Hello Diane
The one thing nurseries do not sell is patience.
We have 13 fi g varieties and like you keep in a poorly heated, dark garage.
Move them to a south wall , watch 'em very day or two as they go from rock
hard to ripe very quickly
Cheers Bert
Bert Dunn RR4 Tottenham Ont zone 4b
www.hardygrapes.tottenham.on.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Porter" <dporter@birdwatching.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Will my figs ripen?
> 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