On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 08:57:21 -0800 (PST), Davej
wrote:

On Dec 30 2011, 7:43*pm, Davej wrote:


Well, I would like to understand how this scheme works. Obviously
wrapping or burying the tree isn't going to keep it from freezing, so
then what does it do? Keep it moist? Keep it dry? Or what? I don't
have any hope of a tree at this point so what would an expert do with
this fig bush? Thanks.

As an update -- elsewhere on the web I have read that fig plants
prefer to be kept dry during the Winter, so I am going to construct a
plastic coldframe and try to keep them dry.

Here in northern NJ, I have my figs growing in tubs and overwinter
them in an unheated garage. They thrive, but it took me a while to
find the right method.

All my figs are in tubs. I had lost a few of them over the years, even
with wrapping the trunks or insulating with burlap and layers of
leaves or even wrapping the tubs.

Boron