How do you divide a fig tree and when. Also how to wrap for the cold?
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I would like to know this also
Explain "divide?" It is either a tree with a main trunk or? Are you sure those are not suckers to be trimmed off?
What zone are you in? Is the "tree" in ground or in a pot?
I am in Zone 9 and we just had our first rain on Friday night into the wee hours of Saturday morning. Last measurable rain was April or May with negligible amounts. Yesterday the Santa Ana winds kicked up, and everything was shredded to bits, similar to a low category hurricane. Uprooted trees everywhere, due to the drought. Caused havoc all over the place. The leaves on my fig tree are all dried out and will not recover and just fall off. Now we are in single digit humidity, which doesn't help either. For the rest of the country that has "normal" humidity, let me tell you, it's DRY! You feel like a wrinkled up raisin and no amount of lotion remedies the situation. Here is the patio thermometer at 8:30 a.m. this morning. The hundreds of figs on the trees, I hope will ripen by Thanksgiving as we are still in the 80's to low 90's.
Here is how to wrap a fig tree for winter:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/figs/fig-cold-protection.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/figs/fig-tree-winter-wrapping.htm
http://theitaliangardenproject.com/wrapping-a-fig-tree-savinell-style/
If you want photos of my trees, let me know!
Hope this helps!
I live in Texas and the fig tree survives on its own in the winter over here. We get a few (very few) freezes but the tree lives on. I didn’t see where you live.
I live in NC. I trim my fig back right after the first frost after I have picked off the green figs to preserve them. I cut my tree/bush back to 3 feet and mulch it. it gets huge by summertime and bears a lot of fruit.