Hi forum! I hope everyone has been enjoying their fresh, ripe figs so far this season!

I just wanted to show y'all some pictures I took of a few main crop figs from an unknown San Pedro type fig tree of Italian origin that's been in my family for a while. As most of you know by now, San Pedro type figs can set a breba crop WITHOUT need of any pollination from the fig wasp; on the other hand, the main crop of San Pedro fig trees NEED to be pollinated by the fig wasp to develop their fruits properly.

This first picture is of a cut-in-half main crop fig from the San Pedro type fig tree, and as you can see, it's busting at the seams with color, sugar, seeds, and pulp! Delicious! Exactly like the brebas! The wasps did a good job on this fig.

 


Now, here is a picture of a fig that was about 90% pollinated. It still had an great, sweet taste, due to the fact that the majority of the fig was pollinated, but the flowers where the fig wasp was not able to pollinate can clearly be seen to the left and to the right of the eye. They are tasteless, sugarless, and colorless.

 
  

This next fig wasn't so lucky. It's only about 25% pollinated, and the majority of the fig is not developed properly. As you can imagine, it was tasteless compared to the other pollinated ones. 

 


Just so everyone knows, I assure you that all the figs pictured above are from the same tree (they look a little bit different due to bad lighting). 


With 90% of my figs pollinated, and living in an area where the fig wasp was introduced and is currently thriving, it's shocking that I've never actually seen those tiny fig wasps with my naked eye; I recon they should really be called fig ninjas or something :) 

I'm happy to add whatever I can to the already huge amount of data, information, and experiences shared on this forum. Feel free to comment, and please correct me if I have given any false information. Best of luck to everyone!

how one knows it is a san pedro kind?

I pretty sure these are San Pedro because the development of the main crop figs are not consistent, and because the trees bear heavy breba crops.

If you are talking about how to tell if a fig tree is a San Pedro type in general, you would cover a young fig (when they are still the size of a marble or smaller) with some type of bag to prevent any fig wasps from entering the fig. If the fig never develops properly, it's a San Pedro type. If the main crop develops properly with a bag over it, and consequently with no wasps in it, then it's a common type. 

I hope this helps! 

Do you have any caprifigs around?  You could improve your pollination with caprifigs grown near by or stringing them up in branches of the tree if they have wasps inside.

Are you in California?

Hi Chivas and rcantor. I apologize for the late response. 

Chivas, I meant to do that this season, but it got too late and consequently, when I went to check on some caprifig trees I have been scoping out for the past few months (about 3 miles from my house), all the pollen-carrying fruits were already on the ground. I'll make sure to be on top of it next season and try the "string-pollination". Thanks for the advice! 

rcantor, Yes, I am located in Northern San Diego County. 

Hi donpaid,
It happens to me to have almost similar figs on "common type fig-trees" . In my case, the growth of the fig was stunted by cold weather or changing weather.
Those fig will look like ripening when they are aborting and in the end they fall and are uneatable and look corky inside, just like yours.
As for pollen, I would try this : fetch some fallen figs and freeze them until next year. Pollen could well survive if frozen ... At least I would give it a try just some 20 figs .
That could help you cope with all the others you have to do at the same time ...