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| Smith Fig in Container. Year #2. |
Smith fig in container was growing so I took it outside. It spent the winter in the garage. It's been outside a few weeks. Looking good. I think I'll keep it in container. Long term plan: Make a moveable container with removable sides, so I can maintain and move the trees when I am less able.
Smith fig in ground. Looks dead. That hard freeze did it in.
Champagne and LSU Tiger in ground are growing from the lower part of the trunk. Champagne and LSU Tiger that were stored in shed are growing nicely, although not as fast as Smith.
Carini in ground looks dead. I'll leave it in place a while to see if it sprouts from ground. Same for Atreano. The new Carini starts and Dominic look good, although the hail storm saturday tore holes in the leaves. Plan this time is keep one of each in container, plus one of each to plant in ground next Spring so they have a full season to adapt to the local conditions as a more mature plant. Vancouver Brunswick is growing nicely. No freeze damage, and it was one of the most exposed. Battleground is a bit colder than Vancouver, so I would expect more freezez damage to the Battleground fig trees.
At home in Vancouver, Petite negri had almost no frost damage. Hardy Chicago had a number of dead branches. Both are growing and have brebas. Lattarula and King had no frost damage, but they are close to the house, on the south side, so may not have had full brunt of the killer freeze.
So there's a good chance for figs from all of the mature fig trees, and some chance for a few from the younger trees.
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