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Putting My Potted Figs To Bed For Winter

Yesterday I put my potted figs to bed for winter. I decided to try covering them with wood chips and mulch gringings produced from clearing cedar on my property this past summer. The hardest part of this endeavor will be digging them out next spring.

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This is one way to do it.
What is the coldest temperature you get at your location?
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Whoa shouldn't you wait for the fig leaves to fall off or at least cut them off so they are not a source of mold?

Also maybe some flags or stakes to indicate where the figs are may help to find the figs in spring easily and not accidently damage them when digging up.

By the way what is the name of that implement on your tractor?
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Originally Posted by OttawanZ5
This is one way to do it.
What is the coldest temperature you get at your location?

mid tp upper 20 and ocassionally lower 20 and upper teen. This year is predicted to be colder than avg. I really didn't want to be moving pots in and out of shelter.
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Originally Posted by pino
Whoa shouldn't you wait for the fig leaves to fall off or at least cut them off so they are not a source of mold?

Also maybe some flags or stakes to indicate where the figs are may help to find the figs in spring easily and not accidently damage them when digging up.

By the way what is the name of that implement on your tractor?
I thought about mold after I covered them. My bad. Hopefully the mold won't do damage to roots, else I may be buying all replacement fig trees next year.

The $100 and up trees I purchased this year are indoors awaiting the fig schuffle. I'll be moving them outdoors metween freezes. Thankfully we get fewer freeze days than not.

To uncover I will use the front loader grapple to remove some of the top layer and us a hand rake to work my way down to the pots. There are only about 35 pots to dig out so hopefully not too big a job next spring.
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