Malta Black,( had some live wood ,this Spring),ripe on August 20
Ronde de Bordeaux,grew from soil line,ripe today(first fruits).
Improved Celeste,grew from soil line ,ripe today.
All three plants are in ground.

Herman,

That is funny, your Malta Black beat mine.......in Florida:)  Mine is loaded with figs but so far has not ripened a one.  It is 5' tall or so and had no winter die back.  

Mine in a container, in SoCal, was ripe about 3 weeks ago. But again, the container timing is very different from the inground trees.

Herman, it's great to see you posting again!  I have a Malta Black that overwintered in a container (with no die-back) and was planted in the ground in May.  I got the first ripe one a few days ago and will get another probably tomorrow with a lot of figs too follow.

My container Malta Black has been ripening figs for a few weeks but they've had very little taste.  I've had a few different varieties do the same thing.

Thanks for posting Herman, how is your MBVS doing ?

Thanks for the updates, gives me hope for my RdB next year.

That is good news Herman, I have a rdb that died to soil  aside form 2 inch stubs in the ground, figs have not ripened yet , and not too many will ripen this season as it made a larger 7 foot wide bush all around about 6 feet tall.  The one that I had in pot and planted in ground is ripening a couple right now so it is good for me to know that when you speak of ripening this year I am likely 2-3 weeks behind you.

Luke:My MVSB,died to soil line and started growing late in JUne,so it has fruits but not ripe yet.
My Malta Black fruits were very tasty from the beginning on August 20,as per my son testimony as I was out of country since June 27 and came back on August 28.
I had a couple of fruits today from Malta B,and they were delicious.
The Malta Black tree,I have ripe fruits from is not my old tree but another young tree i made from the old tree,and being small i could protect it better last Winter so it came out in the Spring with a foot of live wood.
The old tree was left without protection so it died to soil line,and the fruits are not ripe yet,on it.
The Winter was very cold ,but the old tree is back in Business and 6 foot tall.

Glad to see you posting again! 

Wow Vasile, my Malta Black is in a pot and is way behind yours. I suspect it will be at the very least one more week possibly two before I start getting any ripe figs on it.

Thanks for letting us know Herman!  Those figs look like keepers for colder climates

Herman,
I got fruits from my inground Malta black and MBVS three weeks ago. They didn't have any die back because I didn't plant them out until this spring. RDB died back to within a few inches of soil Line. It is potted and has been fruiting for two weeks.

My two inground JH Adriatics have still not ripened fruit yet. I would be curious to know what your ripening sequence for these varieties has been in the past.

Thanks

Here Malta Black ,MBVS,and Ronde de Bordeaux,are very early,for our climate,start getting ripe by August 15,but not this year,due to cold Winter we had.
Adriatic JH,form fruits at the same time with the other i mentioned but it takes 85 days to get ripe,15 more days compared to early cultivars.
So Adriatic jh should get ripe in your location about 15 days later compared to MBVS.
And this is true only if your Adriatic jh is ,adult tree,over 5 years old,if not ,it will take even longer for the juvenile plant to ripe fruits.
But put it this way:Adriatic jh is worth the wait!!!!.

Pixies of my three figs i have ripe ,taken today

Thanks for sharing Herman!

I see some of your plants have bricks and rocks around the bases. Is this is absorb heat in summer and insulate in the winter? I have been building rock walls around my in ground plants with that idea in mind.

Herman, did your in-ground Kathleen's Black also freeze to the ground?  Will it fruit this year?  My in-ground KB froze to the ground save for a 1 inch stump.  It has grown back to be somewhat larger than its original size.  It has a few figs on it but I would be amazed if they ripened this year.

In contrast, my in-ground Sicilian Red, which had nearly that much much die back, was able to put figs on quite a bit earlier.  I am expecting that they will start ripening within the next couple weeks.

Yes Bricks and rocks is to warm up the root area,and also to form a mound so that the excessive rain will slide away from root area,because ,fig tree does not like wet feet.

Yes my Kathleen black died down to soil line and it grew back to 6 foot now.
Fruits are young and i can see they will not ripe this year.
But of course not every Winter is as cold as last Winter!!!.

Welcome back Herman. Good to see your posts, photos and advice.

Good to see your photos and information. Thanks.

Good to have you back Herman.

Herman looking at the last pictures you posted, I can tell the second to the last plant is Improved Celeste.

What is the name of the fig in the third picture?

Thanks.

Bob

The third an forth pictures are Malta Black young (three year old plant).

Will you try to wrap the lower part of the big trees this year?  Or are they all small enough to protect fully?

Herman,
Thanks for the response. I was able to taste a few JH Adriatic last year and they did taste great. That is why I planted two of them.

I tasted some more Malta black and MBVS today and they are both very sweet and flavorful.

Can't wait for the LSU Scott's Black to start ripening because it also had some great figs last year.

Herman thanks for sharing and glad to have you back.