This Hardy Chicago fig bush was purchased in a grocery store parking lot in Chicago last June, as a one gallon plant, maybe a foot tall, bad shape, the last one, the one no one wanted.
Put it in ground there in Chicago. Then last Thanksgiving about half a dozen unopened bags of mulch were placed on top of it, plastic right on the bark, rush job.
By this spring, 4 trunks about 8 inches long had survived the harsh Chicago winter, plus another trunk about 4 inches long. Plastic did a number on the bark, roughed it up, but the surviving trunks pushed new growth: as of last week 9 trunks ranging from about 2 feet to 3.5 feet tall, quite a few figlets coming on, even before pinching.
Put it in ground there in Chicago. Then last Thanksgiving about half a dozen unopened bags of mulch were placed on top of it, plastic right on the bark, rush job.
By this spring, 4 trunks about 8 inches long had survived the harsh Chicago winter, plus another trunk about 4 inches long. Plastic did a number on the bark, roughed it up, but the surviving trunks pushed new growth: as of last week 9 trunks ranging from about 2 feet to 3.5 feet tall, quite a few figlets coming on, even before pinching.
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