My Italian grandfather had a fig tree in a half-wine-barrel. He made a deep trench next to the tree and in the fall, he'd tip the tree into the trench and fill the trench with leaves from the yard. In the spring, he'd resurrect the tree. He was in zone 7a. His garden was awe inspiring and he lived to be 104 years old.
I live in Czech Republic, zone 6b, I live in mountains in 600 metres elevation and all I do with container fig trees is put the container into the jute sack and put them in my attic. The attic is not insulated so it is not much warmer than outside, usually about 2 degrees Celsius warmer and fig trees are just fine, they don't die and we usually have even -20 to -30°C winters for couple of days. For my fig trees outside, I have them planted next to a southern facing waal, so I'm wrapping only the young branches, also with jute sacks and it works for me just fine.
Love your videos!! I just a planted a Rhône De Bordeaux in ground so happy to see yours thriving so well. I’m in 8b oregon and it’s supposed to be an El Niño winter (typically warmer in the PNW) so crossing fingers it gets through its first winter ok. Back up plan is to throw a tomato cage over it w frost cover
Hey Ross thanks for all the info you provide. I see you have many potted fig trees where do you take them to for your winter storage. I live in Somerset County NJ so I figure we have the same winter conditions.
thought's on pruning 1 year old figs in containers before moving to garage storage?..i have a 1year smith that just popped all kinds of new shoots on main trunk..same with a RDB on 2 trunks..
i'm in zone 6a, and i have 6 new container figs (2' high), any experienced grower have an opinion? my 3 options for overwintering them: 1) basement - it's not heated, but, it's below the house, i'm not sure if it'll stay below 50 when the house is heated to 68, i just moved here, no idea. 2) 12x20 shed, plenty of room, it heats up good during the day, will it keep the container figs from dying? 3) i have a pop up greenhouse on the south side of the shed, don't know if it'll stay warm enough at night low for the year should be somewhere between 0F and 20F from what i gather, 20F and below is when figs start dying, right?
Container trees may need 2-6 ounces once or twice before waking. Definitely do not overwater them when they're dormant. You'll easily kill them that way.
My Italian grandfather had a fig tree in a half-wine-barrel. He made a deep trench next to the tree and in the fall, he'd tip the tree into the trench and fill the trench with leaves from the yard. In the spring, he'd resurrect the tree. He was in zone 7a. His garden was awe inspiring and he lived to be 104 years old.
I live in Czech Republic, zone 6b, I live in mountains in 600 metres elevation and all I do with container fig trees is put the container into the jute sack and put them in my attic. The attic is not insulated so it is not much warmer than outside, usually about 2 degrees Celsius warmer and fig trees are just fine, they don't die and we usually have even -20 to -30°C winters for couple of days. For my fig trees outside, I have them planted next to a southern facing waal, so I'm wrapping only the young branches, also with jute sacks and it works for me just fine.
Love your videos!! I just a planted a Rhône De Bordeaux in ground so happy to see yours thriving so well. I’m in 8b oregon and it’s supposed to be an El Niño winter (typically warmer in the PNW) so crossing fingers it gets through its first winter ok. Back up plan is to throw a tomato cage over it w frost cover
Love the short and sweet video! Keep em up. 🙂
Thanks! Will do!
I live in southern Ontario and have a fig plant in my garden outside and has been doing well for three years. I do nothing to protect it.
Your the boss ross .go fig king❤
Zone 8a will kill them also. It hit -3 here during Snowvid. Killed my Celeste to the ground and it’s over 30 years old.
Hey Ross thanks for all the info you provide. I see you have many potted fig trees where do you take them to for your winter storage. I live in Somerset County NJ so I figure we have the same winter conditions.
www.figboss.com/post/fig-tree-winter-storage
No problem!
Thoughts on hay for the roots? Too wet creating rot/mold?
thought's on pruning 1 year old figs in containers before moving to garage storage?..i have a 1year smith that just popped all kinds of new shoots on main trunk..same with a RDB on 2 trunks..
Container Chicago hardy in my garage.
i'm in zone 6a, and i have 6 new container figs (2' high), any experienced grower have an opinion?
my 3 options for overwintering them:
1) basement - it's not heated, but, it's below the house, i'm not sure if it'll stay below 50 when the house is heated to 68, i just moved here, no idea.
2) 12x20 shed, plenty of room, it heats up good during the day, will it keep the container figs from dying?
3) i have a pop up greenhouse on the south side of the shed, don't know if it'll stay warm enough at night
low for the year should be somewhere between 0F and 20F
from what i gather, 20F and below is when figs start dying, right?
Check this out, Michael: www.figboss.com/post/winterizing-container-fig-trees-where-to-store-them-how-to-avoid-season-ending-setbacks
Hi Ross, I put my figs in the garage, do I have to winterize my peach,plum, apple,pear &cherry trees that are planted in ground?
I'm in Zone 8 and I grow my trees in ground they are great😊
Do you need to water the tree in winter?
Container trees may need 2-6 ounces once or twice before waking. Definitely do not overwater them when they're dormant. You'll easily kill them that way.
@@RossRaddi Thank you Ross! I’ll be sure to give them a dose and let them be.