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Watering dormant potted trees in shed

Hi all. I have my potted Kadota in the attached garage for the winter. How often do you water? Just when the soil gets dry? Thanks.

For a small tree, 1 cup of water once a month just to keep roots from drying out too much.  I've also had trees that I didn't water AT ALL during the entire winter and they all did fine.  

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Originally Posted by figgi11
Hi all. I have my potted Kadota in the attached garage for the winter. How often do you water? Just when the soil gets dry? Thanks.


Yes, don't let it get bone dry, nor wet, it needs to be moist. What I do is check the first of the month. You should only need to water about once a month or less. My figs do extremely well in the garage.

My one tree in a 15 gallon pot that I store in my cold cellar gets watered once a month. My cold cellar has the same consistent temperature all winter and I have found that it is always good and dry when I wait a full month to water my tree.  I give it a whole 1 gallon/4 litre jug of water.  Lots of the water runs right through as soon as I water.

Been working just fine for me. 

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