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Small pots, Temps down to mid 20s for a few hours: Bring into garage for smaller pots? Larger pots?

Hey folks,

DFW has some cold weather moving in next week. I still have some figs in small pots(1-3 gal). Should I bring them into my garage(about 50-60ish degrees) during the hours below freezing? Will the larger(15+ gal) pots be fine? I'm located near the DFW area in Texas.

It should only be about 3 days worth of cold then back up into the 40s for lows/50s and 60s for highs. 

Appreciate any advice.

Fully dormant wood will survive temps in the mid 20s, breba buds may not.  In my experience here, fig wood dies at 17 degrees even if covered by a tarp and snow.  I've had breba buds die at a single exposure to an overnight low of 28.  Green wood will be killed by a frost and may take a lot of more dormant wood with it.  The smaller the pot the worse the effect of freezing is.  I don't know what fig roots can survive but I personally wouldn't leave small pots out in that kind of weather.  

My plants are not fully dormant and since you're almost 500 mi south of me I doubt yours are.  

That's the information I use when making decisions.  I don't know what your operation and plants look like.  If it's not too difficult I'd bring them all in until your lows come up over 29 - 30 for the big pots and over 32 for the little pots.  I can't move them in and out like that so I protected my little pots under 30 and let the big pots ride out 28.  None of my plants had green when those temps came around.  Our version of the big chill comes Weds night with temps down to 11.  Mine are going in to permanent storage on Tuesday.

If you can't bring them in and out you'll want to do your best to keep them under 45 to prolong dormancy until the risk of frost is gone.

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