Comments on: Figs http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/figs-44 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trev http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/figs-44/comment-page-1#comment-62545 Trev Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:24:57 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=44#comment-62545 We have a fig tree in our garden but every year I despair as scores of small, hard, green figs simply fall off the branches onto the ground where they rot into the soil. I have been told by a former neighbour from Cyprus that figs will never ripen here (south east England, coast, warmest spot in the land supposedly) as it is not warm enough nor is it dry enough. So what to do with all our figs? It seems such a waste when I could surely do something with them? A month ago, I plucked a single, plum-sized fruit from the tree, it had been on the branch for what seemed like months and was starting to go soggy. I figured that equalled 'ripe' albeit that it was still green, so I split it open and tried it. Lovely. Why will none of the others ripen or turn purple? Answers on a postcard ploease... We have a fig tree in our garden but every year I despair as scores of small, hard, green figs simply fall off the branches onto the ground where they rot into the soil. I have been told by a former neighbour from Cyprus that figs will never ripen here (south east England, coast, warmest spot in the land supposedly) as it is not warm enough nor is it dry enough.

So what to do with all our figs? It seems such a waste when I could surely do something with them?

A month ago, I plucked a single, plum-sized fruit from the tree, it had been on the branch for what seemed like months and was starting to go soggy. I figured that equalled ‘ripe’ albeit that it was still green, so I split it open and tried it. Lovely. Why will none of the others ripen or turn purple?

Answers on a postcard ploease…

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