Winter is coming to the Southeast

TorontoJoe said:
It still amazes me that so many of you in the SE have your trees go dormant the same time as mine. My in ground trees are still bright green. Potted trees still mostly have their leaves on.

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Toronto Joe will you still leave your potted fig trees outside in the snow and negative temperatures tomorrow ?
Most of my fig trees still have green leaves. I have never had to leave mine in the snow before.
 
THE FIG HUT said:
Toronto Joe will you still leave your potted fig trees outside in the snow and negative temperatures tomorrow ?
Most of my fig trees still have green leaves. I have never had to leave mine in the snow before.
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I will definitely. I need to wait until the leaves turn before I put them away. They'll be just fine, and the cold will help them go dormant.

Figs can, and do normally take freezing temps. It's not a problem... until well below freezing. I just don't care for working out in the cold. I wish it were more like Italy where they drop their leaves after a few weeks of 50f and low light.

In the garage in winter, I usually water my figs by shovelling snow on to them to let it drip in slow.
 
Southwest my tree still growing new leafs and baby figs LOL but that should start slowing down next month as temps starting to cool down at night
 
When I said 30 or so. I was a little off. Just moved around 100 1gal pots of rooted cutting's and seedling's. If they where not special I would leave them in the yard to see which ones can handle it. Also brought in the 5gal buckets with the hot peppers growing in them. Not sure how all the members in the north do the shuffle every year. Think I would need a greenhouse with a retractable roof. :)
 
GoodFriendMike said:
When I said 30 or so. I was a little off. Just moved around 100 1gal pots of rooted cutting's and seedling's. If they where not special I would leave them in the yard to see which ones can handle it. Also brought in the 5gal buckets with the hot peppers growing in them. Not sure how all the members in the north do the shuffle every year. Think I would need a greenhouse with a retractable roof. :)
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Are they really, really special trees? :D

Moving trees is really my least favourite thing about growing fig's. And for real.... I've literally contemplated how difficult it might be to build a telescopic or retractable greenhouse. it can be done... but, cha-ching!
 
I truly hope you're right!!!
But when the entire plant is completely full of sap and growing with several feet of green branches and soft green buds and it gets that cold, that's not good. Freezing sap before the process of going dormant has begun can split even the trunks of mature hardwood trees with a loud crack that sounds like a gun shot.
Last winter, we had late freezes that damaged a few young fig tree trunks of two+ inches in diameter. I let them grow despite my concerns for Ambrosia Beetles, but though they grew normally, the damage remains a concern.
From everything I've read, even if I cut fig trees to the ground, they still might produce fruit the same season. But it would take 3 plus years for the blueberries to even begin to regain half their size.
I'm hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.
 
I have spent the past 3 days spraying and moving my 150+ trees around for this polar vortex which will last for approximately 3 days. Then the temps will go back up to the 70s by the end of the week. I have at least 70 leafed trees in my garage. I have to decide if they stay there or go back outside. The trees outside are under a black tarp. I will have to remove the tarp so the trees can get needed sunlight. Many of my trees still have a lot of leaves and and probably will not go to sleep until early December. This cold front is really a pain coming so early.
 
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