Fig Tree Update

I stored my Chicago Hardy fig at my parents' farm over the winter in a part of a barn that they keep heated. I got this tree as a root ball from T&T seeds in the spring of 2015. After an intial struggle it took off and grow to about 15" tall by the fall. After all the leaves had fallen off and after it had experience a few frosts I took it indoors before it got really cold (although this winter there hasn't been a whole lot of that).

The room that it was stored in stayed a little above zero for the last few months. About three weeks ago I brought it home and just kept it inside. It took about a week and a half for the buds to start developing and it has been growing very rapidly since. Last year my wife bought me an X-Up Flowerhouse Pro Greenhouse from Early's in Saskatoon. Because of the large amount of space that this now gives me I decided to give the fig a bit of a head-start on the year in the hopes that it will guarantee me at least one ripe fig by fall. Considering that I have yet to taste a fresh ripe fig I figured this would be useful before I get too excited over them. Regardless of whether I get fruit this year I do love the look of the foliage on figs. They have a very tropical look to them (at least to this boreal dweller!).

I've been perusing the website figs4fun and figsforlife and they've both been providing me with some excellent information on what to expect in terms of pruning, how the figs develop and variety information. Figsforlife is a Canadian site and their rates look very reasonable and they also ship across Canada. If I hadn't already bought so many fruit trees this year I would definitely be making some purchases there. Oh well, there's always next year.