A friend has asked me if there is a fig that would do well at the Jersey shore. The real issue is not hardiness, there are severaal varieties I know that would do well. What I'm concerned about is the possibility of getting some salt in the soil. The house is very close to the beach. Does anyone know of a variety that is somewhat salt tolerant? Is there such a thing?

Barry, I'm on lbi now. I see fig trees all over this island! They are all huge. The leaves look brown turkeyish so I have not taken any branches, but I think most would be fine. 

Ih and Stella do well at mine  and one that my neighbor put a crab pot over to protect it from tree rats 

Thanks guys I'll see what the preference is dark or light and get one of those for her. 

Barry I don't think there is a variety that would not do well I have a few I take care of that are two blocks from the ocean in Cape May. Besides doesn't salt make things sweeter I know it does with Chocolate......

I have Corky's Honey Delight.  It's not far from the ocean in So Ca. I just got it this year.  It was about 3 feet tall, but is the most robust and has figs at every node it possibly can.  There are at least 25 figs on it now, but none are ripe yet.   It is almost always overcast throughout the year and the nursery where I bought it from took it from one of their owners homes that was right on the ocean.   I don't know if the figs with be light or dark but the nursery says that customers rave about them.   It's growing well, so I should have cuttings in the winter. 

It can not get any closer to see then this.

Figs are very salt tolerant plants look at this one growing by the sea in Croatia

BLB,
Logically, I would think a large pot sunk into the ground and a deep layer of drainage gravel/rocks added to about 1/3 the depth of pot,  and then only water from the top of the pot would also work if you're concerned about too much salt in your soil. Watering from the top would definately flush out any salt build up that might enter the pot from the bottom. But, for proper drainage you'd have to select a planting site that's on a slope for proper drainage, or you'll end up with a mud hole and a drown plant!!
 Good luck!

I think the spray could be a problem, but only for beachfront. I saw one in VA Beach years ago beachfront and it looked great. Although the beaches there are very wide.

eden13, just when I think you showed us the weirdest figs you come up with another!

71GTO - I was just there on vacation in Beach Haven.  Where did you see figs? I looked and struck out.

Anyone out there from Monmouth County N.J.

I saw one in a yard behind Rita's water ice, one in theparking lot of beach haven fishery and in a yard next to the fishery. 

Stop by that garden center on the causway they have supplied tge island with figs nothing too exciting but last time i walked into tgat tourist trap they had 12 varients and gad some littler fig for sale didnt taste too amazing but it might have been an un ripe panache.

Marcus stop by my place on your way out your Italian maybe joe will let you take a cutting of that one in a cage.  It's a small purple fig. I text you the address

Ok So figs are fairly salt tolerant. That's good to know. Eden That fig must be constantly getting splashed with salt water, pretty amazing. Corky's Honey Delight sounds like a good choice as well. Figfanatic, do you have any idea about it's hardiness? Al, I think adding salt to food works well, not sure  I want to try to add salt to my soil lol.  

Jo-Ann. LoL i have many of them in my file.
By the way i see people in Bosnia watered tangerines and figs from the river that once the river water level drops and sea water got diluted with river water.