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A year 2 update on my ‘Chicago Hardy’ fig tree. Winter this past year was the coldest and hardest in several decades. Temperatures dropped to -18 to -21 for many mornings in the winter of 2013-2014. The plant still survived! The existing trunk died back but the crown of the plant survived and many new shoots emerged. The plant has grown much more foliage than the first year.
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It's ok Jb Pritzker will make another pathetic decision on this.
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One case, and they are expected to close things down?
You should try planting it in the backyard and cover it with a large/jumbo plastic trash can over the winter to protect it from dieback. Take a cutting and root it and plant it in the backyard.
Did you cut the original stock before the winter started?
How often do you water and when do you water it's been 3 yrs an my do not want to grow past 8inches and still no fruit.
I just planted one last week. Are they worth it or is it squirrel food?
What zone are you in? I am hoping that something like this will make it in zone 6.
It has been two years since you have updated. I'm very curious to see if your Chicago Fig survived and/ or thrived. My CFs are in their second year now. The figs are quite small. Do they get bigger as the tree ages?
If you didn't cover it this cold low snow winter, and it survives, you really should consider making clones from this particular plant.
I'm hoping mine makes it. The dog removed all of the mulch I tucked it in with right before that cold spell without snow cover.
I've grown lots of figs over the last 15 years, down here in east TN. Mostly Brown Turkey and Celeste. I now have a couple of unknowns that I dug up from friends when I left my farm. I planted them here on the rental I am in.
Without fail, each winter killed off the above ground foliage and most of the branches, down to about 2 feet in height. I have covered them thickly and faithfully in a variety of methods. A few years, when we had milder winters, (I'm in zone 7a) I got figs. Most years we did not.
Figs bear twice a year – a spring crop and a fall crop.
Figs bear for the spring on last years branches. If they die back, you will not get a spring crop. They will, however produce a fall crop as well. The problem is that the development of the fruit takes longer than the growing season usually gives us here.
Every year, my hope was to save as much branch growth as possible so I could have a spring-summer crop, as the fall crops are out of the question. But most years that did not happen.
In any case, the scent of the leaves is like nothing else and I loved to walk amongst the trees (multi-stemmed bushes, in my case) and inhale the fragrance. Once in a while I would get a fig or two off my 6 trees and I was so excited. There is something about a ripe fig right off the tree……
I am hoping I might have a Chicago fig in the 2 that I have now. However, each of them died back to the ground last year. I am going to try a new covering method (again) and hope for figs in 2016.
Yeah I'm curious as well how it is doing? I am debating getting one of these in zone 4b
How is it doing now?
Please post some updates
Thank you for the video. I think it might be worth taking a chance on it in southern Michigan.
I would be curious to know how many figs you get with this second year.
Hey thank you for the update. How many figs did you end up getting this year?
Did you get to eat any figs from this tree this year?
The tree is looking strong and healthy. Hope you enjoy your figs this year. I bet they will be super sweet.