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Figs

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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I don't want them but I've had one or two expressions of interest.😏
My brown turkey has produced quite a few figs. They're the size of conkers and are going dark green. Will they swell up a bit and if they don't, will they be edible when ripe?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
     In England the ones that usually ripen are gigs that started last year and overwintered on the tree as small pea-sized fruits. They then swell and ripen the following summer. We’ve already eaten ours. 😋 
    However in areas around the Med etc they get 2 or sometimes 3 crops a year … usually the fruit swelling on our tree at this time of year doesn’t ripen before the winter weather ruins it … this year with this weather?  Who knows?  It’s looking promising … I’m watching our with interest ..,

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The squirrels will probably get them anyway🙄. Thanks @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    I've had two figs! And I think there is another one to come. This is more than last year...
    I did think that all the figs you get to eat off a tree are from previous year.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    For the last 2 years our fig has suffered with frosts in April. The growth then stops and only starts again in June. So again no figs. It is in a sheltered position and didn't suffer in 2010 when we had -14 degrees. Odd.
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