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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

A Fig That Can Survive The Cold?

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

One of the oldest cultivated crops, figs have been a staple food for years. There’s many cultivars, but the Chicago hardy fig is one that’s growing in popularity. Surprisingly cold-hardy, this tree can tolerate cooler climate conditions than other fig trees.

Learn More: Chicago Hardy Fig Care

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello my friends out there in the gardening world.

0:03.0

Kevin here from Epic Gardening and we are talking today

0:07.0

about a fig tree that you can grow all the way down to zone 5.

0:12.0

I know if you're like me you must. grow all the way down to zone 5.

0:13.0

I know if you're like me you must just love figs

0:16.4

and you could be just slamming them 24-7

0:19.4

and pretty much getting sick on figs.

0:22.0

I did that this summer. I ate so many figs. I just, for a brief moment in time, didn't even like them. But that's neither here nor there.

0:30.0

If you feel that you can't grow figs because it's simply just too cold in your zone,

0:34.0

well then you may want to give the Chicago Hardy Fig a try.

0:38.0

Before we get into how to care for that beautiful plant,

0:41.0

let's go ahead and read the podcast review of the day. It says

0:44.6

trucker that loves gardening from Trucking Gardner. I found Kevin's

0:49.1

podcast on Pandora first, started listening one after another since I'm driving most of the day.

0:54.6

I've learned so much from him and his guest.

0:55.9

Thank you so much for all that you do.

0:57.7

It truly does help answer a lot of questions,

1:00.4

some of which I've never even thought to ask.

1:03.0

Well, that is quite a cool review.

1:05.0

I'm happy to be helping you out while you are trucking away.

1:08.0

And I, maybe you should put a little garden in the truck.

1:10.0

I don't know.

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