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Tonycm

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I just got a Paradiso fig this spring. Got to try 2 figs from it, not bad but not anything to get excited about either. I thought maybe the next ones would be better then the rains came. After 3 wet days they exploded open. I only got a few more chances to try them but I got my doubts the rest will make it now that the rainy weather is becoming more frequent in my area in the Fall. Need to get more closed eyed varieties.

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Nothing like an exploding fig!  That's too bad and I hope you find some figs that are less likely to blow up on you, so you get to enjoy them.

Did you taste the exploded figs?  Were they soured, as well, or watery tasting?

Are your figs in the ground, or in containers?  If in containers, you could make a shield for the pots and pull the container under cover to keep it out of the rain.  That might help.  Or not.

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My Paradiso did the same.  I did manage to have one or two.  I don't think it was just the rain.  This fig seemed to suck the moisture right out of the air to explode.  Cool damp nights and mornings seem to make some figs split too.
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Sooner or later, ALL good figs seem to 'explode' under the right (aka wrong)
different yearly climate conditions.
My Marseilles Black just did so.
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Noss, The tree is in a container. I didn't eat them cause they weren't quite ripe and they had gnats all over them. Next year I'll have to watch the weather closer and move it when it's going to be a downpour. Now I'll have to wait for another year :(
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Tony--Try umbrellas.  :)

That's what I'm going to do and also raincoats for the pots to help shed water.  If just humidity causes splitting, then they'll have to split because I'm not bringing them inot the house when it rains.

I have a tree that produces a large, yellow fig.  I have no idea what it is, but it has an open eye.  The plant was under the carport and didn't get rained on, but all the figs exploded just in the damp rainy weather.  No water touched the tree and figs.  It's going bye-bye soon.

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Noss,
  The raincoat for the pots sounds like something I'll have to do for next year. It would be nice to actually eat the figs instead of watching them go to waste.  As for that yellow fig you got, if it bursts open just from the dampness then I'd get rid of it too. No sense in spending all that time taking care of it just to throw out the figs. Say bye bye to your yellow fig for me.
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We use a 12' patio umbrella during heavy or continuous rains. The sicilian brwn (?) bursts even under cover.
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