#222648 - 07/19/08 05:59 PM
figs anyone?
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Jiffymouse
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#223353 - 07/22/08 07:13 AM
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papito
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I have fig trees in containers.
One is Kadota, the fruit is medium size, with yellowish green skin when ripe and amber flesh.
The other 6 are either Black Mission and/or Brown Turkey with large to medium fruits, purplish black/purplish brown skins and pink/amber flesh.
Fruits are still green.
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#223495 - 07/22/08 07:52 PM
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#223554 - 07/23/08 04:56 AM
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tamara
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Very nice...so are you going to get one Jiffy?
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#223674 - 07/23/08 05:52 PM
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#223827 - 07/24/08 07:09 AM
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tamara
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Great Jiffy.
Your pic needs to be resized Enrique...
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#224437 - 07/26/08 07:32 PM
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BigJimSlade
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Big Jim here:
Glad I saw this post. I have a Black Mission Fig tree on the side of my yard. The first fig came off it earlier this year...almost fell off it was so ready to leave the tree. When I tasted it, it had almost no flavor to it. Is that normal? What could I have done wrong?
Thanks in advance!
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#224444 - 07/26/08 07:43 PM
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#224522 - 07/27/08 09:02 AM
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tamara
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O.k. a question from someone here who has never seen or eaten a fig. Do you just pick them and eat them raw? or do you cook them?
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#224544 - 07/27/08 10:48 AM
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BigJimSlade
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I was told you could eat them raw, bake them, dry them out, etc. If you look up recipes for figs on google, you will find all sorts of things.
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#224648 - 07/27/08 06:33 PM
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Jiffymouse
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i've eaten them raw, pickcled, dried, baked, jammed, jellied, pied, cobblered, tarted, what else? nearly every way except soup and grill.
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#224780 - 07/28/08 07:06 AM
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papito
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Hi Jiffymouse, thanks. I try to visit/browse as often as I can. Sometimes, I don't have full access to a computer.
Big Jim, you will know that the figs are ripe when the narrow neck softens and the fruit droop slightly, the texture will be soft and the skin thin. Sometimes, the skin splits to reveal the flesh. At this stage, the ripe fruits should be sweet.
Tamara, I eat ripe fruits within a day or two of picking. More info on figs here.
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#225421 - 07/31/08 01:22 PM
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#225465 - 07/31/08 03:29 PM
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#225472 - 07/31/08 03:57 PM
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Bestofour
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I've got wigs ready but it's just too hot to pick them. Maybe Saturday morning if the junebugs don't get them first.
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#225601 - 08/01/08 10:02 AM
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good to see you papito. i will have a brown turkey in a container for a while soon. i have one coming that someone rooted for me. i will keep it in a container until it gets big enough to not get mowed over. 
i am tamara. one of our members is sending me one 
big jim, that is a puzzle to me,but i'm not familiar with those. all the figs i've ever eaten were brown turkey figs, like the one i'm getting and the ones in my picture. i love figs.
thanks for the info enrique. between what you said and papito's link, plus my memory (faulty as it is) i think i may have it. just have to decide where to put it.
