I was wondering how much time a fig cutting takes to give edible figs? My brother gave me and my father one fig cutting each one from the same fig tree. Both cuttings developed into nice trees in less than a year. My father tree had figs at 8 months, but the figs taste acidic and my brother told us that this particular variety of black fig was very sweet (sorry, I don't know the name of the variety). My tree hasn't developed any figs at all. So I was wondering which tree is behaving normal, my tree or my father tree? and what is the usual amount of time that a cutting develop good eating figs? thanks in advance

The cutting usally produce after spring time. Maybe the fig was not COMPLETELY ripe

Welcome to the forum.

What Richie said.
Also, some varieties produce from a young age, and some are stubborn. From what I've read, figs should be given 5 years to really show their potential.
Good fertilization and moisture levels will insure quality fruit, and this is most important if the plant is potted.
I would watch your father and ask what he's doing to his plant, and note how much sun and heat his plant gets. Something he's doing may be giving his plant an advantage over yours.
Look at some pictures of ripe fruit on the forum. The flavor is best at the very end of ripening.

It is not unusual for a cutting to try making a few figs the first year but it does not always happen, and most of us who are not in ideal climates remove those to let the plant grow better.  Most figs plants will put on figs their second year.  And as said above, they may not develop their full potential until a little older.

The figs were ripen, more than 10. We had fig trees in the past, so we know when a fig is ripe. My question is if a fig cutting in the first fruit production, can produce acidic figs?

To answer the other question, me and father we have both the trees almost in the same conditions, the only diference will be the soil. Mine is full of rocks, so I ended diging a hole 1 foot deep x 1 foot wide. My father soil was more lose with no rocks, so he made the hole almost doble as mine. I think that´s the factor that contributed that his tree developed better than mine. I think that my soil is so full of rocks that that new roots can´t pass them. My tree is planted on the ground but it´s like have it in a small pot in reallity.

Try adding bone meal on top of soil working it in just a inch or so under soil line. Be generous with the bone meal. This is very good for the pulp of the fruit

My cuttings, even those started in March, usually produce figs the same yr. But the fruit is late and suffers from over watering. It's the over watering IMO that causes reduced quality.

Bone meal can be bought just about anywhere lowes home depot

Thank you!!
I saw them also on ebay. I will check Home depot first and compare prices

Hi mfehmi,
Welcome to the forum.
In my zone7, my fastest to produce odd fruits took 18 months. I hope the fruit to be better next year or ...
In general, my cuttings take 3 years to fruit be it from cuttings or a root-shoot.
There are big difference depending on the initial cutting size. Bigger/larger branches will make healthier cuttings.
Then the cares make a huge difference - better watering and better fertilizing will make an healthier tree.

It all depends. Some produce the first season. And some take 2-3 season to produce any fruits.

Navid.

Hi,
They were damn small ! Cherry sized ! and not ripening properly. Inside the figs, the flesh was sometimes half dry.
I never saw such a tiny fig.
Hopefully next year, they'll get bigger ... That strain is new to me, but it seems to give smaller fruits ... But cherry sized ... Come on ! It shall not be.

Most of the cuttings I started last winter and planted in 1 gallon pots in March produced a little bit of fruit this year.  Not a lot of figs, but several per tree.  I was pleasantly surprised.

Black JACKS will give you fruit first year of cuttings

I lived with my brother for 10 years with unknown green fig, There was no caring or whatever for this fig tree, However, This 17 year old Tree grow to 25ft height by 30 FT wide, During that 10 years, I never been able to  taste any sweet rippen figs, its tasted so bland like nothing as all, Even mouses/birds did not care to eat it,  This year, I got some free " Sheep manure" from farm, I put down 100+L sheep manure under this fig tree at July plus let faucet water ran on it for 30 min, at September, My brother called and  told me that his figs tree had couple thousands sweet figs, it was very sweet, Even Squirrels jumped from roof to tree to eat it.

Good fertilization and moisture levels will insure quality fruit, also, Tree needs strong sun to sweet up its rippen figs.