Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave336 View Post
I wrapped my Owari Satsuma trunk in aluminum foil. I don't blame you for wanting the biggest bang for buck on shipping which is sky high nowadays. Hope the air layers work for you. I had mixed results trying fig air layers. Not exactly sure where I went wrong. More practice this year, hopefully I figure it out with better success.
I'm not sure "Ringing" the limb of a fig tree is the best practice. I have nothing left to try a air layer on a fig. It is looking like rot is settling in on top of the stumps of 1/2 the figs I propagated and planted last year. Never has 9 degree days hit the coast like this, 9 degrees for days at that. Still I will dig up and replant what dies with the fig tree scions I have rooting now.

So Owari trees that were huge, in between houses, still were killed with this freeze event. We are not use to a freeze lower than the high 20's for more than 3 days and a freeze like that once maybe twice a year if at all.