Fruits and Nuts: question about fig trees, 1 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
The photo in my first post is the Celeste that froze to the ground in 2008/2009 and then last Fall (2009) I made it into a tree - and now it has many figs.

I think I would try to really protect the tree that 's planted beside your house. Maybe make a frame from cheap lumber that can lean against the house, and staple some heavy plastic on it and trap the house heat. You can also run a single 100 w light bulb on an extension cord inside the frame on cold nights starting late in the Winter or maybe March 1st. (a guess). You really need to have the tree start greening in late March, I THINK, and then protect the new growth so you don't lose the little figs.

I got to eat 3 figs from a potted tree that I grew all Winter inside in a South facing window. Here is a pic. of the figs. I didn't put the pot on the deck until I about May 1st I think. The figs were ripe about June 10 -June 20. (delicious).