Hey Dennis IMHO figs unlike most other fruits will not ripen or improve in sugar content or taste once picked from tree. With that being said my preference is for the fruit to be at riper state depending on variety of course. For example my blk unknown, mbvs, and conadria I let stay on tree till very soft and drooping at neck, some cracking and shriveling might even be seen but these figs do not sour or split in my location. the LSU gold is a very sweet fig and can be a little watery at times but I also let this one sit on tree till soft and sometimes it shows the brown sugar spots and I then pick. I have seen some good improvement on my LSU Gold over last season but it has bee dry here. Letting the LSU gold sit out on counter or in fridge might very well draw some of the water content out and improve to your likening My Brunswick I pick on the firmer side, but it also has been much improved this season over last. I guess you just need to experiment with each one and see what your own personal preferences are. Probably not much help but this is my personal preference and we are all different just as much as each variety is different ...HOW BOUT Them FIGS??????

A few days ago I picked figs from my mother's tree that were dripping with tree-fermented figs. They are magnificent. Now that I can identify the taste, I am even more anxious to learning how to make fig wine. I picked more today. I hope you have already started making figs into wine. I came across your notes and felt the need to reply. Maybe I am looking for a cheering section. I, also, have wanted to do this for a long time. Figs are almost out of season here. I am only getting a small amount out of my hard work in tree climbing. My mom has one tree that the whole community feeds on. No one regularly picked her figs until I moved back home two years ago. Now they all want a piece of the fruit. It is hard to share, but you know, neighborly expectations. After all, they really are good people.

I didnÂt take a photo showing the inside of the fig besides the wife ate it the next day after I picked it. I ate just a tiny piece and thought it was very sweet and the wife said she agreed and wanted to know when will the next one be ready. I really like growing that fig variety although I have five other types. I have two LSU Gold trees in tubs and the oldest one has been very good to me through the years I have it. That is ever since it came out. I try to give my trees TLC and they pay me back two fold. Wish I had thought of weighting it as mentioned above. Never entered my mind. Lou

chicago,desert king,salc, lsu;gold,deana? and a few others are in ground with no protection other than leave blowing in the fall on some just to get the leaves out of the driveway. Below 10 degrees for a few days it is sayo nara. I like to cut them down to about 2 feet and not be bother with breba's.My garage has only room for 12 potted figtree's in 25gls containers that are ttooo sensitive for zone 7,that i bring in in late fall with night temp's around 20. i have made 4wheel trailers home-made that i pull with my atv and then on litle cart for in and out in the spring. I can move those large containers in and out the garage in less then 15 min's with hardly any efford.