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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

I usually ripen brown turkey, celeste, alma, petit negri & especially hardy 
chicago of the
varieties I have in my portable fig orchard.  Im maybe 150 miles north of you 
in southwestern
wisconsin.  This time of the year they need the most southern spot you can 
give them & hopefully
they are pruned in such a way that sun & air can move thru the plant.  Also 
Ive had luck once
frost comes (last week of sept to first week of oct) of picking all the fruit 
& laying them out
& ripening in the window.  They dont have grade A flavor, but at least the 
green fruit doesnt go
to waste..

mIEKAL

Diane Porter wrote:

> Here in SE Iowa (zone 5) I started two Brown Turkey fig trees and two
> Celeste fig trees in big pots last spring and wintered them in my
> unheated garage. This summer on the sunny side of the house they have
> grown nicely in their pots and have dozens of figs on them.
>
> However, the fruits are still green and only about an inch long and
> less than that wide. They are hard as rocks. They don't seem to be
> changing. Now that I detect a note of fall in the air, I'm beginning
> to wonder if they are going to get ripe.
>
> Any thoughts from those of you experienced in the ways of figs?
>
> Diane Porter, Fairfield Iowa
> dporter@birdwatching.com
> http://www.birdwatching.com