Does this mean that some of your figs trees will never go
dormant? I did keep some very young ones (for the sake
of them growing up) in the GH for the whole first winter,
and I consider that beneficial.

Now, as mentioned in an other thread, I may bring in some
promising ones for them to continue ripening. What do I do
when all figs ripen (or fall off)? Am I stuck with it in the GH
for the rest of winter, or I can somehow induce
dormancy and put it in the garage?

George (NJ).

Bonsaist, What size and type GH? Also, would you list your varieties in the order of early to late.
Brilliant idea!!!.....Elder (Lou)

Pics would be nice too!

Here's how the greenhouse looks like. You can see the large banana tree, it may seem a tropical climate. This is Banan basjo.

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George, the figs in the greenhouse will go into a dormant period for only 2 months. That's because the day light is very short, usually mid december through mid february.
Elder my greenhouse is 20'x 8'.
As far as earliest variety, would probably be the Breba crops, usually the remaining main crop from past summer would ripen.
brooklyn fig I have would produce the largest breba crop, and also shtawi which is producing now, will continue into fall.

Bass

Bonsaist, Sorry to be a pest - is that a commercially available greenhouse? If so where can it be purchased?.....Elder

I ordered a kit. There are many greenhouse kits available. I did modify many things to it, but I got it from Hoophouse.com
If you're skilled, you can easily build one from scratch.

Bass

Hello,

One SIMPLE cheap, temporary & easy GH kit; observed by my
yesterday's visit to (INGENOUS!) Herman...

Buy the biggest CLEAR plastic garbage bag in town possible.
Stick 4 vertical 'sticks' (stakes) around the (little) fig
tree. Use plastic tubing/hosing (maybe DUCK tape may just
do!) to form a (semi-spherical/arching dome top) ACROSS
the 4 sticks. Slide the clear plastic bag on this strucure.
Poke some holes on top and leave some air-space in the
bottom (otherwise the whole tree may be pot-roasted!

Herman, one picture of what you have, and some more (text)
details, will be very useful to everybody... Maybe this is
just a NEW experiment you are conducting (no mentionable
results yet!), but I still think it is a very GOOD idea.

Regards (and admiring),
George (NJ).

I would like to correct my prevoius post.
What I saw was more of a 'cloche' over a
single fig tree (rather than a GH)...

Do figs need a cool period in order to fruit? I'm planning to put a row of espalier figs in my greenhouse and am wondering if I need to keep it cooler than I normally would in the winter. I usually keep the heater set to go on at 32*, and the roof vents are set to open at 75*. On a sunny day in January it easily reaches that 75* mark.