Close but no cigar.

[RedRockFig]

Always a sad time of year when the fig harvest comes to an end. Especially when there are so many unripe figs that were close to ripening. Three 5 gallon buckets of close but no cigar. I'll try to use some of the more ripened ones for jam. The pic of the figs on the tree was my Da Ponte. Love that tree.

 

[ktrain]

Wow....sad for sure.
Hope you can use a good portion of that.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Unfortunately, I have no shortage of unripe figs here at the end of the season. some can’t be used at all… And some make for a good jam. Last year I found if I took some figs that were just not quite there and dehydrated them. It concentrated the sugars well enough to make them taste pretty good. Food for thought

 

[RosyPosy]

Perfect for fertilizer for next year. That’s what I did with my buckets of unripe figs.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Perfect for fertilizer for next year. That’s what I did with my buckets of unripe figs.

You let them dry and grind them up or just bury them?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

You know you can cook them right? Something to look in to.

 

[TorontoJoe]

You know you can cook them right? Something to look in to.

I heard you can get the latex out by cooking them but never tried

 

[GoodFriendMike]

I heard you can get the latex out by cooking them but never tried

I think it is like elephant ear. As long as it is cooked it is good to eat,

 

[RosyPosy]

You let them dry and grind them up or just bury them?

You add water to cover and a handful of a local soil innoculant, cover with a lid, and let sit until ready to use next season. It can work as a natural “bloom booster”.

 

[TorontoJoe]

You add water to cover and a handful of a local soil innoculant, cover with a lid, and let sit until ready to use next season. It can work as a natural “bloom booster”.

Nice..... So just in buckets and leave behind the shed until the next season?

 

[RosyPosy]

Nice..... So just in buckets and leave behind the shed until the next season?

Pretty much. You can give it a stir now and then, and push things back under. But it doesn’t require much work. It will be stinky when you remove the lid.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Pretty much. You can give it a stir now and then, and push things back under. But it doesn’t require much work. It will be stinky when you remove the lid.

The garden does like stink....

 

[RedRockFig]

You know you can cook them right? Something to look in to.

I've tried green fig jam but it was a thumbs down. Jam made from almost ripe figs mixed in with the figs I've frozen for jam throughout the summer is a definite thumbs up.