My Norland Fig did NOT like the heavy rain we have had in the past few days.

Obviously goes withe rest of your, ahem ...interesting collection.

It will not happen in a normal Summer with 3.5 to 4 inches of rain in a month.
This time it had 4 inches or more in 2 days,something it never happen in climates where usually fig tree is grown.Look at my Violeete de Bordeaux (Edible Landscaping origine).
Violette de B,is one of the most resistant to rain cultivars,and can be the best tasting fruit in the world,when ripe in favorable condition.
Look at it now,it exploded and is watery and tasteless.

Herman.

You have been growing figs for quite some time.
Is this year one of the worst you have seen?
And do you think all this rain will effect
next Yeats's breba crop?

So Far  This Summer is the Worse since 1993,when I started growing my first fig in this Garden.
As for so much rain in a Summer:This Summer is the rainiest Summer I ever knew,at my 60+ years of age.
This Show the Global Worming is a fact,and we can see the extremes of climate, right at this moment.

<div><br></div>Just My luck that my first year growing figs is a record bad one.<div><br></div><div>Do you think all this rain is going to effect next years growth or figs?</div><div><br></div><div>Not certain if bad condition carry over to the next season.</div>

Next year can be much better, climate for figs ,with much dryer Summer months .
This year will not influence how next will be,unless the global warming goes worse every year,and so do our luck.

Nick,

I think it's trying to say something to you.

Say something?
I think it's trying to bite me!

We had enough rains in our location but not as much as Herman mentioned for his location. However, I personally (actually my fig pots) had issues with the heat waves when temperatures reached record levels (at least as far back as my 42 years in Ottawa) when it hit 36 degrees C (97 F). At my age (70+), I could not stay long enough in the heat to water all the pots and the soil in the pots in many cases went a bit (!) on the dry side. Once the soil got on the dry side, it became difficult to water it properly the next time since the water would drain off through the cracks in the soil. So I got a refreshing lesson never to let the soil dry up to that level. The net effect of the dry soil in some pots was the shriveling of the main crop fig fruits which never recovered with subsequent watering except except a fig here and there on different plants. I guess (may be for sure) I need a drip system for next summer.

Edit: To re-wet the soil for proper watering later, I started to place each pot with the dry soil in a container full of water to fully soak the water which helps at subsequent watering time in the water flow through the damp soil.