Hi all, 1st year using 5-1-1 mix. Live in 9b. I have been fertilizing weekly with liquid dynagro. It will not freeze here and will get to low 40s high 30s in the winter.

Thanks,
Eric

I was hoping someone more knowledgeable would  chime in, this is my first year with figs.

But I too have been using what started out as 511 but morphed into straight pine bark, and pine bark compost (that I found at the local lowes. Happi Gro brand I think) + Dolomite and using diluted Dyna Gro Protekt and Foliage Pro.  I am happy with the growth and color, but next year I will use more fertilizer, less diluted to push first year growth more. I will also water more during peak of summer.  I was worried about over watering but when the rains came in September they took off.

I have been slowly diluting the Fertilizer more, growth is steady but slowing.  I plan to water rarely during cool weather, and no fertilizer from December to late February or March here in 8B.  Just my 0.02 cents.  We can see teens often, single digits rarely, so probably store them in shed.

Hi erics11,
If your trees are growing and fruiting year round, then fertilize year round .
I don't see a reason to stop fertilizing, as long as you don't over fertilize as that would result in burning the trees.
If you see less activity (trees leafless ) in January and February then fertilize less during those months.
So, do your trees keep their leaves year round ?
Here altough temps have still been over 10°C even at night (except may be for two nights ) , the leaves on some fig trees started yellowing and began to fall.
So days shortening might induce the yellowing on my fig trees here in my Zone7. This week, at 7:00 PM it was already totally dark outside.

Fully agree.  When I lived in an area that did not freeze one winter, my trees continued to grow throughout the winter.   Growth slowed, to be sure, but the trees never went dormant.

Thanks for the responses. The leaves dont always fall off. It definitely slows down though. Ill continue to fertilize. Theres no chance of freezing here.

The point of stopping fertilization is to not artificially stimulate new tender growth that will not have time to become "hardened" before the colder, and especially freezing weather arrives, which will take a greater toll (kill) growth that is still green and/or tender. Wood that is not dormant or still has green color to itwill generally be lost (killed) when temps drop below freezing. This damage can invite disease by providing an entry point, and is obviously a waster of fertilizer, since you didn't get any useable/lasting growth benefit from the fertilizer.

As mentioned, if you are in the tropics, or where there are no freezing temps or frost, the reason for not fertilizing disappears.