Removing winter protection in SE PA

[GBIII]

This is my first winter with in ground figs and was wondering when people in this area start removing the winter protection from their fig trees?

[Rewton]

Short answer: it depends on the year. It will be later this year. I'm in zone 7a. I'm thinking it will be around mid-March but I will keep eyeing the 10 forecast and adjust accordingly.

[drphil69]

I'm not much help... but my 2 cents says not yet! I think you want the lows no lower than 25F, and that might be too low.

[Hershell]

I'm not there but in my experience with starting early, the rest normaly catch up and are not jeperdised by haste. I would wait and be safe. When the ground warms they will start growing.

[twovkay]

I'm in the same boat as you are George. It's my first year with one fig inground and itching for spring to happen. But I have 1 1/2 feet of snow around the base of my tarp, so until the snow melts, the tree remains covered.

[GBIII]

Thanks everyone. I'm just itching to see if they made it through this freak of a February. Hopefully the last two years are not the new "Norm" for this area.

[lifigs]

I am on Long Island (7a) and around here people typically start uncovering mid-March. But we just had the coldest February on record and more snow coming today so how knows when I will be uncovering. I am also curious as to what I am going to find underneath the wrapping.