I've heard it's a great fig, the photos do look good. I really need to look at my space and since everything has doubled in size, things will be very tight next fall. I've told myself I need to downsize by 25. How can we pick which ones to get rid of? My RDB has only a few figs on it as well. Black mission, Gulbun also nothing. How do you get rid of figs that are supposed to be good but give nothing back? The plan is to cut them up and give them away to someone that has the patience. Probably a response best left on another topic, but I was really hoping to try Smith. Thanks Steve for starting this thread.

 i'm experimenting with treating figs like flowers. it seems to be working.

early in the season i use a complete 20-20-20 fertilizer, but then switching to a complete low N, higher P and K  fertilizer.

this works with flowers n seems to stimulate fig development.

its seems to have worked,   but maybe all my figs were just about to produce anyway.

i'll know better next year.
 
steve, why not try something like jacks blossom booster n see what happens.

if you do try this, please let me know your results.

I read somewhere that stubborn trees sometimes need some shock to stimulate fruiting. Maybe let it go dry for a few weeks then hit it with a good dose of fertilizer/water.
Just a thought.

Steve,

I planted my Smith last July and it is now the size of yours.  For a 3 year old yours does seem a bit on the small side so maybe it has struggled a bit?  No figs for me either this year but have high hopes for next year.  The waiting just makes the reward more enjoyable.