It has been a good spring, not to wet.  Last year was an El Nino year & it was record breaking precipitation, the same is true in La Nina year for us in StL. The year after this is always hot and very dry. Summer is living to it's name, 97+ degrees days in forecast & heat indexes of 110.  I pinched almost all of my branches like Herman suggested. On two of the branches I found were mad that I pinched them, yes they were mad! They started to rebranch! I had to recut the tips again. Is this normal? They were not kidding in describing VdB as prolific. I just hope it likes our humidity. 7 figs and counting! Not bad for the first year.

Sounds like your one of the few with nice spring!
Yes they will rebranch mine do this also.

I had also been checking my pinched plant today and found that` some of the plants were generous with fig embryos but some were stingy and growing new shoots where I was expecting fig embryos. I thought I will pinch the shoots now and ask later. In my zone, I will start pinching even the fig embryos after mid-July since they will never have any chance of ripening before the frosty nights unless I see experienced advice otherwise.

Once again...
I just checked the weather forecast. We are going to have a heat treat in 87F for a couple of days which is rare in our Zone 5. Now, would not I wish the fig fruits on my plants were in that stagnation stage at penny size that I have been read lately to accumulate all the heat units.

Yep, it is summer around here too!

As I type, my weatherbug is showing 102*

Dem crawfish already cookin in that heat in them rice patty's

Ya got that shot right!

HAHA.........Get with it

So, our fig plants here should be better off still doing something as far as growth is concerned while your plants may be going for summer dormancy while the temperature is above 95F. I am just trying to fins a silver spoon for our colder areas.

Thank you OttawanZ5 again! This the second time for good advise, once about the additional pinching and once on the newbie raspberry advise on the GW forum. I'll start pinch again.
Martin it was a good spring. There were no calls for sandbaggers from too much rain like last year. They almost closed Hwy 44 because of flooding last year. We had no tornadoes in our county or the next county over. Three counties away three people were killed by a tornado. We had no late frost like the other year it killed the entire peach crop here.

i'm not trying to hijack Nhardy's thread but!

Dan you were right about Going watch dem Tigers win dat college baseball world series over dem Texas Longhorns in a few minutes........

Geaux Tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well there is always next year!

Dan
We are getting closer with 95F (34C~35C) today. Not bad for our Zone 5.
I have to finish this post fast. Most probably, with no air conditioning, my rooms get hot and the laptop just turns off in the middle of work with no warning or proper turning off process. I guess it is the heat but not only the heat but clogged fan vents and probably the heat sinks needing cleaning as well.

Ottawan,

I have a Laptop that does the same thing, I don't use it very much but

Here is how I cured that problem.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=3486&SRCCODE=WEBGOONOTE&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE

Cecil, That is cool. I Will try it.
This fig forum is good for fig advice & much more.

The heat spell is over. We are back in the 80's & no more humidity in the 80% mark. We even turned off the AC. Yesterday, I put the little guy, VdB, on the porch to get a little shade, 99 degrees & 80% humidity. Let's hope it holds to the 4th of July fair and the All Star game. You did hear who is throwing out the first pitch. Should you want a free concert, stop in for LIVE on the Levee for three weekends.

At last i hear thunder outside, this weather came in fast changing the pressure alot, I can feel the change in the air. It is getting cold fast and I can smell the rain in the air. Houston has been waiting on rain for a long time now.  But the heat will dry this up real fast.