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I'm seeing new growth too here in Las Vegas NV. I gave in and started fertilizing yesterday. It will hit almost 80 degrees here next week.
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Out of 80 varieties Niagara black is the first this year to break bud.

Started watering too.
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First weekend of the month, time to give drinks to the basement dwellers, AKA figs.
Opened the door, turned on the light and did double take, triple take!

My figs (except for Black Jack) have all gone past breaking bud, most have a couple inches of growth, one even has 6 - 8 inches of yellowish stems and leaves!  Dear God, in ONE month?  With no light? They have not been fertilized since August, they received 2 cups water first weekend of Jan, all are in 5 gallon paint buckets except the Black Jack, she is in a 10 gallon pot.
The one window in that room is covered in foil, no light gets in.  Unheated basement, the room they are in is on north side.  Just been darn mild except a few cold days.  Like three days ago overnight low was 2, had about 1 1/2 inch of snow.  Right now it's 63.  Go figure.  Of course, the hyacinths and daffodils outside are coming up too. 

So the big question is.... would it be best since they have budded and stretched out that I bring them upstairs to a sunny room out of direct light?  Or something else?  I am still shocked and scratching my head! 
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Well Marie, there ain't no stoppin them now! If it were me, I'd remove the foil from the window and let them get some light. My BJs are inside but I messed up and forgot about them and left them out in November when temps dropped to 25 degree. But, they will come back. Like your area, we reached 57 today and suppose to reach 62 tomorrow. My garage figs are waking up but I usually don't bring them out till Easter.
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It has been unseasonably warm here lately, and now my Hardy Chicago is breaking dormancy a month and a half or more early. Oddly, it just finally went dormant about 3 weeks ago.  Where or highs are usually in the 40's, today it was 70.
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I've got 30 trees that have broken bud and begun to leaf out beginning early to mid January.  I've had to check on the dormant trees once a week to see who has begun to wake up.  If the buds are just swelling a bit, I leave them be and hope they'll stay "groggy" for a few more weeks.  But if the leaves are starting to break out, I bring them up.
  I keep my trees in a cold section of my basement.  My only conclusion is that it just isn't cold enough to keep all the varieties dormant.

These are the guys that have been awake the longest, positioned in a south facing window.
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These guys (minus 3 or 4 recently rooted cuttings in the back) are the ones I've brought up just within the last week.  They get morning light through the glass doors in the picture, then afternoon light through the south-facing window.
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I've learned that it's important not to overwater them at this point!!  They're just waking up and not fully leafed out, so drenching the soil now only leads to bad things.  I typically mix up a small amount of water with Gnatrol and just try to get the soil rehydrated.

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It was 70 degrees today in Charlotte! Ardh!!!!, I'm in Barney!
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It was 70 degrees today in Charlotte! Ardh!!!!, I'm in Barney!


I'm right there with you Dennis, the extended forecast has us averaging in the mid 50's to mid 60's. That is around 20* higher than average. 

My three JF&E trees I got for X-Mas stated to break today.  Looks the the shuffle will be starting early this year. 
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This is definitely not the winter I was expecting.  Some of my trees were still green when they had to go into to garage.  I really can't afford for them to break dormancy early.  Most need to be repotted, but I do not have supplies.  Fortunately there are a few nurseries that are open year round.
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James,
Santa Fe Sand & Gravel has a small pine bark mulch called "Supreme" mulch or bark can't remember which. Anyway, 98% of it will pass through a 1/4" screen and you can get a huge garbage can full for much less than buying the bags at nurseries. O'Tooles carries a wide range of different sized pine mulches as well, they even have one that is average 1/16-1/8" bits(someday I would like to try that one).
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Just checked my Olympian and she be coming out of sleepy time. My DK looks like it will be a week or two away.

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Just checked my Olympian and she be coming out of sleepy time. My DK looks like it will be a week or two away.

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Hi all
I have a breba coming out on my Peter's honey.
And a lot of buds getting ready to open.
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Dennis mentioned in the first post of this thread unknown Pastilliere. That is the fig that is the furthest along here in my part of sunny Socal. It's all leafed out with shiny green leaves, and has figs about an inch across. Hope they don't fall off this year.
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The terminal buds on y Hardy Chicago are starting to open.  The temp is still cool 40F.  Increased sunlight hours or internal clock must be waking them? 
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The terminal buds on y Hardy Chicago are starting to open.  The temp is still cool 40F.  Increased sunlight hours or internal clock must be waking them? 
~i agree ~
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The terminal buds on y Hardy Chicago are starting to open.  The temp is still cool 40F.  Increased sunlight hours or internal clock must be waking them? 
~i agree ~
~i took two cuttings off of my little chicago hardy tree they popped roots in 9 days wow ! they were really ready to grow it must be wake up time for sure ~
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My apricot and pear in my pot broke dormancy, and some figs too.

My Black Madeira cuttings shot out roots after 4 days as well as my panache...wow the plants can't wait for spring!
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My apricot and pear in my pot broke dormancy, and some figs too.

My Black Madeira cuttings shot out roots after 4 days as well as my panache...wow the plants can't wait for spring!
~here in southwestern ,pa. fayette county we wake up tp 16* f   AND WIND CILL -3* AND 6" OF FRESH SNOW AND STILL SNOWING,BUT MY FIGGIES ARE TOASTY WARM IN THE SHED AND THE TWO IN GROUND HAVE YES YOU GUESSED IT 6 " + OF FRESH SNOW ON THE BARRELS ~!
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My apricot and pear in my pot broke dormancy, and some figs too.

My Black Madeira cuttings shot out roots after 4 days as well as my panache...wow the plants can't wait for spring!
~here in southwestern ,pa. fayette county we wake up tp 16* f   AND WIND CILL -3* AND 6" OF FRESH SNOW AND STILL SNOWING,BUT MY FIGGIES ARE TOASTY WARM IN THE SHED AND THE TWO IN GROUND HAVE YES YOU GUESSED IT 6 " + OF FRESH SNOW ON THE BARRELS ~!
~4 DAYS FOR CUTTINGS IS AWESOME. WHAT ROOTING MEDIA DO YOU USE ,I USE THE LONG GREEN MOSS I FOUND IT BEST OF ALL FOR ME IN THE BINS ?
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Just about every thing in my garage has broken dormancy.  My Paradiso has 8 brebas on it and already has 18 inches of growth!  I have to repot it this weekend.  Yesterday it was 70 degrees, partly cloudy and slightly breezy.  I took the day off and through out some crab grass preventer and plant food.  It's 64 now and suppose to be 28 tomorrow but the rest of the week we will be in the 60s.  YES!  The fig shuffle will begin next week!  And will starting my cuttings soon.
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I'm well under way to a new season of figs. My largest fruit at his point is the Bebera Branca. Fruit is a good 2" long already. It should be ripe in June if I can keep the critters away...thinking a macramé hanging pot with a screen mesh covering.


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my small potted fig tree has been in the basement, dormant for the winter. been thinking when and how to bring it out of dormancy. last year we kept it in the ground and unwrapped it the end of March. it seemed dead so I moved it and it would later sprout new leaves. we then potted it and moved it to a partly sunny location for the growing season. so this is our 1st time bringing a live (hopefully) fig tree out of dormancy. am I bringing this outside or just upstairs into the warmer house to start growing again? we have some significant snow pack that will likely last into April.
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Most of my figs and poms have leafed out.  I am currently in the process of taking them out of my garage now.  And I'm getting ready to buy my new greenhouse kit, 12x24.  Once received, I will place some trees back in the GH because I know we will have one more cold temp drop before Easter.
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I have 3 areas in the yard where there are figs. I've noticed that in the most exposed area, the figs are breaking dormancy the slowest, and those on the south side of the house with more sun reflection and more protected from down canyon winds, are coming out the fastest.
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I just finished watering my trees.  I have an unknown which has broken dormancy, a Nazarti with a Breba on it, and a handful of others with green buds.  I'm hoping they stay dormant for at least another month, but it looks like are in the 60s for the next 10 days without any dips below freezing.
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My apricot and pear in my pot broke dormancy, and some figs too.

My Black Madeira cuttings shot out roots after 4 days as well as my panache...wow the plants can't wait for spring!
~here in southwestern ,pa. fayette county we wake up tp 16* f   AND WIND CILL -3* AND 6" OF FRESH SNOW AND STILL SNOWING,BUT MY FIGGIES ARE TOASTY WARM IN THE SHED AND THE TWO IN GROUND HAVE YES YOU GUESSED IT 6 " + OF FRESH SNOW ON THE BARRELS ~!
~4 DAYS FOR CUTTINGS IS AWESOME. WHAT ROOTING MEDIA DO YOU USE ,I USE THE LONG GREEN MOSS I FOUND IT BEST OF ALL FOR ME IN THE BINS ?


I use water and a heat mat...works for most figs....never had any luck with rooting brown turkey with this method.
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Well, I made the jump and started rolling mine out.  I may dred it later but when you have 18 inches of growth on a tree with brebas popping out....ya gota do something!  My Paradiso is leading the pack right now in growth.  We got rain mostly all day today.  I will be fertilizing them all tomorrow.  Pictures coming....
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Well, I made the jump and started rolling mine out.  I may dred it later but when you have 18 inches of growth on a tree with brebas popping out....ya gota do something!  My Paradiso is leading the pack right now in growth.  We got rain mostly all day today.  I will be fertilizing them all tomorrow.  Pictures coming....
~sounds great can't wait to see the photos~
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fig plants.jpg With great thanks to H, here are cuttings from a Magnolia fig and a Strawberry Verte. They wintered over in my garage where the temperature never was lower than 55°F. They now are in residence in my office window.  Happy guy here!

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fig plants.jpg With great thanks to H, here are cuttings from a Magnolia fig and a Strawberry Verte. They wintered over in my garage where the temperature never was lower than 55°F. They now are in residence in my office window.  Happy guy here!
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Moved my Red Lebanese and Ronde de Bordeaux out of garage usually get one more freeze around end of april, we will see.

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Moved my Red Lebanese and Ronde de Bordeaux out of garage usually get one more freeze around end of april, we will see.
~very nice looking trees thanks for sharing photos~
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Greetings,

My dormant potted figs are coming to life as well.

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Greetings, My dormant potted figs are coming to life as well.
~ mark were they in a dark place through out dormancy? ~mine are, i haven't looked  at them for a while will mine break out in total darkness temps about 35-45* now in shed  ??.
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Hey Chuck

I over winter my potted figs (about 30 trees) in our attached, unheated sunroom that I keep darkened throughout winter. A month ago or so I open up the blinds and increase watering. To give you an idea how cold it gets, when we had that cold snap awhile back, water in my fountains actually formed a sheet of ice. These buds really just started to pop this past week to ten days.
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Hey Chuck I over winter my potted figs (about 30 trees) in our attached, unheated sunroom that I keep darkened throughout winter. A month ago or so I open up the blinds and increase watering. To give you an idea how cold it gets, when we had that cold snap awhile back, water in my fountains actually formed a sheet of ice. These buds really just started to pop this past week to ten days.
~SO YOU THINK IF I CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN THE DARK THEY WOULD STAY DORMANT ?? I WOULD PROBABLY NEED THEM DORMANT TILL MID APRIL THEN I CAN BRING THEM OUT TO THE  PORCH?
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Hey Chuck I over winter my potted figs (about 30 trees) in our attached, unheated sunroom that I keep darkened throughout winter. A month ago or so I open up the blinds and increase watering. To give you an idea how cold it gets, when we had that cold snap awhile back, water in my fountains actually formed a sheet of ice. These buds really just started to pop this past week to ten days.
~SO YOU THINK IF I CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN THE DARK THEY WOULD STAY DORMANT ?? I WOULD PROBABLY NEED THEM DORMANT TILL MID APRIL THEN I CAN BRING THEM OUT TO THE  PORCH?
  ~I'M NEAR UNIONTOWN ,PA. IT'S FARTHER NORTH FROM YOU,A LITTLE COLDER HERE THAN YOU GET ?
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I've read that it really is the cold temperatures that keep plants dormant. Once the daytime temps start to get in the 50's and low 60's and above freezing at night, it's pretty much hard to keep them dormant. You might have to start the fig shuffle.
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I've read that it really is the cold temperatures that keep plants dormant. Once the daytime temps start to get in the 50's and low 60's and above freezing at night, it's pretty much hard to keep them dormant. You might have to start the fig shuffle.
~YES I THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT ONCE IT STARTS HITTING 50 I BELIEVE THEY WILL GET UP ~THANKS MARK,
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Ok, getting use to my iMAC is interesting.  Copying and pasting works great!  Sorry for the messy photos but I have so many breaking out that I have to take a few day off work just to get them out.  Those inside the garage are inside their new SWP that I've prepped.  Tomorrow they will be repotted and rolled to the yard.  In this first picture in the white half barrel is Smith.  Its one of my larges container trees.  It was in my orchard but was in a bad spot.  Instead of relocating it, I just placed it in a SWP using Bill's design.  The rest are too many to name.  But these pics were taken 2 days ago.
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Cool pics Dennis. They look way more awakened than mine. Buds are nice and green but something is kinda holding them back(mine). The whole army has been outside since Friday and loving it. Here is a pic of my Peters honey with the first brebas showing! The rest are on the same stage . The inground trees are probably a couple of weeks behind with minimal swelling showing here and there and I trust those the most . They know something we don't! Let's c what happens! We will have a low of 41 F on Wed night!

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Dennis, the photos are great, nice quality compared to mine. The only comment that I have is that you truly have the most understanding and wonderful wife in all of "fig kingdom".
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Dennis, the photos are great, nice quality compared to mine. The only comment that I have is that you truly have the most understanding and wonderful wife in all of "fig kingdom".
~looks like some other fruit trees in there other than fig  ,pear apple plum maybe, am i right ?~
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Dennis,

That looks like a few cups of coffee worth of work my friend.
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First to show signs of  breaking dormancy was the hybrid DFIC0023, now building a dense canopy.

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 Zidi is not only leafing out fast just like all other... but also showing bouquets of early figs just like if they were 'brebas'...
These figs will most certainly fail to grow and soon will come down for lack of pollination.

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With the exception of the genuine brebas, all other single crop fruit be it persistent or caducous, showing this early fruit growth will most probably  drop.

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Nice photos everyone. :)

Dennis, very impressive that you have so many. No wonder you have to take off from work to deal with them!
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May only be a BT, but after the winter we had it feels like a Dall'Osso!

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Dave - congrats on the fig. Perhaps you could put a rubberband around its waist as it grows, and it would really look like a Dall Osso. ;)
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Thanks Wayne! I've been out tinkering with my trees all day today. I finally came in the house and called it quits at 7PM and ate dinner. Having a lot of trees does come with a cost! I just bought my second GH from Northern Tool. It will arrive next week. I told the wife about it over lunch today. To make her happy, I'm gonna have to go buy a new gazebo, buy and install new hardwood flooring for the hall and master bedroom. I just bought the wood flooring and thresholds. Next, I'll be calling my handyman to come and do his thing!!! I don't have time for honey-dos! Ha!

Good eye Chuck! In that photo are 7 Poms, 3 Paw Paws, and 3 Jujubes.

Thanks Gina! We had excellent weather today, around 80....and 80 again tomorrow! Yea! I have a lot more to do!
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