Henry,
I'm assuming you are growing your trees in pots if you are in NH? I grow trees in pots and in the ground in Boston and have had trees for about 7 years now.
If you are growing in pots, you want to give your plants a low nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen makes trees grow a lot of foliage. If you're growing in pots, however, the plant only has a limited capacity to grow roots to support such growth. If you limit the amount of green growth, you will have more successful harvests. After a green shoot puts out 5-6 leaves I like to pinch the growth tip at the end to prevent any more leaves from developing on that shoot. The figs start to appear shortly after pinching.
You probably already know how to read the fertilizer numbers, but just in case you aren't sure: The 3 numbers on both synthetic and organic fertilizers respectively correlate to Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (N-P-K). I like to give my trees Bone Meal. I think its 0-10-0. The phosphorus helps with root and fruit development. Seaweed based products have good amounts of Potassium, which helps for disease, but figs don't really have too many disease problems. You can give them wood ash and a little lime if you want to maintain the pH but add more potassium too. If the leaves start to get a little yellow, you can use an iron supplement. Most importantly, keep potted trees well watered. I'm not exactly sure how the sea products line up with phosphorus, but I think that it's probably the most important of the 3 major elements for potted trees.
If you are growing the trees in the ground you don't need to be as contentious about the types of fertilizers you are using.