This has been an interesting year.

1) Much wetter winter than last few. This seems to have benefited larger in-ground trees, which have lushed up well, and have heavier fruit set than normal, and in some cases, fruit is unusually large. Winter moisture may be more important than often thought.

2) We have had a very cool summer - very, very few days over 80F. So the season started about 4 weeks later than last year. Several varieties, however, are much earlier than previous seasons, so ripening order will be quite different. This may be in part to trees getting older, But, still, some are 4-6 weeks ahead. Do cooler, more even temps affect ripening differently than hotter/cooler cyclic pattern?

3) Figs in the shade seem to ripen slower, even though on the same tree.