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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)

Jul 23, 2026

5:33
and
5:34
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.
6:07
Well, it burned a hole in there, and I'm thinking, I don't want to burn a tree down.
6:13
So I came up with this idea of a heat tube where it would enclose this light bulb.
6:21
Now, what wattage am I using? I'm using pretty much, at this point, 60 watts.
6:30
incandescent.
6:31
Of course, you can't use LED.
9:15
And so now you have, you said, about 10 trees like this? About

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