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[Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith@gmail.com>]

I wonder if it's a moisture issue? I was told to wrap beehives in tyvek to avoid freezing condensation which can kill the hive. When I uncovered my tarped woodpile this morning, the underside was coated in ice.

-Sherlock
VT -7 this morning.

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

Why do you think they die if covered? I covered just the top to keep the wood shavings dry, for better insulating value.

Lee Reich, PhD

http://www.leereich.com/

http://leereich.com/blog.html.

Books by Lee Reich:

A Northeast Gardener's Year

The Pruning Book

Weedless Gardening

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Landscaping with Fruit

On Dec 9, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Alan Haigh wrote:

I grow both Chicago Hardy and LSU purple which was a fig released out of an LSU breeding program and was purposely chosen to do what people here are saying CH does.  I'm in z.6 southeastern NY and my experience echos Lee's as far as these varieties not ripening up figs on one year wood from roots.  In short seasons a good portion of the crop never ripens even on older wood.  Last few didn't waste any though.

I pop mine out of the ground in Nov and stick them in my well house but I used to put a fence around them and fill that up with leaves.  If I would cover the leaves with a tarp they'd die but if I just used leaves they'd survive.  This was with temps down to around -10 F.

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