Last Platter This Season

bushdoctor82 said:
The figs that were close to being ripe were delicious - the figs dropped into pot or onto the floor when they were ready.

The figs that swelled and semi-colored indoors were not delicious (pictured) - one soured by the time it dropped and the other had good texture but no taste.

The tree is back on the deck until dormancy. I probably could have just left it outside and ripened better figs over the last week or so instead of trying to play the long game and bring indoors - lesson learned. I may bring it inside mid-March after pruning in an attempt to gain a few extra weeks.

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Thank you for the update. In a way, I expected that. Similar experience here. Oh well. Not much we can do about that.

I must say, your tree is gorgeous. I love its growth habit, internode length/spacing and productivity. Then there is the superb taste quality.
 
Figgerlickinggood said:
I don’t have any figs right now but today I made a loaf of Tomato Bread with the last of the tomatoes from our garden. The only problem is it has to sit in the fridge overnight before I can eat it.

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This made me think of something that would be awesome. Your cooking and @TorontoJoe's southern Italian food brought together in a big feast. Sorry sometimes I fantasize about food, and I have already been thinking about Thanksgiving. 🤣
 
The thing with end of the season fruit ripening is to be able to maintain the leaves as much as possible with the colder temperatures and less light exposure, whether it is outside or inside. Because once you lose the leaves, the chance to get good quality fruits lessen. I remember I was trying to keep the last leaves with extra light (outside and inside). The BMs were a little more difficult than the CddB in terms of fruit quality. CddB typically ripens after the BMs.

And don't give up on the last few fruits - the tree has nothing else to do at that point so those fruits tend to be the best in size and quality, as long as the tree still have leaves on.
 
@Figgin' A - Thanks. The tree put out three fruiting branches per upright, but not all in the notched locations. The pruning plan now is to take the fruiting branches back down to same height so next year I’ll have 12+ fruiting branches that I’ll maintain for life of tree.

@grasshopper - Agree on the leaves. By the time I made decision to bring inside, some leaves were already in rough shape. The jet setting on hose removed and ripped apart many more, then changes in humidity once inside defoliated tree further. Lesson learned - better to start early than end late. The tree will stay as is until it goes in the garage. I’m still a week out from getting low 30 temperatures so I may be able to ripen more.
 
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