Fig dropping fruit early

General Fruit Growing
#1

I have a Black Jack fig tree in the ground. It is in its third leaf since putting it in the ground. This year I had about 10-15 breba fruits and it seems that they are all dropping before ripening. Is this a young tree issue? Pests? Or possible from a cold snap? We had two or three mornings in early May where temps were down to 30F for a short period (an hour or so).

I have yet to eat any fruit from the tree. Hoping this will be the year. Last year the weather got too cold before the fruit ripened.

#2

Do u have photos of the fruits? if u cut in half and take a photo. there is something that is in southern CA called the black fig fly that does affect figlets.

#3

Here are a couple figs. These were smaller ones I just found. There were some larger than this that fell but not too much bigger.

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#4

Some of my figs dropped the entire crop for years before it started ripening them. That’s pretty common here.

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#5

doesn’t look like any BFF it probably not related to insect damage

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#6

It’s not uncommon for brebas on a fig tree to abort the same year as planted.