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Originally Posted by No Name
My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it
this year, but none of them have ripened yet. (They are still relatively
small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they
are ripe?)
Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late?
(they are against a south facing wall)
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As others have said, this crop of fruits won't ripen. Take off anything larger than a very small pea. Fruits being produced now, which are pea-sized or less, should start increasing in size next spring and summer, and be ripe late summer. In Yorkshire, ours ripen for September.
They go brown or purplish brown when ripe and are about the size of a very large hen's egg or a very small pear. They're ripe to pick when they have softened, and the stem also softens so they droop instead of sticking straight out. Don't pick them before they're ripe, as they don't go on ripening once picked. If you cut a ripe fruit in half, the seed part of it should be a rich purple.
It always seems that this second useless crop is about twice as large as the crop which ripens.
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