Horizon, in Atlanta, we get about 800 chill hours and an icy storm over a few days that normal shuts everything down for a week. The last day below freezing averages about March 14. I think we won't have anymore frost this year. Figs do really well here, as do the appricots, neither of which need any spraying.
Giovanni seems to have the right recipe for northern fig trees:
http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/ ... -the-figs/I enjoy Messy and Picky's blog. Here is some Paw Paw info:
http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/ ... 1/paw-paw/The massive bag of vermiculite was about $20 and way cheaper than any chain store.
OldeJack, I will be picking your brain as I progress. This is all new to me.
I pretty much finished them today, soil and everything. My single line with Ts to fill all the beds didn't work so well becuase once the first bed was filled, the excess poured out the full line holes instead of going into the next bed. I'll need to add some inline valves to restrict flow to ther first ones to fill or run 6 parallel lines to a 6 port manifold.
I considered hydronics with a pump, clay balls instead of soil, with all the nutrients in the water but then I heard all the water had to be replaced every couple weeks or less. Seems like a waste.
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