Northern growers, how did your figs and poms fare?

[scottfsmith]

FYI I started a new thread for 2016 on this.

Northern Poms and Figs 2016 - how did yours fare?

I am finally seeing spring get in gear here, enough to check out my figs and poms for signs of life. The figs really are dried out. I see exactly one bud pushing on one fig now and I expect most are going to be dead at or near the ground. The canes are brown on tips, old-wrinkly in the middle, and sort of OK for bottom third, but I don’t see any signs of budding. Its wilt-pruf for me next winter for sure, its getting a little tiring as this is the third year in a row they will be coming back …

but I neglected to point this old one to the new one - oops!

I am measuring hardiness this year by how many inches up the highest buds are. Hardy Chicago is winning, it is budding 2’ high.