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Yes, You Can Propagate Your Fig Tree In October. Here's How

October can be the perfect time to propagate your fig tree because the cuttings will have time to develop roots before the winter dormancy period.
NOLA.com

Dan Gill: Want fruit? Try an easy-to-grow fig tree

Figs are one of the most widely planted fruit trees in home landscapes in Louisiana. They thrive in the New Orleans area and are remarkably easy to take care of. With little effort, they will produce ...
Penn Live

Overwintering a fig tree

I have a 3-year-old Italian everbearing fig tree that I bought last summer. I have it potted and in the house. Now the leaves have been turning yellow, then black on the tip and falling off. Do you ...
Los Angeles Times

Giant Ventura fig tree’s fame may be its undoing

For decades, the giant Moreton Bay fig tree in downtown Ventura has been a stately parasol, providing 140 feet of leafy shade to gawking tourists, climbing kids and snoozing transients. Over its ...
The New York Times

Winter Coats No Longer the Fashion for Fig Trees

Stavros Pando will tell you that the ideal spot to plant a fig tree in New York City is in the corner of a walled-off backyard where the walls serve as buffers from the cold winter winds. But he lives ...