Fig is hardy Chicago. Brown spots and sometimes white coming out. These are the first figs I have ever seen in person to reach this size (about the size of a quarter) but I don't think this is natural?

Scott,

My Hardy Chicago gets to about quarter size before they stall, then swell and ripen. It looks like damage from a bug that pierced the fruit. Only suggestion is to cover the fruit with the organza bags until they are ready to go. I had a few that looked like that last year and they seemed to ripen anyway.

About a week ago someone posted something similar. Someone said FMV was the culprit. I thought that made the most sense.

Hmmm. Both interesting theories. I will put some organza bags on them and see if they improve. I am wondering if they will still be OK to eat? If they fully ripen I will let people know before I eat them and if I stop posting it would probably be good to steer clear! =). I have seen one wasp hanging around the figs every afternoon. I will try to get a close up pic next time I see it. Also wanted to note it has been an unusually cool summer with record lows at night. Not sure if that matters. Thanks all!

Scott, is the tree under a sprinkler zone?
Looks like water drop burns...like a Magnifying glass effect.
Sometimes if it's only white stuff coming out from many places means it has been Wasp piercings ...but in your zone...I don't now.

Not wasp damage. They have a sweet tooth and that fig isn't sweet yet. Another point is that their mandibles are like tin snips, they carve out a chunk and carry it off. Word then gets out and it's buddies come back, the feast is on.

Hi hoosierhuy86,
Is the tree young ? Sometimes young trees will make such figs.
Did the tree suffer from too much shadowing (fruit is light colored) ? Lake of watering ?
Is the tree in ground ? Fertilized ?
Does the tree have more figs ? they look healthy ? If so, I would protect the ones that still look healthy and probably remove that bad looking fig. That fig is not round shaped so it will probably not ripen properly - sometimes figs come out half ripen and half corky - but the decision is yours !
The shape of the stains makes me think more of repeated shocks against a stem, wall or tree . Is something possibly colliding that fig with wind help ?

I have noticed that fuzzy figs are more likely to get it i.e. Black Bethlehem, Black Greek., HC My guess is cercospora leaf spot, it has been documented on fruit.

almost looks like insect damage, see the same thing on apples fight before finding a worm, somtimes half a worm. just saying 

Hi everyone,

First year tree started from a cutting and in what I would guess is a 5 gallon pot. It is my most vigorous grower. I started the year fertilizing all my figs but they were growing to fast and I couldnt keep on top of constant up potting so I stopped fertilizing. I have to keep figs located on east side of house but I have them probably 10 feet away from the side so they get sun most of the day until about 6p. I usually water every other day since it doesn't rain a lot in the summer. Winds have been very strong. Its amazing to see what the tree are able to take. We had hail over the weekend. Some places even had tennis ball size. This does look a lot like the spots we get on apples and peaches around here but I don't know what those are either. Haha. Finding half a worm is the worst!

Other bugs I have seen around the figs are ants, sow bugs, tiny flies, larger flies, crickets, and worms are under the pots in the mulch.

any leaf hoppers or stink bugs?

Hi James, haven't seen any around the area for a while. Definitely none this year. I did notice that the HC so far is the only one with this happening. Once the others develops larger figs I can post an update to see if certain ones are doing it.

It looks like something pierced the skin to suck out some of the liquid.  Stink bugs are known to do this.  In Texas they leave my figs alone because they are too busy swarming the pomegranates.  Leaf hoppers do this to the leaves, but this year I saw one on a small fig and noticed a depression later.  It could be coincidence. 

You may want to inspect the trees (under the leaves especially) with a flashlight after dark.  You may find a different culprit roaming around.

Need more calicum

Scott, This year I'm seeing that on most of my Mt Etna type trees.

I have no idea - I have never seen anything like that ...

I had reported before that some of my unripe figlets were
(mysteriously) oozing white sap from the still green skin.
(probably insect bites?)

Is this a similar cause but with a later result?

I vote for fungus.  :)

More photos. First two are HC. Last is unk

 
 
 

Hopefully these show up detailed. I only notice this so far on the HC. All other varieties with figs are green but to small to tell at this point. 

Fungus. Think of how a rose leaf looks when fungus starts. Look at how many fungicides are sold.

Don't know what a rose leaf with fungus looks.like but these are right next to rose bushes! I will have to check the roses

Some roses are resistant to fungus. Knockout is probably the most well known.

Check this out! Went out on my lunch and look at the rose that is practically touching the HC. What do I do about fungus?