5 gallon buckets filled with warm water inside a garbage bag and tarps on nights below 17 degrees. Trim the trees if you have to. Celeste is the most cold hardy if lignified.
How's it going Lee, that's my middle name. I reside in Texas zone 9A, the past 2 winters we have gotten down to 15 degrees for a couple of days. I currently have a little over a hundred varieties of figs and somewhere around 150 total in pots. What I typically do for winter protection is place them all together, covering them first with moving quilts then placing a large tar over the top, leaving about six to eight inches of opening around the bottom on the side opposite of the north or the south side. This has worked for me the last 2 years without any damage or loss. Good luck with your trees this winter. I also go by the name Gitfiggywithit65 in the community.!
thank you SO MUCH for sharing this info with us! i think i made a big mistake by not keeping the bottom open for airflow. i'm glad to hear you found something that works for you. i'll keep your tips in mind for next year!
Very useful info, Im Tela, I live in middle Georgia, and I was retiring and reached out to The Millennium Gardner for tips on starting growing figs.. He is so amazing, and has so much knowledge, and it's freely given.. first I found it strange that his state was north of mine, and we were both in Zone 8a... Now I think it's TOTALLY bizarre that you are both in the same state and he's been classified as 8b... Meanwhile you have to wrap trees in the same state!!! Its mind boggling?? Climate change is real, growing up, the weather was never this unpredictable..
Hi Tela! Yeah, he lives near the coast where it's much warmer and lower elevation. I'm up in the mountains. States can be pretty diverse when it comes to USDA zones. But yeah, with climate change happening it doesn't really make sense to classify things in such a way. Best of luck with your figs down there in Georgia!
@@govindasgarden Thanks buddy, just starting out, I'm taking the Ross's advice and growing varieties that I'm sure does well in my area., because I'd be so discouraged, as many new growers do when they fail... But you have a lot of guts, growing all these varieties that are such late producers... I'll be watching your success too..
10 to 20 watts of LED lights under a double tarping or a 100w heat lamp under a single tarp if it gets down to single digits. Monitor temp under tarp with a wireless weather station thermometer. Just IDEAS I use. I`ve put plastic barrels over my young trees and wrapped them in blankets to save trees. I use the cheapest solar power stations from the online place named after the Amazon Rain Forest to run warming lights. My fruit trees are very important because I depend on them for food so I take drastic measures and stay awake and monitor the situation when an Arctic blast comes.
@@govindasgarden zone 7a southern ILL thanks for watching it works outside or in the greenhouse either way works great.. ill be showing some in gorund ill be uncovering this weekend soon that i had outside this
Thanks for the quote helpful video!!
Good video with some good lessons learned and shared. Thanks, I enjoyed it.
5 gallon buckets filled with warm water inside a garbage bag and tarps on nights below 17 degrees. Trim the trees if you have to. Celeste is the most cold hardy if lignified.
How's it going Lee, that's my middle name. I reside in Texas zone 9A, the past 2 winters we have gotten down to 15 degrees for a couple of days. I currently have a little over a hundred varieties of figs and somewhere around 150 total in pots. What I typically do for winter protection is place them all together, covering them first with moving quilts then placing a large tar over the top, leaving about six to eight inches of opening around the bottom on the side opposite of the north or the south side. This has worked for me the last 2 years without any damage or loss. Good luck with your trees this winter. I also go by the name Gitfiggywithit65 in the community.!
thank you SO MUCH for sharing this info with us! i think i made a big mistake by not keeping the bottom open for airflow. i'm glad to hear you found something that works for you. i'll keep your tips in mind for next year!
Thank of sharing.
Very useful info, Im Tela, I live in middle Georgia, and I was retiring and reached out to The Millennium Gardner for tips on starting growing figs.. He is so amazing, and has so much knowledge, and it's freely given.. first I found it strange that his state was north of mine, and we were both in Zone 8a... Now I think it's TOTALLY bizarre that you are both in the same state and he's been classified as 8b... Meanwhile you have to wrap trees in the same state!!! Its mind boggling?? Climate change is real, growing up, the weather was never this unpredictable..
Hi Tela! Yeah, he lives near the coast where it's much warmer and lower elevation. I'm up in the mountains. States can be pretty diverse when it comes to USDA zones. But yeah, with climate change happening it doesn't really make sense to classify things in such a way. Best of luck with your figs down there in Georgia!
@@govindasgarden Thanks buddy, just starting out, I'm taking the Ross's advice and growing varieties that I'm sure does well in my area., because I'd be so discouraged, as many new growers do when they fail... But you have a lot of guts, growing all these varieties that are such late producers... I'll be watching your success too..
10 to 20 watts of LED lights under a double tarping or a 100w heat lamp under a single tarp if it gets down to single digits. Monitor temp under tarp with a wireless weather station thermometer. Just IDEAS I use. I`ve put plastic barrels over my young trees and wrapped them in blankets to save trees. I use the cheapest solar power stations from the online place named after the Amazon Rain Forest to run warming lights. My fruit trees are very important because I depend on them for food so I take drastic measures and stay awake and monitor the situation when an Arctic blast comes.
2 inch Styrofoam boxes work great to protect fig trees.. come see the ones i been using .. there a total game changer...
I just watched your video and subscribed to your channel. Your setup is awesome. I never considered styrofoam... Interesting. Where are you located?
@@govindasgarden zone 7a southern ILL thanks for watching it works outside or in the greenhouse either way works great.. ill be showing some in gorund ill be uncovering this weekend soon that i had outside this
Where did you buy them?
@@mustafaaljammal4794 i made them from 4x8 sheets of 2 inch Styrofoam from Menards