Reply To: New Chicago Fig Tree

  • Bluesky63

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    October 8, 2022 at 12:28 am

    I have 2 Chicago Hardy figs and 3 Improved Celeste figs growing in the ground. They were all started indoors and planted outdoors the following spring. I live in central Missouri Zone 6A; Don’t know of anyone else with figs. About December 1, I prune trees and put a plywood box over each tree with 1 inch of rigid insulation. About 1/2 of the branches will die to the ground each winter but the tree grows in the spring. They have lived through 3 winters and producing figs through August and September.