forum, Joel! You made me laugh with your comment about your English teacher. Don't apologize for your English. It is far better than my Hongul and I spent a year their with the Army! All I picked up were a few phrases. I too look forward to your posts. Stay warm and happy growing!

Hi Lee,
My Grise Olivette gave me a few fruit last season that were decent (sweet). I will know more as my tree matures as its still young .
Here is a picture of 1 fruit from last season i found and probably not a good example as tree is young still.
This season it should do well as it looks good this spring here growing its leaves with no garage winter damage.

Thank you Johnparav

Thank you Dieseler for Nice Picture:-)

and Thank you go4broek for kind note.

and Yes, Hangul is even difficult to me.

I used it almost 40 years, but I'm still confused with it's exact grammar and spelling.

However, Korean people calls Figs "Mu-Hwa-Gwa".

It means "No Flower Fruits"

Have a nice day~

regards,

p.s. I attached some images.

Thanks for the information about the pipe insulation. I never would of thought about that.

Welcome Joel! I think your English is fantastic, and you are crazy enough about figs to fit right in :) The pipe insulation is a great idea!

How are your bees doing? Beekeepers here are losing many hives and it is not really known why yet. Two studies just came out recently point to neonicitinoid pesticides- news report.

This is my favorite bee site, the owner is trying to turn bees wild again so they can take care of themselves without antibiotics and miticides. I am going to make a top-bar hive someday and give it a try.

Welcome!  It's great to have people from all over here.  Your English is impressive!  You're easily understood.  Hope you get lots of great figs.

Joel,

   Welcome! Your comment about Johnny Appleseed hit home with me literally. He lived here. At about 41 lattitude, I understand your concern with the cold. I like your pipe insulation idea. I have also considered starting a few bee boxes, so now I know to whom to go with questions.

Annyeonghaseyo  Joel,

Thank you for posting here, Joel.  And welcome to the forum.  You have given me some good ideas.  We recently moved to an area which freezes in the winter, from an area where it rarely freezes.  That pipe insulation looks like a great idea.  

And I have to tell ya...your english is very good.