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sonnya

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Posted 1479650851	Reply with quote #1

Caught off guard, frost on my fig plants. The plants are well rooted, what now? Help me. __________________ Zone 8b Temple, Tx Kadota, Brown Turkey, Celesta, Chicago Hardy, LSU purple, Black Mission, Violette De Bordeaux, Texas Everbearing. I want enough figs to eat a fig each day.

figpig_66

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Posted 1479654331	Reply with quote #2

Put pool noodles around them or pipe insulation and bury the root area with dry mulch. They will be ok. Where you at ? __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

Sas

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Posted 1479658858	Reply with quote #3

If you covered them with mulch around the base, even if some branches get damaged they should come back in the spring. From observation so far, trees in TX are susceptible to some winter damage, but no enough to kill them unless extremely young. If you feel like extra protection, then use a chicken wire around the tree and cover at least half way up with dry leaves or hay. __________________ Sas from North Austin TX Zone 8B Wish list: Becane

dkirtexas

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Posted 1479682742	Reply with quote #4

Had a very light freeze here in NE Texas. Temp was down around 31-32f for an hour or so. The main thing have seen in the past with this scenario is the light frost will pretty much force dormancy which is not a bad thing. I had an extremely large late crop of figs and of course they will all fall off. Too bad, the forecast for the rest of the month is all 60's-70's and they would probably have made it if it had not been for the light frost. I had moved all my young and tender trees into the greenhouse so they are all fine. __________________ Thx, glad to be here Danny K "EL CAZADOR DE HIGO" Waskom Tx Zone 7B/8 Wish list: anything anyone wants me to have. LSU RED. Any LSU fig.

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