On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:28:10 -0800 (PST), Davej
wrote:

I have a patch of figs but I am never able to harvest more than a few
before the first frost hits. I am wondering what I could do that would
extend the growing season by about a month or two. I have heard of fig
trees but I have what looks like bushes. Every Spring it starts over.
I have heard stories from old-timers who claim their fathers would
slowly bend their fig tree over in the Fall and bury it with excellent
results. I am considering building a cold frame to get the roots
warmed up sooner this Spring. Any experts out there? Thanks.

Dave in STL

A friend in upstate NY [in a cold zone 5] had a 15'[?] fig tree that
he 'bent over and buried' every fall. He got a bushel or 2 of figs
every year.

He got sick and had to make some choices so last time I saw his garden
he had 3 4' fig trees in maybe 20 gallon planters. They were 3
years old and should produce at 4-5. He moved them into an unheated
attached garage for the winter. I don't know how that worked out.

Was it this group that someone posted the link to photos of the
Brooklyn fig tree?
http://www.i-italy.org/4533/backyard-figs-brooklyn

Jim