What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’m in zone 5A and I bought a Brown Turkey Fig tree 3 years ago. It’s in a pot on wheels that I roll into the garage in the winter. Figs did start growing on it last year but it succumbed to the drought and high temps. @Sueby has one of these as well but has had better luck with getting fruit.

 

[Ascholten]

I have a fig tree. The frost won't hurt it. yes in the very hot months they can stunt back, the leaves brown but later in the year it can give you two crops a year before the frost takes it dormant. They kind of like a lot of water but don't water them a lot right before harvesting because the figs can swell and split if you do.
Yes yes I know, a big rain is not controllable
Aaron

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm considering putting my (nearly defoliated) Meyer Lemon tree back outside. Here's our weather outlook for the next week...

What say you? Would you risk it? I really feel like the tree will recover once it is back outside.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Don’t do it. Citrus trees like warm. Although your temps are supposed to be above freezing, citrus are tropical plants.

 

[Sueby]

@Acre4Me - I googled it & a couple sites said they have very large root growth & should be planted 20 feet from a house. Also read they can destroy sidewalks, driveways & other plants in their way.

I've only grown them in pots as they may survive a couple winters here, but they wouldn't survive them all so I've not ever seen their root growth outside.

@TJAnonymous - my grapefruit spends the winter in the sunroom & that gets down to 32 regularly & it does just fine. The biggest shock for it is direct sunlight outside, I've burned the leaves on it a few times just throwing it back outside because once it's out it ain't coming back in! If I expect a frost for a night I just cover it. It's over 35 years old & still kickin no matter how badly I treat it, lol.

 

[Acre4Me]

@Acre4Me - I googled it & a couple sites said they have very large root growth & should be planted 20 feet from a house. Also read they can destroy sidewalks, driveways & other plants in their way.

I've only grown them in pots as they may survive a couple winters here, but they wouldn't survive them all so I've not ever seen their root growth outside.

@TJAnonymous - my grapefruit spends the winter in the sunroom & that gets down to 32 regularly & it does just fine. The biggest shock for it is direct sunlight outside, I've burned the leaves on it a few times just throwing it back outside because once it's out it ain't coming back in! If I expect a frost for a night I just cover it. It's over 35 years old & still kickin no matter how badly I treat it, lol.

Thanks! Yes, that my fear- there isn’t any plant worth causing problems so I’ll likely remove it this year.

 

[Hermits Garden]

Well, it's official. The heirloom iris are out of their pots and in the ground. I was verrrrry careful and did the work mindfully, and didn't hurt myself. (Still pisses me off that I have to be so careful. I'm not THAT old.
But I gave up so many when we moved from Prescott Valley to here--I had well over sixty varieties of iris there, between the modern and the heirloom. I just kept fretting over the ten that I brought with me...had to get them in the ground and out of the freeze. I think they'll make it find, though. (Old photo of iris beds.)

 

[BReeder!]

I have a fig tree. The frost won't hurt it. yes in the very hot months they can stunt back, the leaves brown but later in the year it can give you two crops a year before the frost takes it dormant. They kind of like a lot of water but don't water them a lot right before harvesting because the figs can swell and split if you do.
Yes yes I know, a big rain is not controllable
Aaron

I'm not worried about a frost... I'm worried about months of winter with several feet of snow temps that drop below 0 for a week at a time with wind chills to -20 or worse.

 

[Ascholten]

I hear fig ice cream is pretty good
I have a turkish fig and it produces figs but always looks sickly, it might have a blight or something but ive put all sorts of goops and glops on it and it never seems to get better yet does not seem to really be in any distress either. I just eventually chalked it up to the heat after a while.

Aaron

 

[BReeder!]

I'm considering putting my (nearly defoliated) Meyer Lemon tree back outside. Here's our weather outlook for the next week...

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What say you? Would you risk it? I really feel like the tree will recover once it is back outside.

Maybe it during the day for a few hours in the early afternoon when temps are high. Act like you are gardening it if to acclimate it to the outdoors and avoid the cold night temps you still have in the process.