This was the first tree to ripen the fruit for me. My lynnhurst white is grown in a container, the fruit is very large. The problem is the figs were tasteless. Not sure if it's because of rain. Anyone has it in ground? is it doing good for you?

Hi Bass,

My first main crop figs are going to be ripe any day now.  My tree is in a VERY large pot and is rather large - but in a pot nonetheless.  The brebas were very decent here.  I'll report on the main crop figs here in Mississippi in the next week or two.

Henry

Last year, in Austin, Texas, Lyndhurst White was insipid (tasteless) on both the potted tree and the in-ground tree. There was an unusual amount of rain last summer in Austn. That is not the case this summer, as the weather is hot and dry. However, the issue will not be settled for Austin this year, as the small in-ground tree has not produced fruit this summer. The fruit is very large and the foliage attractive on the Lyndhurst White.

It was doing well for me, ingrownd.
The trick is to let the fruit ripe fully to be of acceptable to good taste.
It will due a lot better in hotter dryer climates I believe.
In my opinion it is a comercial cultivar selected for size,and productivity.
Look at the UCDAVIS Known selected hybrids.
If you look at the comparison of taste and flavor they are all inferior to old cultivars as Barnisotte black,Adriatic,col de dame orBlack Ischia.
Even Calimyrna is inferior to them,yet a lot of efort and money was spent,with the polination proces.
Check Comparison,on the Hawai fig site and you will see I am right.
Happy Gardening

Mine is in-ground, but it is too dark to check from fruit. Has not fruited previously.

That also raises an interesting question - potted plants are thought to fruit at an earlier age than ones in-ground, or so it if often reported. Do potted plants also ripen fruit earlier in the season than in-ground plants? If so, it would be a useful "trick" in shorter season locales, perhaps?

I have read in some articles that figs produce better when their roots are constricted.
Perhaps because when it's in the ground, the roots tend to grow and push branches out before deciding to bear fruit. when in containers no  need for more energy by sending root and branches, instead the energy spent is for fruiting.

We've all seen fig trees bear early in pots, to me there are different factors for early ripening than root constriction. When they are in containers they attract more heat possibly, especially when the container is dark, therefore hastening the ripening time. Also for us in the northeast and cold climates, these trees are usually kept in protection semi dormant therefore they break dormancy earlier than in ground trees.

i have 2 year old lynnhurst white in a pot and had some ripe figs over the winter indoors and they were very big and sweet.
now its has about 10-15 big green figs on it and is in full sun still potted, hopping for a sweet fig again.
the leafs are very thick and leather like and do not wilt even in the hotter days unlike many of my other potted figs.

The LW  tasted  OK  for me here in NJ!. Maybe nothing special; it did not
taste 'super'  sweet , but I would not grade it as tasteless (not sure if that claim
was done on this FF or the other one [GW]),  just an average tasting fig (like
most other figs do work on my taste buds), but vigorous and productive.
George (NJ).

I can only say it rooted well and is a very attractive looking fig.  (and it is about 2-3 feet tall from a 6 inch cutting rooted this spring.

(and its so nice to finally be growing a fig being discussed)

~Chills