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Took all of the potted figs out of the greenhouse yesterday, ready or not. Most look fine, some were pretty toasted. I think my electric heater dehydrated them. I'll have to come up with yet another solution to my fig problems. By far the best breba are on the Patric Super Giant. Fingers crossed that most of them pull through.

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Just curious here, if they were in a protected greenhouse - from the harsh cold, snow, wind etc., why heat it?  Of course if you have other plants that need a bit warmer temperature I could understand it.  Otherwise I would leave it unheated, and water  once a month.  My family has a fig tree on Long Island - over 80 years old, outside, and hasn't been covered in quite a few years.  I think this past winter it has suffered some damage, I'll have to ask my family, otherwise it does pretty well.

Aaron - looks good. All my established figs are outside for good now (I think). Seems we're on a good streak of overnights in the 40s for the next several days at least. I haven't moved out my rooted cuttings yet. Still need to do that - I'd put them in my temp greenhouse, but that's filled with all the garden plants....I have another really beat-up greenhouse, maybe I'll get them in there. The wind is what most concerns me.

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Originally Posted by JoAnn749
Just curious here, if they were in a protected greenhouse - from the harsh cold, snow, wind etc., why heat it?  Of course if you have other plants that need a bit warmer temperature I could understand it.  Otherwise I would leave it unheated, and water  once a month.  My family has a fig tree on Long Island - over 80 years old, outside, and hasn't been covered in quite a few years.  I think this past winter it has suffered some damage, I'll have to ask my family, otherwise it does pretty well.

Older, well established trees do not need much protection. All the young trees Aron have would have been dead if there was no heat in his hoop house. I have seen photos of his hoop house, and it is not that high. At the beginning of a cold night there isn't that much hot air to begin with, and in the zone 6 winter nights the air temp inside will go down very fast. We need heating in the greenhouse around here for anything to survive. I take hot air out of my family room by an insulated duct.

My hoop house holds my new ones. About 250 pots in about 120 varieties right now. In late March-early April I use a heater in there set at a minimum temp of 50 degrees.

In my greenhouse I set the heater to a minimum temp of 40 degrees. I'm unsure if the damage to the top growth was due to cold or lack of moisture. I only watered 1x in early March. If I did not have a heater the young figs would not survive the cold winter temps. I have a feeling it was the lack of moisture. The stems must have been dehydrated.

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