Buds Swelling

[Padsfan]

I'm nearing bud break on several figs here in San Diego and I'm getting excited!

What are your trees looking like at your location?

[Fygmalion]

I can't tell with the snow covering the in grounds...

[Rusty]

Uhm, swollen, busted out and showing here in Chicago.

[cjccmc]

Little bb sized green buds emerging in many places. I'm going to do my grafting this weekend before sap flow gets heavy. Although I did have to scrape ice (frost) off my windshield early this morning.

[fitzski]

Buds starting to swell in my GH. Ingrounds are still sleeping ...

[Chrisk]

Signs of life here in North GA also. Not much of a winter for us this year so I consider myself very lucky.
in ground :
folly beach ukn black (most likely a type of Celeste) lead the way about a week ago ,now with quarter sized leaves and a bunch of fig embryos that will eventually fall off.
Lsu purple a close second (three of them all in tune )
local Celeste variety (6, starting to break now)
hatdy Chicago. ..fully dormant!!
I think that is what makes the H C such a cold hardy variety, better suited for the Northern growing zones. It consistently buds out last and has that ability to distinguish between a pseudo spring and the real deal . It stays dormant until all frost possibilities have past year after year ..
the rest of them get to excited after a few warm days and if (knock on wood) a late frost hits they pay the price!!
fig intelligence? Maybe or just an adduptation.

[WillsC]

On the inground trees some are still peacefully sleeping and some are leafing out, one has already grown 12".....go figure

[lilfiggy]

2 hours east of Wills Dukes mixture. Some completely leafed out some with leaves breaking some with green budded tips most in pots or sips a few in ground