Any Fig Fanatics?

[Shawn T. W.]

The frost definitely got to it ... I was watering today, and it looks pretty pathetic today!

Still 7-8 green figs on it ...

What's the best way to over winter it?
This is the "Chicago" variety ...

I live in 6B hardiness zone ... Trim it back to 6"-8" like a rise bush, and mound dirt around it? Or mulch ?

 

[Alan W.]

The frost definitely got to it ... I was watering today, and it looks pretty pathetic today!

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Still 7-8 green figs on it ...

What's the best way to over winter it?
This is the "Chicago" variety ...

I live in 6B hardiness zone ... Trim it back to 6"-8" like a rise bush, and mound dirt around it? Or mulch ?

Here in KY I just leave them alone. Depending on the severity of winter they will either come back out from the stems or die back to the ground and send up new shoots. If you pinch the tops of the shoot off about a month before frost it will cause the plant to focus on the figs.

 

[kenmbz]

I have mine up against the house almost to block the wind a bit.
I leave them as is (I am 6b too) and sometimes they die back in a severe winter.
I trim when they are dormant, not sure if that is correct but seems to work for mine.
I had it die back during one really bad winter, though I lost it, but a month after normally it would have leaves, the base started to show green, it's now at least 8 feet tall, after last winters pruning.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

If you are a tea drinker, grab the leaves and let them dry out. Crunch them up and they make a pretty good tea.

I don't do anything to ours other than prune and fertilize em.