My last attempt to ripen figs in a bag with apples. These are still on the potted plants when I brought them in. Most of them were dropping at this point but they tasted bland. So, I thought I tried something different this time. I put them all in a ziploc bag with apples and see what happened. I waited until there is a little crack at the eyes and wow, they are sweet!!! Did anyone else try this?
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Which variety are these figs?
SMGG =Sister Madeline Green Greek from Charlie little
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Did you have 1 as a control? In other words did you keep 1 out of the bag to compare?
Yes, I actually have about 6 outside (on the counter)and they tasted bland. Maybe, it was just a coincidence but they tend to crack at the eyes faster with the apples inside the bag. Who knows, I am trying different things…I’ll do it again next year to see if this can be repeated.
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Don’t forget that these are dropped figs from pots that I brought in due to late figs. I didn’t have brown paper bags so I used ziploc bags. I don’t like to pickle them like cucumbers so I tried these as last resort before I throw them out in the trash bins. Maybe, someone can try and we can share notes in this. I am just as shocked to find out that they tasted sweet, out of the bag but as I know, this can be a fluke
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This website has some insight into ripening green figs:
http://theitaliangardenproject.com/stuck-with-green-figs/
They state that figs that have begun to ripen can be fully ripened by enclosing the figs in a bag with a banana (or other fruit that gives off ethylene gas, like apples). They also provide an interesting recipe for those figs that refuse to ripen.
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I’ll have to try it, every time I give the fig another day to ripen the squirrels and birds get them so I end up picking early.
