Growing figs in New Jersey may seem like just another case of zone denial, a flat refusal to believe that we are living in the Northeast, not the Mediterranean. But it's really more than that ...

DEAR JESSICA: I have three fig trees that are each three years old. They are the dark figs. I cover them each year with a layer of burlap, then wrap them in pink fiberglass insulation and finish ...

Mr. Pando, who was a history teacher in Greece and is a retired groundskeeper for the New York City Housing Authority, said his uncle, Paul Econom, planted the fig tree outside his house and ...

Even then, a fig will usually push new growth from the roots. You'd then be starting from scratch and end up with a bush rather than a small tree. Wrapping gives you a measure of extra protection.

Fig trees need to be insulated to prevent winter kill, and there are several methods that can help. Trees planted where soil and weather conditions allow them to keep their leaves into early ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This is Danny Gentile, a retired police officer turned fig farmer. He lives in Tottenville and tends over 150 fig trees. And, as a tour of his yard is featured, he is here ...

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.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Really, it is hard to kill a fig tree. There might be a year or two where the thing doesn't fruit or it reawakens in late June as opposed to early May after the final frost ...

Propagation of fig plants is usually done by taking dormant or semi-dormant hardwood cutting on 1-, 2-, or 3-year-old wood. So you will have to wait to propagate this particular plant.