Originally Posted by rafaelissimmo
Can't say I agree Rich. Standard operating procedure is to remove embryo figlets on 8/15 so the tree can devote its energy to ripening what is more advanced. I wouldn't count on a warm september the way our weather has been lately. They probably wont ripen in time.

Originally Posted by ascpete
Figinqueens,
The recommendation is to pinch figs that form less than 90 to 120 days to first frost unless of course you have a sunroom or greenhouse to extend the season, otherwise you will expend the tree's energy reserves on figs that will never ripen. Earlier cultivars will ripen closer to the 90 day and later ripening will ripen closer to the 120 day range. This timing can be applied in any Zone. The rule of thumb is 30-60-90-120...

30 days to grow to the stagnant stage
60 to 90 days in the stagnant stage
90 - 120 days total to ripen.

BTW, My improved Celeste PP ripened in approximately 78 days total elapsed time last year. Good Luck.

Originally Posted by jdsfrance
Hi Figinqueens,
Easy answer : it all depends, so do as you prefer as you're the boss of your own trees.
On what does it depend : the weather and global heat at your place and on that cultivar .

My "Longue d'aout" stops growing at some point and no matter what I do or what the weather does, it no longer moves .
Knowing that last year I knocked the main-crop because it appeared as of first September - really ! So no chance to get them ripe here. And the tree did not move, no new leaf, no new growth nothing, nada, rien, nichts .
As for now, My "Dalmatie" and my "Goutte d'or" are in this first group as well, although I didn't knock the main-crop last year .

My Unknown ufti, if I knock the figs will grow a new leaf and make a new fig, no matter when - until we get several nights of frost in a raw.
The problem being that sometimes we get a night of frost followed by fifteen mild days -in October and November -and so the trees do start to make new leaves and of course when
winter finally sets in, those tender stems have good chances of being toasted, and the future brebas hopes are already gone .
I noticed that if I leave the figlets, the trees won't make new leaves and will focus on the hanging figs, and thus the stems do harden. Most of the times, the leaves will fall, but the figs still hang on the stems, and that's when I knock them .

So, what is the profile of your atreano ? Group of Lda or the other group ?
Depending on that, you'll have your answer .