Excellent taste, one of my favorite.

Congrats Vinny, looking really good. Every time you post one of yours, I think I want that.

Wow, are those kept in ground Vinny?

So it actually ripened outside in this autum-like weather?

That 's something I discovered as well with my Madeleine. Last year I had it all summer in the greenhouse and although the figs on it ripened, the taste was very mediocre. The colour was very intense though.
This year I just gave it a head start in the GH and put it outside by the end of may. It was amazing to see how the tree developed much greener leaves and really big figs and on top off that they actually ripened far better and had a real good taste.
Could have something to do with the temps to which the root system can be exposed in a GH.
Also, glass filters some of the UV, maybe figs need lots of UV to develop taste and sugars in the fruit and leaves.

Also it helps if you feed them sulphate of potash mixed in warm water from mid July.

Explain please, does it help with the ripening?

Yes potassium does help with ripening and nutrients uptake. You don't need nitrogen from mid summer at all. Just mix couple of table spoon of sulphate of potash in warm, I mean nice and warm not Luke warm water (10 litre watering can or bucket) and feed them weekly. I also add some Epsom salts every month as it's been raining a lot and the leaves turn yellow with all the nutrients leaching out and less magnesium uptake. Warm water make sure the roots absorb the fertiliser well. You can also just use a high 'K' fertiliser or a hydroponic 'PK' fertiliser .

This is a nice brand.

I have a similar fertiliser in granulates, very rich in K but I have never used it for my figs, only for the peaches. Good advice from you to use it. What is epsom salt? Sorry for asking all those questions.

Epsom salt is made up of hydrated magnesium sulfate (magnesium and sulfur), which is important to healthy plant growth. It corrects the magnesium deficiency. It also helps improve flower blooming and enhances a plant’s green color (leaves).

Hi Vinny,
Your micro climate sounds pretty awesome. I'm only 25 miles west of you along the coast and I'm pretty sure I get a lot more wind and rain. Are you sheltered from the wind and do you get any problems with splitting if it rains just as the figs are swelling and ripening.
I do move some pots outside during the summer because figs do seem healthier grown outside than full time in the greenhouse but it gets a bit frustrating when its windy and the pots blow over. I can't have really large pots which would give more stability because they would be too heavy for me to move. The other thing I would be concerned about, growing more outside would be predation from ants, wasps, birds and squirrels.
Are they not an issue with you?
Hmm. Just thought of a solution of sorts, grow in smaller pots and bury them up to their rim in the ground each year after their greenhouse start. That would stop the pots blowing over in the wind and make them lighter to move back to the greenhouse after the growing season. The smaller pots would lead to fewer figs and require more frequent root pruning but also allow for more varieties. So quality over quantity?
Any thoughts Vinny?
Thanks

Hi Vinny,

The extra sunshine hours are a huge bonus, that must be why those huge commercial glasshouses are sited in the Tangmere area. I hope you don't mind another query. My pots are placed on pot feet for the drainage and when the wind is gusting strong it can catch the big fig leaves like a sail and the pot topples off the feet and keels over. How do you stop this happening to your pots?

Cheers

Vinny, Mine isn't as red as yours, more amber looking. But I agree, it's an excellent
fig