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garden_whisperer

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All of my trees where top killed this winter. Some are coming back.
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Hi Garden_whisperer,
Wait and see ...
But I've been through the same problem in 2012.
Some trees died, another one sort of made it and sprouted at 50 centimeters of height in the stems - half way from the former top height- but that meant no brebas, and unfortunately that year the season
was short, so no maincrop did ripe on my trees. A sister tree of one of mine in another garden was able to make some maincrop figs but had less die-back from the start ...

You are in Zone6 ... IMO, it will be hard for this year. But you need to invest this year, for the next one - at some point there is no other choice.
Time to think about what you could do better for the future ...and what better winter protections you can imagine and prepare for end of the year.
How did you winterize your trees ?
How were your trees planted ?
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Dave, I am in zone 7b. Last year my son's puppy chewed my figs to the ground one night. They came back from the roots and I had a couple handful of figs off the three trees. So I would expect you to get at least a few figs this year. Just remember to pitch them as they are growing. They will not be tall because they will branch quickly, but you should get more figs. Also, give them lots of fertilizer until mid-summer.

All that plus pray for a normal summer. Last  year was so cool and short here in AR that the figs hardly had time to ripen.
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You might have the opposite issue that I have with trees growing from the ground.  Usually, when the tree freezes to the ground, it is slow getting started in the spring.  It delays fig production.  With a short season in Illinois, you may not get too many figs to ripen before the end of the growing season. 

In central Texas my trees freeze to the ground every year.  They barely get going before the intense summer heat seems to slow them down.  I will usually get fruit on about 20% of the varieties and the figs are generally much smaller than they should be.  For once, I would like to have an "autumn" so my trees will go to sleep before the freeze comes through.
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Living in the NewJersey Suburbs,near Penn. Have had a FIG Bush for 10 yrs.in same place. Grows yearly,covered in winter with Burlap Bgs. Always get growth & fogs but they never get to full size. This year I see thousand of figs but their are only a dozen that may reach golf ball size. Why doesn't this bush yield a good crop complete?
Do fogs need a lot of water?? I feed them "Vigro Plant Food, in Fall and Spring. What else can I do?
Bush has grown to at least 8 feet high and 10 feet wide. Should I be trimming these before they get too High?
And shoukd I cut off branches so sun can get through entire bush??
Any assistance would be appreciated?

I have given my daughter a piece of the bush, it grows in her soil too, but same problem. Small hard figs, and don't get to BIG Size or Ripen..

Thanks,
Bridgewater Joe
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