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I'm so tired of all this heat & now humidity. We are back to triple digits temps. I decided to move my potted figs & pomegranate to the front of the house. I thought I could keep a better eye on them. I lost one leaf on the last triple digit week. Now it does not sound like a lot but with a young plant I want them to survive to fruit another year & another year. I'm watering everything in the night daily. I'm thinking of adding a morning watering too. The lawn is so crispy too. I'm up to an extra $20 in water so far & we are not even done with the summer. Last year it was only $16 for all the watering in the summer. The last pop up rain storm was last Tuesday, just 2 miles south of here. It knocked out the power sub-station that was tied to our sub-station. We were 3.5 hours in the dark.

They only call for a chance of rain again.
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nhardy, where are you located?  If you put your zone location on your profile this would help us help you.

I live in 100+ degree heat in a long, long dry summers always, but my in-ground and container plants are on a drip system.  My soil mix drains well, but retains water, so once every other day for the containers is fine.  Depends.  Blueberries need water as much as grapevines, so they are on that drip system.

Good luck to you!
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I guess you did not see I did put my city and zone in my salutation before I ever posted here today. It has been there several years now. I added only this year about the humidity in case any one in my area is thinking about buying a fig to pick one that can stand up to our humidity.
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Potted Violette de Bordeaux - EL, 2009 Roots pruned 2016
Potted Mary Lane - Durio, 2010 Roots pruned 2016
Potted Celeste - Freedom Tree Farms, 2014 OTP Roots pruned 2016
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Weather here just like most of country is basking in record heat.
My container plants sitting on rock area and containers sitting on 20x30
cement patio are doing well .
I just have to water them more including the 1 i have planted inground .
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