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Will Pananes
Owner of Olympia Candy Kitchen in Chambersburg, PA; fig grower and podcast guest known for heat-tube technique to overwinter figs in cold climates (USDA Zone 6b)
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Jul 23, 2026
Overwintering In-Ground Fig Trees with a Heat Tube
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5:34Will PananesGUEST
that didn't work very well and I started ending up using a light bulb so the first year I just used a regular light bulb and that spring when I uncovered the tree I was in shock when I saw a hole burnt into the burlap in other words I had trimmed the tree, pulled it pruned it, pulled it together, wrapped it in burlap, and put this light bulb underneath.
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6:07Will PananesGUEST
Well, it burned a hole in there, and I'm thinking, I don't want to burn a tree down.
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6:13Will PananesGUEST
So I came up with this idea of a heat tube where it would enclose this light bulb.