When do i uncover my fig tree

I know it's early and we're still going to get some very cold days here in Northern New Jersey but I'm concerned about it getting too warm when spring arrives under all the bags of leaves covering it. Today we were in the low 60's. When do you Jerzey guys start uncovering your fig trees? If you uncover or take out the tree while it is still dormant, it is protected from cold snaps and will come out of dormancy "naturally" at its own pace.

If you wait until it is out of dormancy, you have to protect it from freezing temperatures. For years, I kept my figs in the garage until they broke dormancy, and then pulled them out in the morning, and in at night.

I felt that I was "giving them a head start". After a few years, I realized that I wasn't getting figs any faster the cool night temperatures in the garage saw to that and just put them outside when the weather seemed likely to stay above 20 degrees. Being in New England, I did watch for any really big temperature fluctuations, and was prepared to protect them. If they are dormant, figs only need to be protected from extreme cold - not freezing temperatures.

Thanks tapla. That is good info for me to use. Now I do not have to look at the tall maple trees to see new buds growth. I have two weeping mulbury plants in the front yard and at eyes level.

This year I can bring my two fig plants out on time and later get some ripe figs instead of just one that we had last year that I had to share with my wife. POLL: Backyard add-on. POLL: What are you planning to grow this summer? What shall I do with my fiddle leaf fig tree? Labour day! Labour day is on the first Monday of September each year. That is when the figs ripen or at least some varieties and ready for eating.

Yum Yum A local grower used to wait until May. When he unwrqapped his figs that late there was some dead wood and etiolated foliage from growing in the dark. I long since abandoned wrapping my figs, and found that they tended to do better than people who protected their plants. I would NOT wait until late May, for sure! Hi Fignut:There are allwayes different opinion about every Subjiect.

It will be nice if people only give there opinion based solely on what they learned from their own experience. It will be a lot simpler for all of us. I absolutelly had the same exact experience with my trees as you had with yours. Because of it this year i was allready taking off some of the blankets,on some trees that had too much protection. But i left at least one on each tree because they still need protection,but not as thick as in January.

I did it because i noticed the trees are swetting too much,and stay wett too long. So in fact we need to give more care ,than just wrapping and unwrapping,in order to have the trees alive and well in Spring. Best Regards to all. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren.

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Filtered by:. Previous template Next. I just had a stroke 2 feb, thus the briefness and no punctuation. It is extremely hard to form full sentences and spell. Tags: None. In your zone 5 you should wait until at least April, and even then a cold snap can kill branch ends and any new growth. I am extremely good at killing cuttings by overwatering. Comment Post Cancel. Figs that are still dormant generally won't be harmed by temps down to 20 F.

Many varieties tolerate much worse. So if you know your own growing area well, just pick a date when it is very unlikely that future dates will see temps below 20 F. In Z5 it would probably be later. I think it's a mistake to wait too long, however. Depending on the type of coverage you provide, spring warming could bring mold or rodents. You also don't want the tree to leaf out under cover. I will uncover mine when night temperature stays around 40F.

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