Looking good! Do you have a favorite so far?
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They were all very good! Maybe smith had an extra edge?
I’ll have more to compare soon.
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Is this so their roots can escape (less watering)?Do you unbury them in the fall and bring them somewhere protected each winter?
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That is the big problem with that approach. That is only doable with plants with less vigorous roots or smaller plants. If I bury a 10G 7 year old plant, roots will certainly find some places to escape. If you move pots around, you’ll have to re-work wood mulch again and again.
Fortunately in my zone I don’t have to move fig trees so they are a permanent fixture.
I feel the pots warm up sooner in spring and the soil stays warmer all growing season long in our heat challenged summer. This gives me the best of both worlds I think — growing in ground and in pots.
I use fairly large pots — 15-20 gallons
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Green Ischia and Adriatic JH.
Green Ischia
Adriatic JH:
The rains definitely impact the ripening of those figs. But they did not split. Surprised that they still hold the flavor.
Definitely we can grow true Adriatic figs here in zone 6.
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I like that technique. Good thinking.
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Here’s a tree from a bike path near my home in Northern California
And from my yard; “Desert King”, I think. ETA; nope! Black Jack.
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Turkey does pretty well. I’m thinking there might be others.
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Nice fruit,but probably not that variety.They don’t get that dark,inside or out.
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Thank you @Bradybb! I realized that after posting, and I’m trying to remember which one I have. I’ll remember when i see it. Is there a list of purple figs somewhere?
ETA Black Jack!
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n=1 but LSU Gold seemed to struggle with our heat here in S. Arizona. LSU Hollier has been much better and I just put it in ground this year.
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I’m not a big fan of LSU Gold. Flavor is plain sweet. Thin skin and won’t stay long on tree. Can be very sweet. Simple flavor.
Interesting, my Black Jack doesn’t look like yours.
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Does my Black Jack look like something else? I’ve had it for maybe 20+ years, and that’s what I usually recall. I could easily be wrong and would rather think it was something more interesting! 
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This is a friendly reminder if your figs are impacted by recent rains and splits or blended do not give up on them just dehydrate and bring back close to perfectly ripe figs. I already did couple of batches and will do more.
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I’m not a fig expert, but it could be a Brown Turkey or Black Mission. I went to my local reliable nursery (not HD or Lowes) to confirm mine is a Black Jack, it’s not Black Mission.
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Nice! I have 2nd and 3rd year Pastilliere’s (one in the ground and one in a pot) and both have been absolutely miserly–not a single fig. How old is your tree?
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Lots of buzz around this fig so I appreciate your candid review. It’s on my “maybe” list for next year.