Hi everybody,

This is my Sal's Corleone rooted 1/09 it has had these figs on it seems like forever, what are the chances they will ripen this year
in Z 8?

Cecil, how long have they been on i think usually within 90 days a most figs will ripen  under sun and warmth, i know days are growing shorter of sunlight .

Ciao Cecil, the first year with the Sal's Corleone, it had many figs but they stayed on forever it seemed, they did not ripen that year.  They seem to like to take their time.  Ciao

I hope it ripens for you Cecil. We should have a lot more hot days around here. Do you cover your trees for the winter? 

i'd be surprised if they ripen. i have a brown turkey that is a year old, phenomenal growth from a cutting, has 20 figs and they aren't growing or ripening. i cut one open today, and they remain green and fibrous white inside. all the energy of the plant is going into vegetative growth. i'll be stunned if they ripen.

next year, i'll lay off the excess nitrogen, but for now i'm tickled to see this thing growing into a nice bush. it froze and died above the ground last year after i put it out in september.

i'm also gonna try to help it through the winter this year.

Papayamon, the Brown Turkey I have is about ten foot high and about 10 years old. It's season ends around the last of July. It is a very heavy producer but when it's season ends it quits no matter how much rain, sun shine or hot weather we get. I do not know anything about figs but I can tell you about the BT I have. There is a Celeste, as I know it in town that will make figs until about the middle of August, than it quits.

i took cuttings off my bt, and it stopped making new figs. all the new growth from is extremely aggressive vegetative growth. here in gainesville, figs often grow as bushes, since they freeze to the ground every winter unless you take measures to protect them.

i'm going to prune this thing for many cuttings this fall. it's growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. if i'd managed it better, i'm sure i could have gotten a lot more growth. as it is, i like watching it make a mad dash for the sky during these final growing months:).

where are you located jstall?

I am next to Carthage, tx in Gary

Cecil you might want to try A little Oil in the eye on just a few to see if it really does make a difference maybe someone with more experience could explain. I don't think it will harm the tree in any way but the fruit if it does ripen might not be at it's best as I have come to understand.

Cecil
If you look it from my point of view of Zone 5 (with relatively cooler summer), I still expect to see a few ripe main-crop figs before the frost comes late-September or early-October. My fruits are the same size as shown in your picture. Your Zone 8 should help and more so with good wishes from all of us that you get compensation for all the troubles you had with your small plants.

Cecil I don't know if you read through the post fig fetish by Bass so I cut and copied this little excerpt from Adriano hope this helps. good luck 

Thanks for everyones in put!

J, my young in-ground figs get covered by plastic cans/tubs

for the first two years, after that I don't cover them (3rd winter)
Edit...J, as usual I don't explain very good, This year I will let my potted plants go dormant and then I will put them in my Shed
and water them @ 1 cup of water per gal. of pot size per month.

I just put the Olive oil to the Sal's C, didn't figure I had much to loose, I had did that in the past, but the figs that ripened because of that didn't taste very good, we will see how it goes.

I oiled the 5 figs on my little Corleone plant last Monday 9/7

They are gaining size and turning color from green to yellow.

I really don't think they will taste as good as they would if they had ripened naturally!

If anything happens as far as ripening goes I will post pictures.

Cecil best of luck, I know you probably seen it but if not he says he repeats the process in 6-7 days

Thanks Sal,

Yes I had read what he said about doing the second dose in 7 days!

BTW, all my fig plants that were loafing (not growing) are really waking up now!

Cecil, that's great to hear maybe with our warmer climate you'll get a nice surprise

If I was Cecil I would have left half of the figs,to ripe naturally without oil.
Then compare the difference.
If Corleone got ripe here in NJ,it will get ripe in Texas,no doubt,Naturally I mean.

Thanks Herman,

I guess I should have did what you suggested, but I guess I was too impatient, Next year it will do great I know!

BTW, the more I learn about this fig plant the more prouder i am of it(is prouder a word?)


Thanks for the input and the cuttings.

Herman & Cecil that is what I was trying to express in post #10 just for my own curiosity. I do believe they have to be at a somewhat mature stage for this to make any significant difference. I would think at least 45-55 or more days from first forming that would be a little more than half a normal ripening period again I believe the taste will be diminished "YOU CAN'T FOOL MOTHER NATURE" if you remember the commercial. Again Olive Oil is the only one I ever heard mentioned. Difference I don't know other than taste in cooking or raw easily discernible in both cases

Next year I will see if that fig splits like a Mercedes emblem?

Cecil as for me please never ever lose that sense of humor

Thanks Sal,

I have had that sense of Humor for a looong time!

One member knows(emblem wise) what I'm talking about, maybe more?

I did an extensive search for a Mercedes fig and couldn't find anything. Sorry she split on you thou better luck next time.
Sal

HAHA, Sal,

go to google images and look for Sal's Corleone pictures

the hint is there, Mine hasn't split yet.

Cecil ,
yes i would have did what Herman mentioned but i have a good feeling of the results cause i tried in my area several years back, but who knows your climate is much different.
My unknown always comes in late leaving much fruit on it, so i oiled some and others i left, the oiled ones a lot ripened and i said hmm this actually works till i tasted them , i was not impressed.
Next year hopefully your weather will be normal and you will get bountyfull crop with all the little ones you have going, just get the tissue ready!  ; )