My in-ground LSU Purple is putting on some serious growth with all of the rain the last 2 months!!  However it is NOT loaded with figs!!!:( :( :(

There are figs at the bases of the older new growth, I haven't seen any on the newest growth.  It appears the tree starts pushing out figs when there are 6 leaves, then there are figs at the bases of the first few leaves and I haven't seen any further out on the limbs.

Is there something I can do??  Here are some pictures of my green monster, the first picture is from  April 7, the 2nd picture is from May 20.

Thanks!

Are you 'pinching' growth after the 5th or 6th new leaf? That usually encourages crop production. Also, too much nitrogen can encourage vegetative growth at the expense of fruit.

Many have found that pinching is the best way to encourage fig production. You can do a search on this forum to find everything you need to know about the practice.

Hi Joann749,
Welcome to the world of bifera fig trees :) .
The crop you see are the brebas. The main crop will appear in June or July.
During that time the tree is hardening, and growing while making reserves of energy ( N,P,K ) to be able to generate and ripen the about to pop main crop figs.
I just let my trees grow, water and fertilize them to help them set and grow quickly the main crop .
Sometimes I'm just getting them a 10 days shift but in Zone7 ... This is the difference between getting figs or seeing them all fry to frost (while almost ripe !!! ) ...
So IMO, patience , patience and good cares to your trees .

Gene, I tried pinching last year and it didn't seem to help much.  I also had a very bad summer personally so I may be totally wrong.

jdsfrance, it is my understanding brebas are formed on old wood, that is not the case with the figs on the tree now.

below are pictures taken on Sunday, the figs are a good size and then nothing after that.  Could it be all of the rain?  the tree looks great, just not that many figs :(

Hey JoAnn. LSU Purple does that. They are known to produce 2 and sometimes 3 main crops according to the weather,so you have more figs coming up. The fruit on the pics is main crop. This variety does not produce a Breba crop. If you pinch now you might lose a few figs this year but it will give you more branching and a better chance of getting more figs next season.IMO of couse and from personal experience with this variety. Your tree looks very very healthy by the way. Best of luck.

Thanks Chris, I pinched a lot last6 year, did not prune over winter and was hoping for more figs then I see. 

Weather here is supposed to be sunny/partly cloudy all wee with no chance of rain.  Hopefully some figs will pop out:)

Hi Jo-Ann. Here at home in Alabama, LSUPurple started putting on the first main crop figs last week. They quickly get to Celeste-size figlets and then hold that size until closer to ripening time. LSUP is a fast grower and as a section of new growth begins to harden up (bark changed from green to darker color), figlets appear. I'd expect you'll have a lot more figs as all that new growth matures a bit.

Sections of tree that get hidden in shade don't produce much so you might want to watch that tall center trunk to see if it's shading the back side of the tree. Might want to prune or air layer that center trunk to allow in more sunlight. Watch it for a season and see what you think.  A good LSU will produce abundantly in almost any conditions in the South, so hopefully you'll have a great year ahead! I'd say do your main pruning in fall or spring then let it go in the summer. Just my two cents.

Well, a few days after I posted this more figs are popping out of the newer growth! I really think the rain had a lot to do with it - we just had so much rain and so little sunshine.  Less water+more sunshine=more figs!!  I am very happy with the amount of figs I see on the tree.  I like the general rule of thumb of 1 fig per leaf - there are a lot of leaves on this tree :)

wow great looking fig tree.  You feeding it  "Grow PuP?"   Joyce

I was going to say, I don't know what your are talking about. I can see new figlets coming in the pictures in post #4. Congrats on more figs.