I still have figs ripening up everyday.

I just ate 3 that ripened up today and it was in the 50's today here in Massachusetts.

Maybe it depends on the variety.

Best luck with your harvest.

Joe

Mark:The same problem here in Southern New Jersey.
Also when the fruits get ripe,the outside,color is off,the black is not black anymore,but greenish brown, and the yellow is not yellow,but green yellow.
The taste is still very good,for the conditions,for the early ripening varieties.
I had people ask me,why I am describing Gino fig,as Totally black outside when the current picture show,a greenish brown fig????.
This was the coldest Sommer,Spring,and Fall so Far, since 1988 when I moved here,period.
The last normal Sommer,was 3 Yrs ago.
H2

H2,

The Gino figs that ripen in my yard are usually totally black, rain tolerant, and very good........as you have described before in your fig trials. The fig itself is a little on the small size but it is BIG on taste.

Mark,

Most of my figs that ripen late in the year will lose taste and sweetness. However, LSU Purple will still taste very good into early October. Improved Celeste will still be sweet (but not as rich tasting) into November when cold finally forces dormancy......the color of the figs will become much lighter at that time and not look like earlier IC's.

Dan

Thanks DanBest Regards.
H2

Always good info to know what are some of the variants that ripens in cooler conditions like now that will give good taste. According to Adriano, Capelas, Hollier & Nordland tend to be better options. Hope more variants are found that can handle the current cooler conditions to provide acceptable taste.

My Bronze Paradiso also has been ripening figs up until yesterday we picked about 6 wich were Yellow in Colour and were really delicious & Sweet. It has been definately a weird year all my figs from that plant have been different colours but all tasted the same. Still have over 20 small figs on the plant should I just remove them now?

Nelson:I do not know How large your fig is,but you could help it to ripe from now on,if you was placing a huge 55 Gallon,clear plastic bag,over it and leave only 6 inches at Bottom for air circulation.
Then they will ripe well into end of November.
Of course the color and Taste will not be as good as in the Sommer time,but they6 will ripe.
H2

Herman not the best of pics but the figs on their now are the same size on this picture. The plant is more or less 3 ft in diameter. The pic below the distance between the wood is 3ft so if I can cover the little cage their with a clear plastic or tarp you think that would work?

What are some of the cold temperature verieties of fig? We are in Maryland (zone 7). My Brown Turkish figs lose about 10% of the crop to end of season cooler temperatures, they stop maturing and remain green. Thanks,

It would absolutelly work,if you use clear plastic.
Just leave it a little opening at BOTTOM,for air circulation.
H2
To Figlvr.Most figs leave a few fruits unripe at the end of the season,outside their normal climate(Fresno co,Ca),or central and southern Italy.
You know your climate is not FResno County CA.!!!
I have been there,as a truck driver,and I can tell you that 115 F,is something normal there for about 8 days in July.
H2

Thank you, Marcantonio for asking the question and, thank you, Herman2 for the plastic bag suggestion.

I have been staring at my figs for 3 months trying to will them into ripening. They did absolutely nothing for weeks. We had one single week in the 80s that seemed to stimulate them but nighttime temps in the 40s and 50s didn't help.

There were 10 figs on my little EL Chicago Hardy, 20 on my Petit Negri, 2 on the English Brown Turkey, and about 30 on my VdB. All of the Chicago Hardy figs have ripened in the last 2 weeks so Chicago Hardy is now my favorite. The flavor wasn't a blockbuster but it was as good as the ones that I got from Costco last month.

I have gotten 2 Petit Negri and 1 from the VdB. At this point, any fig tastes good to me (except the almost-ripe Celeste that dropped off yesterday) so I hope the clear plastic bag trick works. We have had 2 frost warnings and one frost/freeze warning in the last week so I have my fingers crossed.

In desperation, I went out yesterday and tried oiling the eyes on all of the remaining figs. I am hoping that all of us in the Northeast get a break and have a nice, warm Indian Summer this month.

Next year has to be better.

C.J.

Hi Jenia:I am sorry you oiled the figs.
It works but the flavor is not there.
This is done mostly for people that intend to sell the fruits,not to consume them self.
Plastic cover works better.
It is like placing the fig in a greenhouse without to invest in one.
Hardy Chicago will improve once it get older.
I wish you luck.
h2

Oh, dear. Thanks, Herman. I'll know better next year. Well anyway, I did both, i.e., oiled them and put bags over them. I am down to the wire, weather-wise. We have a killing freeze by the third week of October every year...except last year,... and the overwhelming majority of these figs probably wouldn't (probably won't) ripen anyway.

I had an old karate sensei who believed that pain is the best teacher. I guess fig culture is no different.

C.J.

Jenia,
yes i agree with Herman about oiling figs and flavor just not there as thats what happened to me in past.
I had also in past wheeled fig tree in garage at night because of cold temps and did not oil figs to try to get some to ripen and back out each morning , lots of work doing that process and the figs steadily lost there flavor.Your teacher is very correct we hope to learn by our mistakes and therfore sometimes its painful.
Its just been a rough year for a lot of members weather wise, except perhaps some of those in warmer climates.Oh and yes and like Herman says Hc will get better as it matures least mine did.
Best Health
Martin

I have a small brown turkey fig and a petite negra, the turkey has lots of little green figs on it. I'm going to bring it inside and put it around the gas heater we have, hopefully it'll be enough to ripen them. At least this year I can turn lights on them. :)

You said LITTLE GREEN FIGS, if there little they will not ripen this season.

Hello all. I'm new to this group and a neophyte with figs. But I have a couple of questions that I seek your assistance with.

I bought a fig tree last year. I don't know the variety. But I got perhaps 11 figs that year that were quite purply/black when ripened and very tasty. The tree then was about 4 feet tall.

I'm in zone 5 (Central NYS) so the winters are harsh. At the end of the season I let the leaves wither from the first frost and brought the large container with tree into my unheated basement. I covered it with a thick white sheet and just gave it a little water every month so as not to dry out (the white sheet idea came from a website where home growers had a forum. It might have been this one)

In March, the tree decided to grow leaves, to my dismay. Perhaps some scant light from windows in the basement encouraged it. So I took the sheet off and moved it to the glass door where it would get a couple of hours of sunlight daily. It was doing really well.

I moved it back to my terrace around Mother's Day, which is supposed to be frost free thereafter in my parts. But it wasn't and a frost killed all of the new, lovely leaves. Over the following months it grew back all of its leaves but no figs. Now it was around 6' tall

Labor Day I noticed that I was getting at least 15 figs. Right now the biggest is about thumb zize, and any day/week now we will have a frost.

Here's the questions:

Should I move it into my heated home in a sunny window, add grow lights, and hope the figs mature. Or will they?

If I do that, should I just let it grow for the winter in the home and hope to get another set of figs in the spring? Or does it need to be dormant for a time?

Or should I just leave the tree on the terrace and let the frost kill off the leaves and baby figs and repeat the over-wintering I did this past year?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Leave it on Terace till first light frost,and when leaves Fall,put it back in same place it was last winter.
Cover it with something dark,so nolight goes to it.
Next year take care so it does not freeze again,and you should have a lot of fruits,next year.
This year was a bad year for figs generally,so you did not loose much.
H2