Awesome harvests!

[GoodFriendMike]

Woah, I've never seen bees do that, that's crazy!

Woah, New avatar. Everybody is A I creating.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

My heart goes out to you my brother. If you’re getting lots of rain you may want to consider making a closed in greenhouse, that should completely keep everything out that destroys your figs.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

I am with you !00%. My season starts off great too. Practically no pests until mid-August. Then they all hit at the same time - coons, wasps, SWD, flies, etc. Last year I had possums and skunks coming in July, but I plugged off all holes around the perimeter of my backyard and that helped. Haven't seen a single one of those this season.

I agree, fewer but more productive trees for better management is the way to go. I'll be trying to ripen as many figs as possible before August, while I don't have to do anything to protect my figs.

Organza bags are a double-edged sword. I like them and I hate them.

I also noticed that some varieties are such pest magnets. I am glad I don't like sugar and honey figs as those brought tons of pests - ants, wasps, flies... This year I noticed that my Smith was hit the hardest by the coons. I had a Smith, BG and I-258 next each other. They barely touched BG, I think I lost only one. None were touched on I-258, and Smith was practically stripped of all ripe and semi-ripe figs. I like Smith, but not that much, so I am considering replacing it with another BG or some other variety. I don't want the aroma of a fig that I don't even like that much increasing the chances of bringing more vermin into the garden.

I didn’t realize that raccoons were the connoisseur type.

 

[scott_va]

Maybe a transparent umbrella over your net bag.

 

[387PETE]

Last week I had 5 inches of rain in 2 days. Spent the next 2 days picking ruined figs, picked a 5 gallon bucket full. So I made a Jadam ferment out of them. Would have rather eaten and dehydrated them but not a total loss. I think my chickens finally had their fill of figs

 

[ktrain]

Last week I had 5 inches of rain in 2 days. Spent the next 2 days picking ruined figs, picked a 5 gallon bucket full. So I made a Jadam ferment out of them. Would have rather eaten and dehydrated them but not a total loss. I think my chickens finally had their fill of figs

My chickens are very happy.

 

[grasshopper]

Maybe it'll get better once your greenhouse is done. At least you can move some of them inside.

I found out there is half a day to a day delay before the swelling figs split on the non-SIP pots/ground trees. They do fine in the SIP pots because the roots are often in water I guess. So, after the first heavy rain, I usually go out and pick all the swelling (unripe) figs and keep them on the counter to ripen for 2-3 days. It works even for rock hard figs, not the best of taste but the basic taste of the variety is still there. That way, it is not a total loss. The non-swelling figs are seldom affected by rain.

Plus, I moved the splitters like BMs(the trees) inside to ripen.