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	Subject: Dwarf varieties, propagating fig	Replies: 13
	Posted By: mpxwilliams	Views: 3,265

Hi Maggie,

My wife is from Raiano. Are your family still in the Abruzzo area today? Anyway we both love figs and are in USDA zone 7a (a little chilly but not overly freezing). We "tie-up" our figs to make sure they bear each year just in case a frost hits again. Below are the steps we take:

1. Stake the fig with an 8ft tomato pole.
2. Tie the limbs together with twine into a single column.
3. Tie 'bundles' of hay to the column top to bottom with twine.
4. Wrap the whole column with 'tar' paper from top to bottom in a cone shape leaving a hole at the top about 3-4" in diameter (to breath), and tie off well with heavier twine. P.S. Make sure and have the bottom of the tar paper wide and below ground a few inches to keep cold gusts out and ice off of most of the root system..
5. Secure a cheap 1 gal plastic bucket over the top sort of like a rain hat.

Alot of work? You bet! But we love our figs and this is the only method that has ever worked for us.

Ciao-ciao,

-Mike

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