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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

How do you store your fig trees over the winter?  I'm on the 
Illinois-Wisconsin border in Zone 4b and planted my first fig in a large 
container last spring.  My garage isn't heated, but plants placed against 
the house walls in the garage survive.  I thought I could overwinter the fig 
there.  I also put some large containers of ornamentals in the basement for 
the winter.  It never goes below 40F there, though, so chilling doesn't 
occur.  I'm interested in your techniques.
Doreen Howard