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Gashing to ripen

Does gashing a Common or San Pedro fig do anything to help in ripening? Anyone ever tried it?

I've seen references where people gash (make a slice in the fruit) Sycamore figs that wouldn't otherwise ripen.
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I never tried gashing figs before.  However I have noticed that figs that get pecked at by the birds seem to ripen faster.
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This paper about gashing (slicing) Sycamore fruit might be interesting for people who have trouble getting their Carica to ripen in time.

http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/50/3/378.full.pdf
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Originally Posted by FrozenJoe
I never tried gashing figs before.  However I have noticed that figs that get pecked at by the birds seem to ripen faster.


I noticed the same.  In the Seed Savers list there's a fig who's owner said that in Italy his family would poke the figs with a needle to get them to ripen earlier.  I tried that after reading it to one of my figs, but it was too late in the year and nothing came of it.  Something to try next year.
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