4 yr old in ground tree one of my favorite, this year she loaded with figs.

Beautiful Tree,Figs and Man she is Loaded! : )

Looks incredible! Pete has some of the best looking trees in NJ! How did this one taste and compare to?

Nice

Cool series of pics from beginning to fully ripe.

That is one beautiful fig tree!  Thanks for sharing.  This winter I will have to try again and start one from a cutting.

Pete, Great looking tree, how do you protect it in winter?

Thanks everyone for the kind words.
Sorry for the late reply been busy bagging several hundred figs.

Robert, I would put KB right up there with the Col De dames, rich and delicious plus it rarely splits or sours.

Ray, I add couple of bags of pine bark to the trunk then wrap with large tarp make sure to leave an opening on top

Peter, congratulations on getting an in-ground KB to be productive.  Is this the first year that it has produced many figs?  Do you use any fertilizing regimen to encourage fruiting?  

I had mine in-ground for 4 years here in Maryland zone 7a and it only produced 1 fig during that time.  Who knows, maybe the new owner is getting fruit this summer.  One caveat is that during that time there were two polar vortex winters and there was quite a bit of die-back those two years.  I have another one in ground at my new place that was planted Spring 2016.  It did pretty well last winter with only minor die-back and has grown well this summer.  However, it has not set any fruit this year.

Steve,
she started producing on the second year with 4 figs, last year 30. There's around 100 now.
Last two years a bag of lime around the trunk that's all

Peter, I added lime when I planted mine but haven't added since.  I'll definitely try adding some and maybe also try some fertilizer (high phosphorous and low nitrogen) that is supposed to encourage flowers to bloom.  I'll search the forum for this but if anyone has any suggestions please post here.

Peter,
A bag of lime???
How much is a bag ??

Mike

Very nice

Mike,

It's 40lb from Home Depot around $5/bag

Never thought to add that much.
I'll try more
Thanks

Mike

Peter, is it the agricultural lime which is pelletized?  40 lb around one tree is a lot!  Then again, the tree seems to be happy.

Steve,
This is what I'm using