Posted: 11/29/2009 1:11:24 PM EDT
| I have a young fig tree that I've nurtured over the summer. Its in a pot still. What do I need to do to protect through winter? |
| I've seen all kinds of treatments from bringing them inside a heated garage to covering them with straw. I think a neat thing to do would be to espalier the tree against a warm wall of your house. Not sure what zone you are in, Here in 7b, most figs eventually make it, though late freezes keep knocking them back early in life. |
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The inlaws prune theirs over Thanksgiving, then stack straw bales all around it. It gets baled earlier if there's a cold snap on the way.
if it's still in a pot you can just bring it inside. I suggest a frost-free, but unheated (or not raging-hot heated) area, like maybe a garage. |