Thanks!
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I found more figs walking around town today.
Probably Brunswick
Some sort of Mt Etna
None of these are ripe yet, but maybe some sort of Adriatic.
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Figs walking around. 
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Found these in the back/side yard on my CH Fig.
I do know two other houses in my home town that have figs.
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My first Italian 258. Now I know what all the hype is about! Delicious even if could have ripened a day or so longer. But the ants found it even in the mesh bag and I didn’t want them to ruin it. Can’t wait for more to ripen.
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Maybe I will try something like that this year. I ended up just continuing to pitch spoiled figs into the lawn last year because there is a spotted wing drosophila parasite I want to try and help get established. Seems to have worked, but ff pressure is really low so far so I have not seen many of the wasps yet.
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Congrats! It’s a beauty!
Everyone’s trees look so lush! I’m going to try some pruning…and maybe more water, at least before the figs start growing.
Black Jack, maybe 15 years old, inland valley in N Cal. I used organza bags, which worked for the birds, but had to add electronic cougar sounds for the racoons.
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It looks like people use figs as hedge. It may be a good idea to ask for some cuts in the Fall. Is this Lancaster downtown?
How did you add the sounds? Thanks!
I bought a cuple of these a year ago because of bats in our belfry ( okay actually over our front door), and
The Guardian™ – Ultrasonic Pest Deterrent | Pest Repeller Ultimate.
It has settings for various varmints. The "predator " sound is for racoons, opossum, and I think deer.
Do you grow any other English brown turkey?
Thanks! Does it work as described? Can it scare deer off?
Florea: First fig to ripen, picked yesterday. It was split at bottom but ripe or over ripe and super sweet. My first Florea ever and I am very excited about this variety as seems like 4 vertical shoots have about 60 + figs on them. hoping to ripen them all.
Improved Celeste: Hopefully fully ripe in few days
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No, just LaRadek. Not enough room to squeeze more in!
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You have one of the very best English brown turkey’s, since not many people grow them I am curious how they do in different parts of the country in comparison to each other. Yes I understand about space limitations.
We’re having very little rain, so figs are doing well and no splitting issues. But ants are as bad if not worse than ever.
Here are a couple of Bellaclare Sport figs with an Izbat An Naj between them. When I cut them open the Bellaclare Sport on the right was filled with ants, but the other two were good. Bellaclare Sport is a very nice fig with a mix of berry and honey flavors and the Izbat An Naj was a nice sweet honey fig but with hints of melon or pineapple. I think I’d need it to get riper to get the full pineapple flavor it is supposed to have, but there were already some ants on it so I didn’t want to wait. I think they’d all be classified as mid season.
I didn’t take any pictures, but another fig I enjoyed yesterday that I don’t see a lot about was De La Reina. I had a very tasty one yesterday - it was like a larger, sweeter Mt. Etna in flavor. Most of these are still in 5-gallon pots, but I’d say all three of these varieties should get bigger pots next year to increase my production.
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