Are Peter's Honey normally this prolific? I really enjoyed the few I got last year, but it seems to be going crazy this year. Still a few weeks away, but every branch on my tree looks like these 2. It's in a 30 gallon container and in its 3rd year. I know Dennis likes this fig, anyone else grown it for a long time? Is this normal?

 
 

Lol yes. My Kadota is very similar. It's incredible. Also have some double figs at some nodes.. You also have some really close node spacing. Any idea how you're getting close node spacing, Gary? What do you fertilize with?

Hey Ross, I think the node spacing is due to 12 hrs of sun a day. I grow organic, so it's compost, oyster shell, rock phosphate, and fish meal or emulsion. I thought about growing a Kadota, but there are mature ones all around this area. I do have a Janice Seedless Kadota, but it doesn't produce like the PH.

Here's a pic of mine gary. A fig on every node and an extra double fig on every 4th node.


 

Whoa Gary!! You definitely hit the jackpot with your Peter's Honey this year! I can't get over how many figs I'm seeing! And Ross your Kadota is also sporting a ginormous load of figs! Nice job both of yas

Gary, your trees is really doing great! I have Peters Honey and it DOES produce well from what I saw last year (first year). My tree DOES NOT look like yours, however. Yours is really looking good!

Ross, very healthy tree! Mine is young still so I look forward to an awesome future crop :-)!

Looks like one healthy and happy fig tree, hence why its rewarding you with an amazing crop! Do you find that they like the oyster shell, I was thinking about using it.

Becky, lime is beneficial for figs, especially potted plants. My well water is also on the acidic side, so I add a handful of ground oyster shell lime to the potting mix.
Thanks Meg and Jamie.
Ross, nice looking PH!

Nice seeing peoples fig production doing well. I believes two of my trees are Peters honey and are also doing better this year then other years. Pics of two different trees I suspect are Peters. One is for sure as that's what the tag said. The other not 100% sure but possibly. These are both

What a great fig producer!
What time of year does the main crop ripen for you?

I would say for me around early Sept but I think earlier this year as the weather here in Toronto has been superb. Don't know about other guys

Pino, mid to late August last year, perhaps a little sooner this year.

Guys, I've been picking a few figs over the past 2 weeks in Charlotte.  I have one tree that's over 8 feet tall!  It' s going in the ground next spring.  I have another one with a few swollen figs but they have not oozed yet.....maybe tomorrow.  PH sometimes take a few years to really put out some nice figs.  But it is one of my favorites.  However, this year the one fig tree that puts out constantly is Smith.  I must have 4 or 5 trees.  I have a bowl of ripe figs in the fridge now.  Even the wife likes them.

Good to hear, Dennis. I've been waiting 2 years to try a Smith, and it looks like this is the year.

Dennis, all things being equal, which do you favor more for its taste, Peter's Honey or Smith for your growing conditions?

Mine have come in early August.

I have similar production and short node-spacing on some of mine as well.  I think that it has to do with not going fertilize/nitrogen crazy as well. In the spring, if the green growth is so explosive, there will be longer space, more stem and foliage growth and less fruit. Good sun exposure and not over watering will aid in this too.

I can also attest to fertilizing naturally. All I do is top-dress with a rich compost so that the plants don't just get the salt and chemical based N-P-K but a better quality, along with other micronutrients and microbials. Makes all the difference.  Since it is at the top and not mixed in, the plants never get burned. It trickles down slowly to the root zone from watering, and the more you water (hottest months) the more nutrients the plant gets, so its the perfect solution for me year-round. If you have a few worms in the pots, its a plus, because they come up to feed and bring it down to the root zone through their digestive track which is one of the best, most bioavailable forms... 
Go figure -- what happens in nature works well. : )

Well, that's a very difficult comparison to perform.  First of all, their taste is like night and day.  Smith ripens first and has a rich tangy berry flavor.  People who taste Smith want more.  It taste like a black fig!

Peter's Honey is also an excellent fig.  The figs are tighter, tougher, and firmer than Smith when ripe.  And the figs do taste like pure rich honey.  For years, I had a hard time getting them to ripen fully because the coons would sniff them out and clean out the tree.  Peter's Honey is not as hardy as Smith for my climate.  I have about 5 PHs and around 5 or 6 Smith trees.  I'm starting to get rid of many of my collection and only carry those that truly put out every year and are very hardy like Smith and the unknowns.  Both figs are tied in my book

Italian Honey is not too far behind these.  I sold a guy one last year.  He planted it in the ground and this year it fruited for him.  He said the tree is 6 feet tall and is the sweetest fig he every tasted!  He brought me a few a month ago at the market.  The fig was still green but soft and very sweet.  He asked me if I had any more for sale!