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I want to cry (long rant follows)

Home from vacay.  My neighbor watered, and she's a better gardener than I, so no way I can blame this on her.  I have NO figs on my tree or tomatoes.  When I left, I at least had what was left on my brown turkeyeste after the fig drop I experienced because of draught/extreme heat.  I had figlets on my one gallon LSU purlple.  Now I have nothing.  Those of you on the board know of my bird/critter woes, but now I just don't know what to do.  I plan to prune my old turkeyeste back, so I can net it more easily next year, and I will net my LSU, but beyond that I am at a loss.  Any tips? 
I so jealous of all those old neighborhood people who have neglected fig trees that produce more figs than they can give away.  I'm going to go on Craig's list and see if anyone has any figs to sell then I'm going to their house to buy and interrogate them.

Size of tree may have something to do with it. On a one-gallon tree, it's probably pretty hard for a bird to overlook anything, but on a big, neglected tree loaded with figs I expect even the most diligent birds can only eat so many. Maybe things will improve once your figs have more growth and some netting. Good luck!

The big 15 year old heretofore neglected tree lost everything.  It had tons of figs earlier before the month of 100 degree days...

I don't have good news myself. Apart from Desert King, I have to buy fresh figs this season. The cooler spring have set fruiting back. I have lots of main crop with only a small percentage getting ripe on time. The wife & son is already at each other for being greedy. However that said, I have many new variants where the cooler spring have benefited the newly rooted cuttings. I would say its a Bonanza for new plants. Hope you have other good news.

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