[NAFEX] wrapping fig
S & E Hills
ehills7408 at wowway.com
Wed Dec 8 19:04:42 EST 2010
I've tried lots of things and with the exception of clear plastic and pipe
insulation most of them worked fairly well. Usually I collect leaf-waste
bags (filled of course) from my neighbors and just pack them around the
plant. After I burlap anything sticking above the bags and then put a cheap
tarp over the top.
I've done the straw bales as well and they're heavy, bulky and my dog likes
shredding them too much.
The bubble insulation Scott Smith mentioned works well too (I build a frame
and surrounded it with the bubble insulation, but its too hard to install
around my fig
Scott Hills
Zone 6b Michigan
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Michele Stanton
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:15 AM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: [NAFEX] wrapping fig
Hi Scott,
How are you wrapping your fig?
I have a Chicago Hardy fig which I planted out this summer-it's getting too
big to keeping lugging back and forth. An arboretum about 30 minutes south
of me has figs on the south side of a building that are protected by straw
bales, which works, but I would love to try something less bulky to protect
it with.
Michele in SW Ohio zone 6a
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of S & E Hills
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:12 AM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Zone Range Limit (6/7): Date-Palm, Pomegranate,
Strawberry-Tree, Fuzzy Kiwi, Kaki, OTHERS?
I'm in zone 6b (michigan) and of the fruits on your list, I have:
#2 just added this year, 2 suppsedly hardy cultivars set into the ground at
the south facing foundation of my house. We'll see how hardy they prove
after the winter.
I have a #5 (Japanese Kaki) variety Ichi Ke Kei Jiro in my front yard, the
tree is 4 years old. It is planted about 20 feet from the same south facing
foundation. It makes it through winters for me with minimal die back, but
it has suffered 2 injuries due to people breaking off brances (this is my
front yard) and while it has flowered once (just a single flower) it has not
yet produced a fruit for me.
#8 I have a locally found, unidentified, fig variety which survived here
(in Michigan) without protection for years before my having planted it in my
yard. It is in the back yard, not facing a foundation and while in previous
years I have wrapped it (some years better than others) it gets little
dieback and fruits for me each year. (in 09 the fruits didn't ripen due to
the colder than usual summer and fall, though).
I have also overwintered passionflowers (Cerulea, incarnata), Eucomis
(pineapple lilly) and cala lilies in the area of the same south facing
foundation in the front yard.
Scott Hills
Fortunately located in a nice microclimate area of Southeast Michigan
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven Covacci
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:09 AM
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Zone Range Limit (6/7): Date-Palm, Pomegranate,
Strawberry-Tree, Fuzzy Kiwi, Kaki, OTHERS?
This thread concerns Zones 6a through 7a...
Zone Range Limit: Date-Palm, Pomegranate, Strawberry-Tree, Fuzzy-Kiwi,
Japanese Persimmon, & other??? semi-hardy subtropics (Zones 6a through 7a)
WITHOUT (much) winter protection, how far have you been able to push the
USDA zone range limit for the following fruit types?
Please be sure to sub-divide zone ranges into A & B, actual lowest minimum
temperatures the tree/shrub was exposed to, die-back to roots vs winter
injury,
1. Date-Palm (Phoenix spp.)
2. Pomegranate (Punica granatum): hardy cultivars
3. Strawberry-Tree (Arbutus unedo)
4. Kiwi [non-hardy: fuzzy-kiwi; Chinese gooseberry) (Achtinidia deliciosa)
5. Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki): hardy cultivars
6. Princess persimmon [diamond-leaf persimmon] (Diospyros rhombifolia)
7. Afghanistan fig (Ficas afganistanica)
8. Edible fig (Ficas carica): hardy cultivars without protection
9. Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis)
10. ANY OTHER alleged (with inconsistent hardiness data) semi-hardies
(Myrtus/Ugni molinae, Feijoa sellowaniana, others?)
Thanks,
Steve Covacci
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