Fig grower?

lexxluthor · June 8, 2018

Do most of you buy the plants or the cutting? I purchased a couple of cuttings that were rooted in 1 gallon pots and were about a !.5 feet tall . In NY we have a rather short season so do you bring them in or lay them on their side and bury them with leaves during the winter?

Thanks,
lexx

PhilaGardener · June 8, 2018

If you have an unheated basement that would be ideal! I have a few that are in the ground outside Philly but last winter killed them back to the base. Second choice would be an unheated garage or shed - some folks use a string of x-mas lights to generate a bit of extra warmth.

Are you in the City? The climate is more moderate there. Upstate - forget outside!

lexxluthor · June 8, 2018

Syracuse and pretty brutal winter this year.

ako1974 · June 11, 2018

I bring them in in zone 6. I could leave some particularly cold hard ones out and wrap, but I haven't done it yet.

NewWestGardener · June 11, 2018

Expert right in your neighborhood on the subject:

https://awaytogarden.com/how-to-grow...ith-lee-reich/

lexxluthor · June 12, 2018

That's pretty cool and thanks for the article.

fonseca · June 13, 2018

I bought half a dozen tissue culture fig plants in 2016, and I will finally be getting some figs off them in their third year.

Meanwhile, unrooted cuttings acquired at the same time not only grew much faster, but fruited in their second year.

Tissue culture should be disease-free, unlike cuttings where you don't know for sure, but I'd rather not wait an extra year for fruit.

June 8, 2018	#1
lexxluthor Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: New York Posts: 156	Fig grower? Do most of you buy the plants or the cutting? I purchased a couple of cuttings that were rooted in 1 gallon pots and were about a !.5 feet tall . In NY we have a rather short season so do you bring them in or lay them on their side and bury them with leaves during the winter? Thanks, lexx

June 11, 2018	#4
ako1974 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: New Jersey Posts: 109	I bring them in in zone 6. I could leave some particularly cold hard ones out and wrap, but I haven't done it yet. __________________ Arne Zone 6A, Northern NJ

June 8, 2018	#2
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	If you have an unheated basement that would be ideal! I have a few that are in the ground outside Philly but last winter killed them back to the base. Second choice would be an unheated garage or shed - some folks use a string of x-mas lights to generate a bit of extra warmth. Are you in the City? The climate is more moderate there. Upstate - forget outside!

June 11, 2018	#5
NewWestGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 564	Expert right in your neighborhood on the subject: https://awaytogarden.com/how-to-grow...ith-lee-reich/

June 12, 2018	#6
lexxluthor Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: New York Posts: 156	That's pretty cool and thanks for the article.

June 13, 2018	#7
fonseca Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 205	I bought half a dozen tissue culture fig plants in 2016, and I will finally be getting some figs off them in their third year. Meanwhile, unrooted cuttings acquired at the same time not only grew much faster, but fruited in their second year. Tissue culture should be disease-free, unlike cuttings where you don't know for sure, but I'd rather not wait an extra year for fruit.