Left to right is RLBV, Hollier, Zaffiro. All are main crop. I’m growing them in VA and they all had about a one month head start in a greenhouse. These are some of my first figs to ripen in VA.
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Continued documentation of fig transplant recovery. Also, my fig giving friend noticed I do have a fig on one of the transplants. And I found a second.
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Malta Black Breba in ground harvested 07-25-21. It is little bigger and more sweeter then Hardy Chicago. I like this fig, it is cold hardy and good candidate for in ground. Can use an other day to ripe fully.
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Figs are growing great and hoping for a very good main crop harvest. All these pictures were taken yesterday 07-31-21 
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GN-AF 07-31-21
Craven’s Craving 07-31-21
Adriatic JH 07-31-21
Black Madira KK 07-31-21
Salem Honey 07-31-21
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Andrew, what do you think of this tree, a Muscatel Preto a la Andrew. Pretty, don’t you think. It carries a couple fruits.
Your B/G looks just like it, not too shabby. They will grow another foot, too healthy looking. They will be ready for next year Fig Festival in my yard, I hope.
LSU GOLD and STELLA and DK might get a serious whack job if they don’t perform.
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Big fan of Gino’s Black. It’s not one of the top tier figs, but it’s a workhorse. That one, Sangue Dolce, and Hassan are the three Mt. Etna types I keep in pots to kick off the season.
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Souadi main crop 08-03-21. First fig of the main crop , it was very sweet and taste like a main cop.
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The figs that are being shown harvested in this thread…are these the usual time frames when they are harvested year to year (assuming the tree produces that year)? As in is August the usual time frame that Souadi ripens?
The in-laws Celeste is loaded with figs, but they’re no where near ripe. Not sure when they usually ripen in years past…
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Answer is Yes but if your weather is same as last year. There are so many little things but two main are
when you put out your potted figs outside ( head start ) and second how much sunlight these are getting. For in ground figs it may be 2 to 3 weeks late, I am guessing because I do not have a Celeste in ground.
Bottom line it should be within time frame of plus minus 10 to 20 days ( Due to Early spring, summer, mild winter, head start and other factors )
My potted Celeste main crop ripened on Aug 20th last year in zone 7A.
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i have Italian honey breba im still waiting for the main crop to ripen maybe 6 weeks from now. ! and in comparison to my white Marseilles last year. i dont think i have any of these left the birds ate all. they look different due to the leaves. has anyone ripen a finger shaped white marseilles usually sold in box stores? i heard it could be tena and not a true white marseilles. i have a small plant that has no fruit im hoping to compare it next year.
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This is obviously a noob question and probably a silly one on top of that… But I am used to the inlaws figs, told it is Celeste. They start green and turn dark purplish when ripe. It is obvious when those figs get ripe, and it’s a matter of picking before they get eaten by birds/ants/bugs or ruin because of rain. But with “green when ripe” figs (any that don’t change to brown/purplish when ripe)…how do you know when they are ripe? Is it a slight color change that is not easy to see/obvious in pictures?
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Not a dumb question at all. For mine that are green/yellow there are a number of things I look for - color change, swell of the skin, changes in the eye or some splits in the skin, and how it hangs down. When fully ripe they are flexible and hang very heavily.
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So as it pretty obvious like a fig that turns dark, or do you have to really look at them hard to tell? Seems like they would blend in with all the other unripe green ones…unless the changes really stand out to your eye…
It’s hit or miss, sometimes you pick some underripe but that’s true with the dark ones as well. Maybe others can weigh in. Most fig people hover over their figs like vampires so any little change stands out…but then I pick them too soon anyway and promise myself I won’t next time. 
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First of celeste and violet de bordeaux. Tasty but I’m sure they would be better if it wasn’t literally raining every day.
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Until you learn all of the visual and touch signs of ripeness for any one variety, it can help to poke the stem with a pin or knife point and see if it bleeds latex.
If you pick one a little too soon and the stem is still bleeding latex, put it on the counter or in the fridge until it softens more, the latex will dissipate and the fig will get sweeter than it would have been if you ate it right away.
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Some of the large honey figs can spoil easily if just one day late to pick. Also the risk with rain and wasp.
Most of the smaller purple/black figs stay on tree better. But I do not wait for them to crack. Moisture is high here and can ruin figs easily.
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Hi, @Eckie! Here’s a very good video that shows how to figure out when Celeste is ready to pick. https://youtu.be/1ybFvkpLFYg
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