RE: Re: was time question/now figs

I have a fig tree started from a seedling from Spartenburg, S.C., where the 
parent tree was quite large and a heavy producer.  For the past two years, 
I have had an abundance of figs.  We have had very mild winters.  This 
winter may be the first real test to determine if it can survive here.

Bonnie 6+ ETN



At 05:38 PM 1/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
>they like it cool enough to go completely dormant. that does not, 
>necessarily, mean a cold period. they are most at home in the us&a in the 
>central valley of california, although they thrive in lots of other 
>locations. check out the low temps-durations of chowchilla, california 
>[city made more famous by a buried school bus than by its fig trees], and 
>you've probably got an ideal low. at the same time, i've seen them produce 
>fruit in washington, dc, which is hardly a "sunbelt" neighborhood.
>
>remember, figs are flowers and they are produced along wood [no stems] 
>that is at least a year old.
>
>and the other shoe--they are victimized by nematodes.
>
>so after all that blather, chris, your pyrenees mountain cultivar will 
>likely do well on the sound.
>
>
>At 07:30 PM 1/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>Do figs like to have a cold period?   I am now the proud owner of a fig
>>tree and I was worried about our frigid weather.  This tree's ancestor
>>was collected in the Pyrenees Mountain area.  I hope I'll get fruit next
>>summer.
>>
>>Chris
>>Long Island, NY
>>Zone 7
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>Behalf Of Island Jim
>>Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:47 PM
>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: tropical temps/was time question
>>
>>looks like the citrus industry is going to get zinged again, melody. at
>>least that's what the weatherreaders are saying on tampa tv. as you no
>>doubt know, the "florida fruit belt" is due east of tampa, south and
>>slightly west of orlando.
>>
>>here at the plantation, we will mostly cross our fingers. there's just
>>too
>>much stuff to try to cover it [it's times like this when goodwill and
>>sally
>>ann sell out of used sheets]. i'm worried most about my sugar apples,
>>but
>>it would be a fool's errand to try to cover them. i can't worry about
>>the
>>mangoes, starfruit, guavas, litchis, pineapples, bananas, etc-etc;
>>they're
>>too big to cover. for the second year in a row, however, we will
>>probably
>>lose any chance that the loquats [now in full bloom] will set
>>fruit--either
>>the flowers will freeze or the pollinators will.
>>
>>i did move my relatively expensive licuala palm into the lathhouse in
>>the
>>faint hope that would be sufficient protection and i've moved some of
>>the
>>moveable plants [ming aralias and such] back under the eaves. also of
>>interest--one of david's fantastic hybrid hibiscus, which is in a pot
>>too
>>big to move without a forklift, is loaded with buds, one of which is
>>about
>>half open. beautiful flower [looks like the same one that's on his web
>>site--name i forget]. we'll see what the cold does to it, the other
>>buds,
>>and the plant itself.
>>
>>on the up side, this chill will likely encourage our two fig trees to
>>give
>>us a sensational crop next may. and it should traumatize the mulberry
>>enough to really prune the hell out of it; back to a fruiting nub.
>>
>>bet you're sorry you asked, huh.
>>
>>At 06:10 AM 1/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Jim: So with temps. dropping that far in Florida, what do you have to
>>do
>> >to protect your tropical plants/fruits? When my husband and I decided
>>to
>> >move back to Iowa from our year vacation in Florida, the day we left it
>> >was 30 degrees in Miami and the entire fruit industry suffered huge
>> >losses that year...it was sad...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>> >
>> >"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
>> >--Albert Einstein
>> >
>> >  --- On Thu 01/23, Island Jim < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
>> >From: Island Jim [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
>> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> >Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:15:38 -0500
>> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: time question
>> >
>> >i personally think it's great that we get all these messages out of
>>sync.
>> >it makes me realize how much virtual life mimics real life.
>> >
>> >it's warm [60 degrees or so] right now [5:30 am] but slated to drop to
>>low
>> >50s by noon and low 30s by tonight.
>> >
>> >At 01:41 AM 1/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >Ceres,
>> > >
>> > >A great deal depends on the connection between your ISP and the ISP
>> > >of the sender as well as the ISP of the server on which the email
>> > >list resides.  All messages are broken into packets and sent on the
>> > >internet via the best available bit of bandwidth to be reassembled at
>> > >their various destinations...and if some backbone, line or server is
>> > >having a hiccup then you, the receiver, won't get the message as fast
>> > >as someone else or even get the original message before someone else
>> > >has gotten it and replied and their reply gets to you.  Strange, I
>> > >know, but it happens all the time.  Sometimes, messages simply get
>> > >lost in the ether and never get to their destination...so don't
>> > >assume just because you sent an email, the recipient ever got it:-)
>> > >
>> > >When all is working on all eights, email can appear to be sent and
>> > >received in real time, but that's not usually the case.
>> > >
>> > >Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>> > >mtalt@hort.net
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>> > > > From: Cersgarden@aol.com
>> > > >
>> > > > I rcd this message from Jim which had been sent at 7:10 and
>> > >questioned why I
>> > > > had not rcd the message from Rich.  I then rcd the message from
>> > >Rich at which
>> > > > said it was sent at 7:27.  Why the difference?  Doesn't go to all
>> > >members at
>> > > > the same time?
>> > > >     Ceres
>> > >
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