Fruits and Nuts: A fig question , 1 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
Teri - What a tale! I have never heard of newly planted small trees being blown away. I guess it's likely, since such high winds would only break established trees which are anchored in the ground. I really admire your persistence!

Maybe you should cover yourself by planting several in pots so you could drag them to shelter if needed. I always put a new type fig into a pot since I know its going to be cold here. I can take them into my garage if a really hard freeze is forecast. Of course you had such strange weather you couldn't have planned anyhow.

It seems that after I get some hardened wood which withstood even one Winter, I don't get a freeze back to the ground. Of course, it depends on a reasonable Fall and early Winter making them go dormant. I have always (so far) had them comeback even when frozen to the ground.

Paul