Using Fall Leaves to Insulate Fig Trees for Winter | Simple DIY Plant Protection

[@baneverything5580]

I put a plastic barrel over my Brown Turkey fig tree last winter when an Arctic blast hit Louisiana. I wrapped the barrel with a thermal blanket, regular blanket, then a large black garbage bag and piled up thick pine straw around it. It`s too large to protect this year unless I use tarps with lights under them. I`m thinking about heating water in 5 gallon buckets with a 600w immersion water heater and putting those under trees covered with tarps to try to save the tips of the branches so I can have breba figs. My Brown Turkey trees here in Louisiana just started producing baby figs again a few days ago after heavy rains. They refuse to go dormant and they break dormancy before the last frosts each year. A cutting from this crazy tree grew into a 9 ft diameter bush in one season. It`s still growing right now.

[@markstipulkoski1389]

I just came across your channel. I find that sometimes the content on various channels is not applicable for the climate zone that I plan on living when I move out of Florida. Can you tell me your approximate location. I plan on moving to Southern Appalachia, DOE climate zone 4, mixed humid. Thanks.

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@@markstipulkoski1389 Oswego New York zone 5A