This was a relatively good year for growing fig trees in the NE.
I'm in the process of replacing cultivars after severe winter losses of stored fig trees over the past 2 winters so the good weather was welcomed. Spring started off warmer than usual, lots of rain in late spring and early summer with a mostly dry warm mid to late summer. My potted fig trees were very productive when given proper irrigation with the in-ground buried pots and SIPs (Sub Irrigated Planters) outperforming the standard containers. All the trees are ripening good figs although the overnight temperatures are currently dipping down into the 40's. The cultivars that ripen good tasting figs in cooler weather, Champagne, Hardy Chicago and Violette de Bordeaux are now ripening bumper crops.
I'm in the process of replacing cultivars after severe winter losses of stored fig trees over the past 2 winters so the good weather was welcomed. Spring started off warmer than usual, lots of rain in late spring and early summer with a mostly dry warm mid to late summer. My potted fig trees were very productive when given proper irrigation with the in-ground buried pots and SIPs (Sub Irrigated Planters) outperforming the standard containers. All the trees are ripening good figs although the overnight temperatures are currently dipping down into the 40's. The cultivars that ripen good tasting figs in cooler weather, Champagne, Hardy Chicago and Violette de Bordeaux are now ripening bumper crops.
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