Full service nurseries and local ag extension offices are good sources for what varieties will do well in your climate. Good Luck and thanks for visiting! Thanks for the photo guide. I have been so confused on the fig growing and ripening process so this hits the mark for me. Thanks for the info!
I just read something about putting olive oil on the bottom of the fig to hasten ripening. Which picture above is the right time? And yes it is well watered.
Hi Tom — just saw your answer to Melissa so I now know when. Still want to know about the olive oil. Wow, those crazy ancients could teach us a thing or two. My suggestion is to just wait for them ripen naturally since you live in AZ where the sun actually shines. I found this website to have helpful progression pictures of figs as they ripen.
You should check it out! See how the […]. Thanks for all the great info. I am in South Alabama and I have just got done picking probably less than a 4th of the figs on my tree. Still a lot to pick but some are still plain green and sticking upright..
Tewrobert, fig jam is pretty easy, just figs, sugar and lemon juice and reduce with a simmer until thick — tah, dah — done! As for the birds, try covering the trees with a row cover fabric, or sections of tree.
That might help you get a few more figs. Can you tell me how much sugar goes in with the figs? Never made any but watched my grandmother make preserves when I was little, and it sure was good! To prepare syrups for canning, simply combine the sugar and water in a pot and heat just until the sugar dissolves. Hi Barbara, most commercial dried figs have preservatives. They are ready when no ooze or dripping juices, but are moist and tacky to the touch. Always love coming by to see your posts…so informative!
These comments were very informative. I have one young fig tree and it had about 8 purple figs that the birds were starting to peck. I will try one today. I do still have about 10 green figs and I will take your advice and wait until they hang on the tree before picking and hopefully beat the birds to the punch.
Thanks so much for the pictures of ripening Desert King figs! It was perfect for an inexperienced gardener and proud brand-new just picked it up today! Desert King fig tree owner. My baby has two figs on it already! Go Teresa, Desert King is a great choice for an easy to grow, not to fussy fig tree! Tom, do figs only grow off the main stem? My tree is about 3 feet tall 5 years old I keep it in a large planter and bring it out of the weather in the early winter. Any ideas about growing bigger would help.
I live in southwestern Michigan 5 miles east of Lake Michigan,. In your climate that may be killed in the winter and leave you with few figs. My grandfather in Indiana would wrap his fig tree with burlap and fill the base with dried leaves during the winter.
What I would recommend is planting another variety, Chicago Hardy fig. So if it dies to the ground, the new growth of the current season will still produce figs. Prune out any dead branches 2. Prune out any cross branching, to create openness 3. Tip prune any top, crazy long branches to encourage multiply branching 4.
And prune height if you wish to maintain a certain vertical height. I would wait until the trees are leafless and dormant in late fall, winter or early spring before budding out. Good luck! How do I keep the ants off of the figs without using pesticides? If I wait until they are fully ripe, the ants find their way to the nectar and I lose the figs. I live on Long Island , New York.
Thanks for the great pictures. So far they have not learned how to build stick bridges. How to apply 1. Get an old paper bag, cut into strips and wrap one 4-inch strip around the trunk and tape in place.
Spread tanglefoot on it covering the surface. That should keep them off. Is there any way to still get them ripe and sweet? So any figs picked firm or unripe will not ripen at home. A fig should really be soft; while it may not look its best, it will taste so much better. From previous years, they will shrivel and go black over the winter, and eventually fall off. The preserve is quite good, as you basically candy the wee whole fig and then use it for cheese and charcuterie plates.
The only thing to remember is that your fig — when ripe — may be […]. Thanks so much for this information photo series about figs. This is the first year my fig tree is producing and I figured I had a few ripe figs but wanted to make sure so as not to waste and of the precious few fruit I have.
Great info, much appreciated! Thank you! Mine are the same kind as yours and drooping and dripping just like that. Congrats VI on the bumper crop. I like them really ripe for fresh eating and a little less ripe for salads, or broiling with bacon and goat cheese. I, too, had a bumper crop this year! I am now the proud owner of two 2 unripe according to your information figs which I trust will ripen before I have to bring the plant in the house to avoid the frost!!!!!!
Good picture guide by the way, very informative! I just move my fig tree inside house and there is few figs on the tree,but they are very hard to touch,any chance they are going to ripe Salt lake City-Utah -thank you!!!
Hi Zeke, You could give it a try and place it in a sunny window or by a sunny sliding glass door and give the figs a couple weeks to ripen and see what happens, but I doubt they will ripen this late in the season. This time of year, the tree wants to go dormant. Place it back out in the sun when the temps.
Thanks so much! Thanks again. Hi from Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia. I talk to it eeveryday. Can I send you a photo?
Thanks again, Lucy. Last fall I moved next to wonderful neighbors who have two huge fig trees and many of the figs are now ripe! I did not know how to tell ripe from unripe, but was a pretty good guesser, based on your pics. A brand new seven tray dehydrator was given to me and today I am going to pick figs and start the drying process. My twenty month old grandson will love this!
The trees have been grown organically, too. Like the person above this post, I just moved into a house with 2 fig trees out back. Had never eaten one before today. Good post. And I found a new fruit I like! We just moved to a house in Seattle with a fig tree in the backyard. Thank you for your posting!
Welcome to Seattle Sonja! Nothing better than a backyard with a loaded fig tree. Thanks for visiting! I expect to harvest my very first figs this season and this is just what I needed.
Now I will know just when to harvest. Thanks so much. Hopefully in the next week or so. Anyway, the BlueJays are getting to them before they have a chance to get near ripened. Anything I can do to get there before the birds? Hi Rita, In the past I would loosely wrap foil around each fig like a tin hat, the tip funneled around the stem. A bit labor intensive but I got some figs to eat. Dang Jays! However, rainfall data from for the months of May through July are showing an average of 2.
August data will likely show a further decrease in some parishes. Stressed trees will go into survival mode, conserving their energy in an effort to help them stay alive and reproduce by conserving their seeds. Trees conserve energy by diverting it from the ripening process. Fruit will not ripen or will drop prematurely in addition to dropping leaves in their effort to stay alive. One hard fact about figs is, unfortunately, green figs will not ripen off the tree. However, fruit picked just before full ripeness will continue to soften and become sweeter when they are stored at room temperature in a dry location, such as a pantry.
Ripeness is most often determined by enlarged size and a color change from green to brown or purple and sometimes gold, depending on the variety. You can feel for ripeness by gently squeezing the fruit, and it feels soft to the touch.
Unripe figs are hard and have a rubbery feel to them. Additionally, ripeness can be determined by sweetness: the riper the fig, the sweeter it is. Other possible reasons fruit will not ripen are a lack of nutrients, insufficient sunlight, too much nitrogen, pests or disease. In an effort to protect itself from pests or diseases, a tree will divert energy from fruit production and ripening into fighting off pests and disease.
Scout often for pests and disease, and treat affected trees as soon as you spot them. Fig leaf rust is a common disease that affects the trees. The best method to store your fig is to first lay them out in the sun to dry. You should endeavor to wash them first before drying. Once they are dry, you can either freeze the fruit until it hardens or freezes it in water until it turns to ice. Once the fruit solidifies, you can now keep it in a container and leave it in the freezer until it is ready for use.
After harvesting, you should endeavor to eat your figs within three days. You should be able to keep fresh fruits to stay up to 5 days if you keep them in the refrigerator. The temperature needs to be low or slow freezing. You should also not place figs in the same compartment or container with other fruits or vegetables. This is because they can cause them to rot quickly. It is important that you know that in most cases, not all the fruits on the fig tree ripen at once.
Some trees have different crops that ripen at a different time of the year. Like we mentioned earlier, you want to take proper care of protecting your garden from rodents and animals.
This is highly recommended if you have figs and other flesh fruits planted in your garden. Use rodenticides and repellants on your plants to keep pests away. Fig Fruit Facts It's important to know that the figs on a fig tree may not all ripen at once. Some fig tree varieties even set more than one crop, commonly called the "breba" fruit on last year's growth and "main crop" fruit on current year's growth.
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