Hi all,

I have several white genoa's just sitting on the tree doing nothing for months. 

1) will they over-winter and ripen in spring?

2) are they a lost cause, and I might as well take them off the tree to free-up some energy. 

Remove them.

Hard to argue with the post before me... but here is a source that says thay may ripen in early spring. See page 129. http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/15714/PDF 

If it was me, I'd leave one or two of them on just to be sure.

if it's young tree. definitely take it off. the older tree, i don't think it makes any differenc. last year i left few on. they all turned nasty and i took them off before full winter kicked in.

Haven't seen any literature, but leaving them to ripen in the spring may delay the following crop, much as the breba crop pushes back the main crop.

Is the tree dormant?  If not and you have the lighting to support the tree indoors they may ripen if you bring them in.  I've ripened some that way.  Then I let the tree store energy for a month before letting it go dormant.

Thanks guys, and the moderator. I will remove all the unripe figs. 

Southern California here, so tree has not gone completely dormant, and may never do so. Some leaves seem to be still growing.

I don't have enough experience with figs, but so far every baby fig tree I have encountered has unripened figs on it going into winter. This includes the 4 I have waiting to be planted, the White Genoa I planted 2 months ago, and all the plants at the nurseries. 

Its great information to have, that I should just remove them altogether.

I would

The weather this week should help communicate to your trees that dormancy is an option.

Good point, it sure is cold! I had some light frost and my apple banana got fried :'(

I have two fig trees that still have ripening and unripened figs on them...I just pulled a sweet and very ripe fig off of my black mission on sunday... None of my fig trees are going dormant...I'm just going to let nature do its thing...If they ripen they ripen.