Winter Protection in 8b?

[ETXfigs]

Maybe this is a dumb question and I promise I'm not trolling. I seriously don't know if I should be worried about winter damage to my fig trees. They are all in pots sitting on concrete on the porch that has a roof. This morning it got down to 27 F but it can sometimes get colder than that. Last year I think the coldest it got was about 15 F. Should I cover them with a tarp or something, or do you think they will be ok without any protection?

 

[Jigfig]

Maybe this is a dumb question and I promise I'm not trolling. I seriously don't know if I should be worried about winter damage to my fig trees. They are all in pots sitting on concrete on the porch that has a roof. This morning it got down to 27 F but it can sometimes get colder than that. Last year I think the coldest it got was about 15 F. Should I cover them with a tarp or something, or do you think they will be ok without any protection?

Being in pots I’d start getting really worried about root death below 20

 

[grasshopper]

It depends on how attached you are to the plants. Most trees can handle 25F without damage. You start seeing younger limb damage below 20F. And I think my area got to 4F last year and that was the time the cuttings were in the package locker (without any notification) and they were all toasted.

I would probably move mine inside under 20F.

 

[betdempster]

I did get damage on my green unlignified tips last year in my inground tree. but I hadn't pruned it at all. I think it was in the 20s for 2-3 days. It didn't damage any lignified wood but you probably have longer cold than me. I didn't have potted figs but I had a lemon in a pot and the year before I didn't protect it and died back so I did tarp it in the nights that were 35 and below and it wasn't damaged. I'm not saying it's the same but if it's not too hard I would tarp then for the cold days. I also wrapped the bottom of the pots with straw and burlap. See if someone gives you figgy advice - like I said that was a lemon