RE: watering looking leaves after frost, and frost in zone 7 already?

Dan, Sorry about your figs. Ours get frozen almost every year. The are just getting ready to ripen. Tonight will freeze them. Now if I were near the city instead up here on the north side of the lake they would probably be just fine. The growing season in Chattanooga is almost a month longer than mine. Compared to us they have two weeks in the spring and another in the fall when frost doesn't bother them. I am only 18 miles from the heart of town. We are in what is marked a cold pocket on the forestry maps. I have discovered it is also known as a dry pocket. If I had this life to live over, I would study maps like that before buying land and building a garden.
Mary
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com [mailto:owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Dan Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:47 AM
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: watering looking leaves after frost, and frost in zone 7 already?

Hi Cindy,
Our normal frost free season here in Bridgeville DE., zone 7, is from April 20th until October 20th. This year we were hit with record lows down to 26f two nights in a row about a week ago. I hate when that happens. I have two fig trees and they are loaded with figs and only a few have ripened......once frost kills the fig leaves.....it brings fig harvest to an end in a few days. I think I'll move to a little warmer climate. I wonder how figs do in the Atlanta area?
 
Dan
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----- Original Message -----
From: c*@mediaone.net
 
Hi Dan and everyone,
Two things....is it typical for a warm zone 7 area to have hard frosts before those of us in a cold zone 4?  The coldest we've had in my yard so far is about 30 deg.  In fact,
Cindy
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