So here's the weirdest thing I've seen this year (apart from the ant attack). Hitherto, my unidentified TbF has always ripened with a very attractive orangey-brown (or could also be brownish-orange) blush on one side. This year the ripening color is one of the most peculiar I've ever seen, & unfeasibly difficult to describe.

The closest I can get to it is a kinda silvery greyish-green - with grey being dominant. It's a really bizarre-looking color, almost bordering ugly. Fortunately, taste is as good as ever. Has anybody else experienced anything similar? Is this something I should worry about?

Hi loquat1,
It comes from the weather and the amount of sun.
My ufti (unknown from the Italian) will ripen anything from green to yellowish to brown to violet bottom and greenish top, to almost full dark, and some greyish.
The more sun the darker gets the skin (normally, because sometimes this is not true).
Yesterday I took a fig from an ufti that was full green skinned but soft and ripe of course and I thought ho! man! this is awful - a real experience . I gently gave it to the wife,
and she reported that figs to be a really good/best one and she didn't share the fig with me :°°°( .
I knew that the fig would be good because it was a bit over ripe but protected and it wasn't bad looking except for the color.

That explanation makes perfect sense jdsf, except for one minor point: previously, the fruit always ripened the same color regardless of amount of sunshine. Last year was one of our hottest summers on record, but the one before that was one of the worst. Yet ripe fig color was exactly the same.

Still, at least you've put my mind at rest - basically nothing to worry about. Thx.

Costas,


Can you share a picture of the silvery fig?

Sure can do Calvin. I'm in the middle of filing a couple of tax returns, so will post a little later today. Thx for your interest.

So here they are:

 

 

 

 

 

The only thing missing from these pics is the silvery sheen we saw, which doesn't seem to reproduce well here for some reason.

Still disappointed this fig hasn't been identified yet, but if it keeps changing its disguise, guess it's gonna stay that way.