Hi everybody,

I'm new to growing figs, but not to growing plants ( house is mostly filled with orchids but many other things,too, like citrus).  So far, I have only one fig, Atreano, that I purchased last Spring.  Last Fall it gave me 1 fig that was not fully sweetened.  That was the first fig that I ever ate (besides fig newtons) and was quite pretty -lime green on the outside and strawberry pink on the inside.  This Spring I plan on ordering V de B from Edible Landscape.  That way I can have one light and one dark fig.

My growing conditions aren't the best.  No attached garage.  I do have a basement (cellar actually) but it stays pretty warm.  Last Fall I let my fig go dormant outside and brought it down the basement where it stayed till it broke dormancy a couple of weeks ago (or so).  It is now upstairs and leafing out in the sunshine.  It received dolamic lime and is on wait list for re potting.

Theresa
south central Wisconsin
zone 5 (very close to zone 4)

Ciao and welcome to the world of fig madness, you may have only 2 now, but I bet in a couple years, you will have dozens,  Fig growing and collecting the different varieties is an addiction you will soon deal with. Ciao and best wishes and happy gardening.  M

Welcome,  if you can grow citrus and orchids in Wisconsin, then I'm betting figs will be pretty easy for you.

Be warned, each of us started with just one or two as well and while I've no where near the number of figs as many here, by wife still thinks I'm nuts (until she starts eating fresh figs that is)


~Chills

Welcome!

The madness get's you quick. I had one variety last year and now I have 14 with a few more on the way!

Welcome and any questions you may have just ask away, there are many proven tips within the forum.
Jon the owner of this website and another site as well as this forum just look at the top of page and click the Encanto Farms Nursery for a lot of information and plant availability on his site.
Best Luck

Welcome. I am sure that you will become crazed, just like the rest of us. LOL

Thank you all for the warm welcome.  I've been busy reading some of the old posts to get educated and caught up on things.

Hi Theresa,

Good to find another cheesehead here!! I'm in Sheboygan and if you'd like to swap cuttings or chat about figs just let me know. Hope to hear from you.

Peace,
Little John

Theresa
You said you are in zone 5 (very close to zone 4) and your cellar stays warm. I am not sure where the cellar is located in the house but a cellar on the outer perimeter of the house should stay cold enough (around 45F +/-) for storing the figs. Use a min/max thermometer next year and observe the temperatures during the dormancy period.
I am in Zone 5a and have a concrete storage room on the west side which is 1/3 above ground and the temperature stays around 45F.