Fig Burial Mounds

Author

Comment

GreenFin

Registered:1331268315
Posts: 684

Posted 1416352560	Reply with quote #1

To help protect my 1st year outdoor trees, I bent them over and buried them with topsoil. Hopefully the soil will provide enough insulation to prevent any substantial cold damage, and in the spring I'll rake the dirt out to form the edges of watering basins for the trees. Here's what it looked like in September, can't find anything more recent: __________________ James, zone 6a Kansas (zone 10 greenhouses); wish list is in my profile http://www.FigCuttings.com

waynea

Registered:1362316304
Posts: 1,886

Posted 1416353231	Reply with quote #2

Very interesting, I bet it works and you will have a head start come this spring. Good luck and good growing.

jc_figs

Registered:1416095240
Posts: 351

Posted 1416353632	Reply with quote #3

waynea check ur pm __________________ Name JAILEN feel free to call me jc ........wish list...... black madeira ,ischia b lack, green ischia, patrics super giant, rdv, negronne, maltese falcon, lsu gold, lsu purple, lsu tiger, lounge d out, golden, celeste, black jack, black mission, brunswick, blue ischia, panache, strawberry latte, armenian, mvsb, col de dame, col de dame grise, col de dame noir, hardy chicago, peters honey, peti negri, unknowns, magnolia, kathleen black, labanese, and any othere except bt, and celeste improved bt or celeste are fine ,cuttings/plants zone 8a goldsboro north carolina. I'm proved Celeste or BT welcome!! figs growing brown turkey celeste and unknown yellow fig

FiggyFrank

Registered:1347560723
Posts: 2,712

Posted 1416354095	Reply with quote #4

How many hours did that take, James? Good luck in the spring. I'm sure you will be heavily rewarded. __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

dirtguy50

Registered:1398135169
Posts: 256

Posted 1416354450	Reply with quote #5

Hope that works for you James. We are in the same zone and will be interested to see the results come spring. Good luck brother! __________________ No, your other left! Zone 6b, Keith in SW Wish List: Violette de Bordeaux & Marsilles Black VS

ChrisK

Registered:1415844271
Posts: 937

Posted 1416354578	Reply with quote #6

Nice work! From what I've read it's a common practice up North like NY so it should work good. Looks like you've done a lot of work boss! Best of luck! __________________ ChrisK Atl GA Zone 7b-8a

pino

Registered:1383190021
Posts: 2,117

Posted 1416354675	Reply with quote #7

James, I hope it works for you. But last winter I buried a fig plant in a similar way and it died. I am in 6a you are in 6b and last winter was harsh. To be safe I think you also have to cover them with a tarp or similar. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

GreenFin

Registered:1331268315
Posts: 684

Posted 1416355266	Reply with quote #8

Quote: Originally Posted by pino James, I hope it works for you. But last winter I buried a fig plant in a similar way and it died. I am in 6a you are in 6b and last winter was harsh. To be safe I think you also have to cover them with a tarp or similar. I may still put some extra plastic over them. Forgot to mention that all these trees were planted about 1.5' deep when I put them out there in June. I'm also considering temporarily erecting some small hoophouses over them in early spring (March?) to wake them up early. __________________ James, zone 6a Kansas (zone 10 greenhouses); wish list is in my profile http://www.FigCuttings.com

GreenFin

Registered:1331268315
Posts: 684

Posted 1416364428	Reply with quote #9

That should help, Daniel. Mice can be a problem, you may want to consider setting some mice traps/deterrents/poison in with the figs under the garbage cans. __________________ James, zone 6a Kansas (zone 10 greenhouses); wish list is in my profile http://www.FigCuttings.com

ChrisK

Registered:1415844271
Posts: 937

Posted 1416364876	Reply with quote #10

Great idea if You're covering small trees! You could line the inside of the garbage cans with an insulating material like a fiberglass blanket or rubber sheet to make it more effective against the freeze, kind of like a cooler. Keep the weather out! __________________ ChrisK Atl GA Zone 7b-8a

Njfred

Registered:1407978378
Posts: 62

Posted 1416399239	Reply with quote #11

Wow...nice job there. Looks like a lot of work but it should be worth it! __________________ NJ Zone 6a

Ingevald

Registered:1200844977
Posts: 312

Posted 1416425143 · Edited	Reply with quote #12

That looks like a good way to cover them. The espalier fig that I am growing in the community fruit tree orchard is being covered in a similar way. Our available material was mulch, and some of it was decomposed. I piled it on top and hope that it deep enough. We have already had single digit temps. There is always a looming rodent risk - voles or mice. I'll probably check on it every so often to see how it is doing. I will also put a tarp on top. Here is the posting that shows the fig in the orchard - http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/espalier-fig-project-japanese-method-7094805?&trail=50 I also covered up a pomegranate that we are growing by bending the branches to the ground and covering with the same mix. Byron (Ingevald)

Previous Topic | Next Topic