This is a three part question though they are sort of connected.  

I was just reading the thread about Adriatic JH  and that it was nice as it ripened just when Joe has dry weather.  I have that variety but I certainly don't have dry weather in July and August so I may have problems with it.  Here in my part of the Sunshine state  Our weather tends to turn drier in September unless we have a hurricane and stays on the drier side till May.  The humidity though stays sky high till October or so.   Yesterday I built my first two self watering pots they are made from half 55 gallon barrels so 30 gallons each.  It was to take advantage of an area I won't plant in the ground as it is near arsenic treated posts (Grapes).  I will have room for about 25 SWC along the grapes I suppose.  

So first question......

If I put figs that are prone to splitting in rain in the SWC and cover the tops to shed rain is all well or could the humidity itself cause the splitting problems?  


We can count on no frost through about Christmas here,  so what would people feel are the figs that ripen late?  Those figs would hopefully miss our rainy period.

Lastly what figs do people feel are the absolute worst figs far as splitting problems.  

Wills, I have a strong suspicion that a fig that splits planted in  ground will split in a covered SWC, but I may be wrong. The reason I say this is because my in ground Sal's Corleone tends to split whether it rains or not. We are currently going through a dry spell here in Tallahassee and this fig is still splitting.   Other varieties may differ but unless you really, really want a particular fig, I would avoid those that tend to split.

Black Triana would split in the desert

Now, *that*'s mean to a poor, little innocent fig...

Here in SoCal, my Black Triana (St. Jerome) and Sal's Corleone (Red Sicilian) also both split. They are in containers but do get regular water. I had been hoping in-ground with less water they wouldn't as much.

Last year I had a young Beall ripen several good fruits after Christmas. No frost here either.

Frank,

Arg that does rain on my parade a bit.......oh well we shall see.