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artichoke

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2013, 12:38:34 »
Hurray! My two trees have at long last started to ripen here in East Sussex, and judging by the numbers of green fruit all over them it is going to be a bumper year. They are 13 yr old Brown Turkey cuttings from a former garden - one is planted in a corner made by 2 walls of the house, no root constriction but also no water or encouragement, and the other is at the top of a bank where I expect it has a huge root run and more water. Both behave the same.

Has anyone tried drying figs if they have more than they can eat in the time? I am thinking of halving them and putting them in a fan oven at the lowest possible heat. I have done this with tomatoes and apple rings, and it works like a proper dehydrator.
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2013, 15:40:57 »
In case anyone noticed that this thread was locked!  It was me being clumsy on a phone duhhh!
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2013, 16:14:16 »
My first too. Needed steps to reach them.
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tricia

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2013, 23:05:53 »
Tim - it was lovely to see you posting again after such a long gap. Welcome back  :wave:

I planted a 'Jordan' fig tree in a 50cm dia. x 40cm deep pot in the Spring. It has put on lovely growth, but no fruit. I think I was told it was two years old when I bought it so how long must I wait for it to produce fruit?

Lidl has figs at 24p each right now!

Tricia
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saddad

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2013, 09:45:53 »
Lovely to see you posting again Tim, but be careful on those steps...
I can't imagine having too many figs, a big site with 120 plot holders always willing to share a fresh fig! :wave:
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2013, 14:03:37 »
Quote from: saddad on September 04, 2013, 09:18:11
Hope you find something that works... another 10 yesterday... and at least 4 today.. had a peak while I was doing some watering nearby...  :wave:
Gonna hafta stop readin' your posts, Sadad. Drooling down my shirt every time.
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Nigel B

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2013, 14:10:36 »
Quote from: artichoke on September 04, 2013, 12:38:34
Hurray! My two trees have at long last started to ripen here in East Sussex, and judging by the numbers of green fruit all over them it is going to be a bumper year. They are 13 yr old Brown Turkey cuttings from a former garden - one is planted in a corner made by 2 walls of the house, no root constriction but also no water or encouragement, and the other is at the top of a bank where I expect it has a huge root run and more water. Both behave the same.

Has anyone tried drying figs if they have more than they can eat in the time? I am thinking of halving them and putting them in a fan oven at the lowest possible heat. I have done this with tomatoes and apple rings, and it works like a proper dehydrator.

....Not exactly drying them, because they contain such huge amounts of moisture, but I cut some into quarters and covered them in sugar. Loads of it. Then it went syrupy, so I added more sugar and got more sugary liquid.
By now the smell was quite lovely. Figs getting just a bit fermenty... and sugar.

We ended up baking a couple of figgy-bread loaves with it.
The result was surprisingly like a fig-loaf, only better. It was fantastic!

I just picked twenty-odd figs again this morning. What a problem to have, too many figs  :icon_cheers:
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Squash64

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2013, 14:23:09 »
Quote from: artichoke on September 04, 2013, 12:38:34


Has anyone tried drying figs if they have more than they can eat in the time? I am thinking of halving them and putting them in a fan oven at the lowest possible heat. I have done this with tomatoes and apple rings, and it works like a proper dehydrator.

Our Cats Protection lady makes fig jam from my surplus figs.
I'm not keen  on figs myself so I don't know what the jam tastes like
but I believe it's very popular with her customers.
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #28 on: September 05, 2013, 18:02:26 »
All this talk of figs - yum yum. We're in Tenerife at the mo & there are loads growing by the roadside. Have seen a few people picking them. Maybe I'll give them a go.
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2013, 16:30:00 »
My 3-year-old outdoor Brown Turkey fig fruited for the first time this year. Can't tell you much about the flavour, the pigeons had the lot.
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pumkinlover

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2013, 08:07:11 »
Quote from: Russell on September 06, 2013, 16:30:00
My 3-year-old outdoor Brown Turkey fig fruited for the first time this year. Can't tell you much about the flavour, the pigeons had the lot.
Shame for you sorry!
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saddad

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #31 on: September 08, 2013, 22:14:45 »
Another dozen today... having not looked on Friday/Sat  :wave:
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pumkinlover

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2013, 12:04:54 »
Sent Mr Pkl up the tree today
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GrannieAnnie

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2013, 12:18:01 »
A lovely haul!
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Re: My first fig
« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2013, 19:01:14 »
Only half-a-dozen yesterday, haven't checked today...  :wave:
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squeezyjohn

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #35 on: September 10, 2013, 22:37:05 »
One ripe fig eaten today - and only one more on the baby tree that's ripe, but man it tasted delicious!

I can't believe that these exotic fruits can grow so well in the UK!

And I can't wait to have a tree that makes loads of this divine fruit!
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saddad

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2013, 08:06:27 »
It is hard to beat a fully ripe fresh fig from the tree...  :sunny:
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pumkinlover

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2013, 08:16:29 »
Just made 6lb into jam so we "hold on to that feeling"!!
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GrannieAnnie

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2013, 12:02:00 »
Quote from: pumpkinlover on September 11, 2013, 08:16:29
Just made 6lb into jam so we "hold on to that feeling"!!
salivating here
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saddad

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Re: My first fig
« Reply #39 on: September 12, 2013, 22:31:25 »
Another 15 today, but the mice had been at two of them...
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