After I got the 1000 lb (seriously) root ball up 4 ft and managed to suspend it in air I filled the pit with 3 pickup loads of compost. Thanks for the info and I’ll keep the recipes until my crop improves! These are brown figs I think. Southern Fig varieties do not need a pollinator, as do California Figs. Hi Barbara, most commercial dried figs have preservatives. And I found a new fruit I like! There are over 100 figs that I need to use. Gravity wins and the fig is ripe and ready, no longer able to support its weight. I thought the tree would sink some in the compost but it hasn’t so it’s a bit more mounded than I wanted. Sadly, for so many reasons, there arefewer kids able to do that now & just get their fruit from plastic bag from the supermarket. Read your comment, they are water suckers. Eva, your location three hours south, makes all the difference. just an estimate say if I had 3 cups of figs, how much would I add? At the most, figs need only about 300 hours of winter chill. Congrats VI on the bumper crop. The preserve is quite good, as you basically candy the wee whole fig and then use it for cheese and charcuterie plates. Product Information. We now have a couple of fruiting 3 yr old trees, (tubbed) and now understand what to look for. It’s my tree’s second year in my yard, and my first real crop……12 figs. I live in NE Alabama and have quarter sized figs on my backyard tree in late September. Thanks for this fine visit and fig talk. Pick one and see how it tastes. (Behave.) What time of year? This variety produces sweet, light purple-brown figs that ripen in late summer. They seem to be at a standstill in growing/ripening. Thank You ! I hope the trees give something this year, it’s been a wild year for all things garden, at least for me. I use 1/4 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup Crisco for the shortening. good luck! I could be wrong, but are you sure you’re not picking them too early? 1. Good luck! Anything I can do to get there before the birds? Welcome to Seattle Sonja! 2. These will produce a large to medium sized fruit. Right now, even after a very warm and sunny summer, my main crop of figs sit unripe and undersized on the trees. Fig ice cream, I like the way you think. Lots of fig recipes out there. Hi, I live in The Netherlands where we have some similar weather as you! I have a small fig tree about the size of yours in the video. Will they eventually ripen? Enjoy. I’m babysitting my next door neighbors place and being an old Italian fellow, he has several fig trees. This year I’m going to try covering the tree with white remay, a light garden fabric that won’t weight the tree down and lets light in. Is it worth harvesting them now; are they “edible” when stewed? We’ve fed it heaps of compost and regular doses of house hold food scraps, nipped out the tips several times (during both summer and winter)and so are now multi stemmed. . It’s found at any garden center or nursery: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=remay%20garden%20cloth&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aremay%20garden%20cloth Figs do not ripen very well once they’ve been picked, however. (above) Not ripe: the fig is too firm and still perpendicular to the stem. Thanks for visiting! I do love your blog! I’m sorry to say, it is very unlikely that your friend’s figs will ripen now. The early crop ripens in May; the main crop ripens in late June and continues to ripen into August. I just don’t want to lose all of this bountiful harvest before I can use them. Place your figs in a colander and rinse … Patti Greene. Favorite Fruit Trees: Apples, Pluots and Pears, Oh My! I found your post in a search having just taken on the care of a house with 4 fig trees. Instead, you can tell they’re ready to come off the tree when they sag on the branch, hanging a bit droopy and heavy. You’re bound to harvest those. I pulled out those “brandied” cherries and made the cake – actually four all total. Tastes quite like a something between a peach and a pear with subtle aroma and flavour but certainly very nice! I haven’t seen many go totally purple/black but this is about half way from green to purple. My figs will usually look pretty bad if still on the tree and then fall off in spring making way for the new crop, the breba or first crop, which is then followed by the main crop; and that unfortunately is the one that then teases us with little figs that never ripen in our climate. Not ready yet, but a heavier softer fruit moves closer to the stem, skin shows wrinkling, Fig 4. I like this fig and ginger jam recipe, and it’s my go-to recipe for making fig preserves: http://tallcloverfarm.com/7019/figs-in-a-jam-fig-and-ginger-jam Or will they just fall off prematurely because of the cold weather? Thanks again. Hello from Lake Stevens WA! Nothing better than a backyard with a loaded fig tree. Those I picked are sadly, not ready. Each cake takes 2 cups of fresh, mashed figs, 2 cups of sugar, 3/4 cup shortening; 4 eggs; 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour mixed with 1 tsp. Fig 3. I will never throw out those cherries again! I live in Port Arthur, Texas on the Gulf Coast. I’ll be bookmarking this post and hope to make your recipe as well! This seems a shame as the fruit are always plentiful and large. Thanks for the photo guide. Hi Tom, Ripeness has less to do with color and more with how they’re hanging. Can I send you a photo? Figs do have two crops (usually), so you may get an early crop, known as the breba crop, next year, say in June or July. Vancouver, WA. […] not sure when the figs are ready to pick, check out this very detail photo illustrated post “How to Know When a Fig Is Ripe and Ready to Pick” from Tall Clover Farm. Mine is in the ground. I am about to launch a new blog and it will be one of my first articles. Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener » I Do Give A Fig! When you get the figs home, keep them at room temperature if you plan to eat them within a day. Thank you! About covering the tree, is it newly planted? Hi Dorothy, my guess is that in late autumn there’s just not enough daylight, and heat units to fully ripen the figs. Very sweet fruit needs hot weather to ripen. In some warmer climates the figs go dormant and ripen when spring returns, but my experience in the Pacific NW is it rarely happens around here. Thanks for linking up to Cottage Flora Thursday’s! I was wondering about my figs. I moved to a place with 4 fig trees and dont know much about them is there a way to tell what kinda figs i have??? I would only transplant the tree during dormancy in the late winter or early spring before leaves appear. Can I add your blog to my blogroll? A bit labor intensive but I got some figs to eat. Good luck! I never expected fruit so soon but I now have about a half dozen that suddenly appeared a few days ago. Go Teresa, Desert King is a great choice for an easy to grow, not to fussy fig tree! It’s difficult to identify figs without a photo of the leaf, the fruit, and the fruit cut in half to expose the interior. One trunk is dead and we’ll be removing it but the other trunk is beautiful! You have many options when growing figs, even if it means going for a container tree you move indoors in cold weather. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. We bought our home last September and it has a large fig tree to the side of the driveway that we initially thought was dead. We have A LOT of fruit on the tree & all the sun lately can only be good for it. Tom. I’ve been watering the tree a LOT using a soaker hose over the whole 4’x16′ pit/enclosure (The enclosure (box) is elevated about 12″) and it gets fertilized too. I’ve been watching the deer eat my figs, which is a fun fig activity in itself, for four years. Susie, thanks for bringing that to light. Figs do not have a long shelf life and will spoil within 7-10 days after harvesting. Under ideal conditions, figs can ripen in as little as two months, but most figs do not grow in ideal conditions. Figs will not continue to ripen after they are picked like many other fruits. about the figs! Thanks for the great pictures. It could be that it was watered too much. These pale green to pale yellow figs are sometimes called "white figs" for their light … I use a product called tanglefoot, a super gooey substance that ants and other crawling insects can’t walk over without getting stuck. I have in my greenhouse for the first year, as it needs some encouragement and attention. Get an old paper bag, cut into strips and wrap one 4-inch strip around the trunk and tape in place. Thanks so much for this information photo series about figs. I could give it a try though. Hi Amy, there’s not much you can do at this point. Just a guess, but I’ll do some more sleuthing. My figs are very nice sized and now the rains are closing in…Do the need some kind of cover or whatever? Unfortunately, figs don’t ripen off the tree. Dang Jays! and bring it out of the weather in the early winter. Tom. Your Fig photos are the BEST I’ve seen online! I saw your video and read the tips to determine ripeness. 2. Where’s the lingering memories that bring smiles to ones face and heart in that ay? Fig cake…just saying it makes me lick my lips. As for water, make sure you don’t waterlog the area, but wait between periods of drying out before watering again. I’m hoping to have a few for myself this year. They do turn black after I bring them in. I believe it quit in September. Well phooie. I bought a Black Mission Fig tree. I suspect they would ripen earlier in Arizona, most likely June or July, but they are water hogs, just in case conservation is a consideration in your area. Varieties above are Negronne (a.k.a. A ripe fig will be soft to the touch when gently squeezed. I have just growing one in a bag and there are many green fruits on it. This is the most I have had since I planted it 4 years ago. Is there any way to still get them ripe and sweet? Siting your figs properly and giving them what they need to grow makes a difference, as does choosing the right varieties for your climate. Much to our surprise, it is very much alive and producing a large number of buds! Lows at night are in the upper 60s so we are a bit off from the first frost I hope! I just read something about putting olive oil on the bottom of the fig to hasten ripening. Hi Melissa, my figs ripen between August and September. This is because the ripening process has not yet taken place, and the juices and sugars that are produced as the fruit ripens are not fully present. Good Luck! I’d suggest Desert King as reliable producer. Thank you so much! A very helpful and clear write-up. Any ideas as to why and what might be done?? As for the birds, try covering the trees with a row cover fabric, or sections of tree. Figs were one fruit that a fence was polished smooth in us kids trying to get to it when the figs was ripe. But, we are usually milder than the Netherlands, so fingers crossed. is perfect to understand when to pluck the figs. I love hearing from fellow fruit lovers and garden growers, and learning how things are going in their neck of the woods. They must be picked during the window of time when they are soft but not split or […]. It’s nice to try to support your local guys and gals first, and they usually know what varieties grows best in your region. Inside it is white turning to purple, almost red in the centre, quite moist and soft and slightly fibrous. I don’t use bird netting, so I guess I shouldn’t recommend it. By your photos I think you stripped the leaves around the fruit, so I have. For Retail Nurseries & Home Gardens ... Kadota Fig. Quite tickled I found your blog though!! I will be writing a christian blog on Amos in the Old Testament who was a fig farmer. However, the figs aren’t as rich and sweet as last year. I went nuts with too large a root ball and wow what a process but it’s a VERY healthy tree. Hi! Nothing you can really do about. Thanks Amy, I guess growing good food and gardening never have an expiration date. Unripe figs are still firm. 4. The only thing to remember is that your fig – when ripe – may be […]. Good luck and happy growing! The trees have been grown organically, too. Thank you for your posting! Ripe delivers a juicy, succulent and melting gem to fawn over. These comments were very informative. When I bought my house (12 years ago) the previous owner described it as an inedible fig tree so I have always left the fruit alone. Hi MW, Its flesh contains a rusted strawberry colored … So glad I found your site! Never made any but watched my grandmother make preserves when I was little, and it sure was good! 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