I didn’t get around to taking many fig photos this year. But this mule form of Negra d’Agde caught my attention tonight. And Texas BA-1 is a new one to me that’s mighty tasty.
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My experiment on applying olive oil to the eyes of unripe figs was a wonderful success!
I treated all of my figs on my small trees exactly 7 days ago-
4 days ago they all started developing a red blush-
3 days ago they started swelling-
And today I tried a several and I didn’t detect any diminishment to the taste.
The theory behind this treatment is that it seals the eye trapping any ethylene gas naturally produced by the fruit inducing ripening.
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Looks lovely! I’ve been really enjoying the teramo.
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Marsalles black VS from potted tree. One Chicago hardy on top from an in ground tree. Marsalles black VS seems to be consistent for two years now ripening a good amount of fruit. I’m lucky to get a handful of Chicago hardy before the cold gets em.
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Good pile of fruit. All my figs are getting eaten before I even get a chance. I have to bag them next year. We have not been able to get to the farm as often as we normally would because car trouble. Im not jealous at all seeing all the harvest coming in.
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I’m getting hammered by critters as well
had to set up a fig fortress to try one i258 lol
at least I know I can ripen it here.
this one needed maybe a day or 2 more but rain tomorrow
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That’s quite the fortress. I’ve gone to similar lengths for grapes and peaches. Those who don’t have home orchards just don’t understand 
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Nice fortress setup! Is the blue thing the command control? 
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Still getting the odd Italian Honey fig and Gisotta Nero. Pretty much at the end of the season now though. Stuff isn’t really ripening all the way anymore.
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The olive oil on the eye thing is completely new to me, hadn’t heard of that technique at all. The fact it didn’t affect the taste is the thing I’d have been most worried about. Going to try it on a few next year.
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Ive thought about if theres anything more viscus like some sort of food safe vaseline
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You could dissolve a small amount of bees wax into some oil like olive or coconut to thicken it
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Straight coconut oil or Crisco seems like it would work pretty well.
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probably the last figs and jam of the season. 2kg worth:
pulled a few plants into the garage to protect from overnight freeze. one is a loaded white madeira #1 that just started ripening its first figs. temps are supposed to be 60-70s for the highs and 40-50s for the lows for the next couple weeks 
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Maybe if it sprouts you’ll have an in-ground one there 
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Mulch it and mark it! I bet you’ll have a tree next year, and it might survive your winter, who knows, at least sprouting back like a Chicago Hardy, or maybe you can bend the stems down and mulch over them for the winter and get figs that way.
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Roots escaping the pot like that is usually a sign the tree is really happy in there. If any end up in the ground over winter you might get a surprisingly well-established plant come spring.