Belgian winters get to -20C in a normal year and sometimes worse. Cold greenhouse but bubble wrapped inside and facing full south with a 2m hedge protecting it from prevailing westerlies and a tree and a holly hedge helping keep easterlies off.
It wasn't restricted when I put it in the ground but the soil was not rich in that corner and I didn't improve it much. Just a scattering of pelleted chicken manure in spring a,d a good watering when I had the hosepipe round there for other plants in the GH in summer.
In this new garden we have a whopper of a fig tree that produces masses of fruits but the minute they get to walnut size the bloody starlings swoop in and scoff the lot while they're still green. Humph!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Thanks for the advice. I have a GH but no intention to move it into there. I think this summer is as good as it gets heat wise so if they don't ripen this year they never will so I will remove it.
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It wasn't restricted when I put it in the ground but the soil was not rich in that corner and I didn't improve it much. Just a scattering of pelleted chicken manure in spring a,d a good watering when I had the hosepipe round there for other plants in the GH in summer.
In this new garden we have a whopper of a fig tree that produces masses of fruits but the minute they get to walnut size the bloody starlings swoop in and scoff the lot while they're still green. Humph!
I have a GH but no intention to move it into there.
I think this summer is as good as it gets heat wise so if they don't ripen this year they never will so I will remove it.