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GrannieAnnie

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Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« on: May 13, 2008, 23:17:37 »
I served up the first Brown Turkey fig on china with great fanfare but it was tasteless and not sweet.
We'd just had heavy rainfall and it was on the ground  this morning but undamaged and soft but not mushy when squeezed.
The interior was a dusty rose pink and looked fine to me. 
Did I buy a lemon? ???
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 23:20:22 »
I know it has been warm this week but long hot summers give the best Figs in August...  ???
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2008, 23:25:25 »
You may of been over eager sounds like it was not quite ripe.
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2008, 23:27:01 »
I agree too - from my experience, you'll be looking at late Summer for figs - mine are tiny still!
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2008, 23:29:01 »
Bear in mind the fig tree in question is in the US not the UK, climates vary.
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GrannieAnnie

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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2008, 23:32:16 »
Quote from: Baccy Man on May 13, 2008, 23:25:25
You may of been over eager sounds like it was not quite ripe.
It fell off and was soft to the touch and the inside was soft. Should I have left it on the kitchen windowsill awhile?  Or would it have rotted?  I'm not really familiar with fresh figs, though had one years ago in California. We never see fresh ones in the market only dried.
I posted this picture earlier.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2008, 23:37:33 by GrannieAnnie »
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2008, 23:37:32 »
Unfortunately figs won't ripen any more once they are off the tree so there is not much you could of done but if they are already soft & pink inside then it sounds like they are not far off being ripe.
There is some useful information about figs on this site:
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2008, 00:38:58 »
Quote from: Baccy Man on May 13, 2008, 23:37:32
Unfortunately figs won't ripen any more once they are off the tree so there is not much you could of done but if they are already soft & pink inside then it sounds like they are not far off being ripe.
There is some useful information about figs on this site:
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/
I've saved the article which has a lot of good information. I'll hope the August crop is better.
Interesting that the birds, squirrels, raccoon and possums  roaming around somehow knew the figs weren't going to be tasty!
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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2008, 07:03:21 »
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GrannieAnnie

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Re: Fig wasn't worth a fig!
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2008, 11:07:37 »
Quote from: tim on May 14, 2008, 07:03:21
Might those not have been last year's fruit?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2006/10/24/pbunny24.xml

Yes, they were on the tree when I bought it in January and have since turned from green into a reddish brown color.
The interior looks like the picture in your article.  So it sounds like they are the less preferred crop.
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