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Picking Figs Early
Posted on 7/26/12 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 7/26/12 at 4:00 pm
Got reacquainted with figs this time last year when we moved to our current place with a great mature tree in the front yard. Didn't harvest many due to being preoccupied with unpacking, squaring away new school, job etc. Have spent the past fall, winter and spring looking forward to picking plump, purple fatties. That time is now.
Came home from work today and my wife tells me she caught a guy - wearing gloves and sporting a bag - poaching our figs. She hollered at him, and he feigned English comprehension as he picked "just one more" before eventually scurrying away.
So that's my problem, not yours. Not coming here OT-style seeking methods of vigilante justice. My question is how early can I pick figs and have them still fully ripen? Nothing beats a deep purple, perfectly ripe malleable bulb for flavor - but that's exactly what I'll lose to this *ss clown each time he comes back. Can I pick firm, slightly dark but not yet fully ripe figs and let them sit up, or do they absolutely need to ripen on the branch?
Came home from work today and my wife tells me she caught a guy - wearing gloves and sporting a bag - poaching our figs. She hollered at him, and he feigned English comprehension as he picked "just one more" before eventually scurrying away.
So that's my problem, not yours. Not coming here OT-style seeking methods of vigilante justice. My question is how early can I pick figs and have them still fully ripen? Nothing beats a deep purple, perfectly ripe malleable bulb for flavor - but that's exactly what I'll lose to this *ss clown each time he comes back. Can I pick firm, slightly dark but not yet fully ripe figs and let them sit up, or do they absolutely need to ripen on the branch?
This post was edited on 7/26/12 at 5:01 pm
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 4:05 pm to GarmischTiger
My grandparents told me to pick them when they were a dark yellow / golden, then leave them in a single layer tray outside for the night and they will ripen up well. I know ripen up isn' the right word since fruit doesnt ripen off the tree, but it works well for me. And then the birds don't take them.
Assuming you are talking about the same variety of figs found in south LA
Assuming you are talking about the same variety of figs found in south LA
Posted on 7/26/12 at 4:43 pm to Fratastic423
I'm going to try that because the birds and critters get a lot of mine and I only have half a tree left thanks to a hairycane.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 4:49 pm to GarmischTiger
i've already gotten several jars of preserved figs from my parents. sweet and tasty 
Posted on 7/26/12 at 5:41 pm to Gris Gris
In SBR they have been ripe for at least a month.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:19 pm to CITWTT
I'm in North Virginny - they started plumping up last week.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 10:56 pm to GarmischTiger
my tree in North LA is already empty. Got everything I needed and left the rest for the birds. I just don't know how to get the fruit out of the top of the tree.
Posted on 7/27/12 at 7:51 am to dandug001
Only one way known to get those at the top. Get some kids to climb up through the tree.
Posted on 7/27/12 at 3:50 pm to CITWTT
I have a huge tree in my backyard but I have the bird problem every year as well
Posted on 7/27/12 at 4:34 pm to MrsWiggles
I only get a few each year because the squirrels and birds eat the higher ones, and my dogs pick the bottom of the tree clean.
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