it has happened every year all year if it was water I would have thought the other fig trees would be doing the same?

Just a quick climate check tells me that even coastal Virginia can go down into the twenties. Better pick a hardy variety, and hope for the best if planted in-ground. Are containerized fig trees an option? Store them in an unheated garage, in the colder months, then roll them out to grow in the warmer weather. Easy, if the containers are on dollies. I'm sure fig growers who live in the "Old Dominion" will be posting some information about your fig-growing endeavors. Hope this may help. Frank, from The Bronx, NYC PS...Call up some local nurseries in the area in which you think you might relocate, and ask what varieties grow well in that specific area. I'm sure you will have plenty of choices. I grow "ATREANO", and I am almost certain that this fig will do well in Virginia too.

Blossoms are pink?? Figs don't have blossoms. Those figs aren't ripe and at this point it's hard to tell when they will be. But when they do ripen it's easy to tell. They'll swell and then go limp. They are ripe when they hang straight down. But I like to let them shrivel up several days longer if possible. During rain or under pest pressure they may need to be picked as soon as they soften.

I have a well established fig tree that produced good fruit for 20 years. The last two years has yielded few if any figs. This year the tree has just one fig developing. The plant is otherwise very healthy. The trunk at base is about 2 inches in diameter. Is this plant a good candidate to be used as root stock for grafting new fig scions? Or will whatever has caused the drop off in fruit production affect the production of the new grafts?