Wondering when to wake up your fig trees?

In a cold climate, a short growing season limits how many figs you can harvest. An early wake-up gives more time for figs to grow and ripen. But once figs are awake, they’re damaged by freezing weather.

The best time to wake up your fig tree depends on your growing zone, the weather forecast, how you overwinter your fig tree—and how much time you have to protect it if the weather takes a turn for the worse.

In this episode, we talk about:
- What makes fig trees wake up
- How to get fig trees to wake up
- What to do if it gets too cold once your fig tree is waking up
- When to bring a fig tree outside
- How to harden off fig plants that are already awake

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