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Help, figs fall when near-ripe
I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and
has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) |
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)"
wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira |
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Kira Dirlik wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira Thanks Kira! I was having similar troubles and that seems to be what I was doing. Jo |
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Kira,
Thanks, I quit watering about the time I posted this, so maybe now there will be some fruit, it's been hotter than the Holy Land here lately! laurie (Mother Mastiff) (Who ought to go out and check now that you've made me curious...) "Kira Dirlik" !! wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira |
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Laurie, I think Kira is right. Maybe too much water, or not enough
drainage, or both. The best figs I ever had were in Turkey--lovely red-brown ones, but also a big lovely green variety that were like ambrosia. I am hoping the Green Ischia fig tree that I ordered from Paradise Nursery in VA this spring will someday produce fruit like that--only a few on the 3-ft tree at the moment. Can't get good fresh figs in markets here--they must be picked very ripe, are delicate, and so do not store or ship well. Even in Turkey the vast majority are brown figs that are dried for the international market. Those tender fresh green figs are only shipped locally to market and consumed immediately. Anyway, the area where they grow is rather dry and HOT in summer, with crumbly soil that's been plowed and tended for centuries. My husband's family has a summer house surrounded by huge, ancient, gnarly fig trees that produce lots of the little red-brown figs, sweet as can be. Ohmigosh I can hardly wait for MY figs to ripen--my 5-year old tree was pruned SEVERELY to about 4 feet tall last fall and it is right back to 15 feet tall and loaded with fruit. Keep your fig tree pruned so you can reach the fruit, and maybe cover it with a net! I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. Cheers Sue On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:46:39 GMT, Jo wrote: Kira Dirlik wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira Thanks Kira! I was having similar troubles and that seems to be what I was doing. Jo |
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Thanks, and it sure is good to hear from you again.
The soil is red clay, I put amendments in when I planted it, but not a big wide basin of better soil, so friable it isn't. We have heat though! The figs are small, so it must be a Celeste it was not labeled but came from a vendor at the Farmer's Market who SAID they only had Brown Turkey and Celeste, and since the fruits are golf-ball size (though plentiful!), it MUST be a Celeste. There are several ripe fruits, but the hornets have gotten to them, moved right over from the blueberry bushes. I have had some close calls where I nearly picked a hornet with a berry. Last year I waited too late into the fall to order figs from Paradise, hope to order some earlier this year, the light green and a purple one, maybe. I think these folks only select varieties that taste good, so I can have fun imagining still life arrangements and choose colors accordingly.... laurie (Mother Mastiff) "Siouxzi" wrote in message news Laurie, I think Kira is right. Maybe too much water, or not enough drainage, or both. The best figs I ever had were in Turkey--lovely red-brown ones, but also a big lovely green variety that were like ambrosia. I am hoping the Green Ischia fig tree that I ordered from Paradise Nursery in VA this spring will someday produce fruit like that--only a few on the 3-ft tree at the moment. Can't get good fresh figs in markets here--they must be picked very ripe, are delicate, and so do not store or ship well. Even in Turkey the vast majority are brown figs that are dried for the international market. Those tender fresh green figs are only shipped locally to market and consumed immediately. Anyway, the area where they grow is rather dry and HOT in summer, with crumbly soil that's been plowed and tended for centuries. My husband's family has a summer house surrounded by huge, ancient, gnarly fig trees that produce lots of the little red-brown figs, sweet as can be. Ohmigosh I can hardly wait for MY figs to ripen--my 5-year old tree was pruned SEVERELY to about 4 feet tall last fall and it is right back to 15 feet tall and loaded with fruit. Keep your fig tree pruned so you can reach the fruit, and maybe cover it with a net! I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. Cheers Sue On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:46:39 GMT, Jo wrote: Kira Dirlik wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira Thanks Kira! I was having similar troubles and that seems to be what I was doing. Jo |
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My established figs are golfball sized, but the label on it said Brown
Turkey when I bought the tree a few years ago... They're supposed to be bigger? Sue On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:09:21 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: Thanks, and it sure is good to hear from you again. The soil is red clay, I put amendments in when I planted it, but not a big wide basin of better soil, so friable it isn't. We have heat though! The figs are small, so it must be a Celeste it was not labeled but came from a vendor at the Farmer's Market who SAID they only had Brown Turkey and Celeste, and since the fruits are golf-ball size (though plentiful!), it MUST be a Celeste. There are several ripe fruits, but the hornets have gotten to them, moved right over from the blueberry bushes. I have had some close calls where I nearly picked a hornet with a berry. Last year I waited too late into the fall to order figs from Paradise, hope to order some earlier this year, the light green and a purple one, maybe. I think these folks only select varieties that taste good, so I can have fun imagining still life arrangements and choose colors accordingly.... laurie (Mother Mastiff) "Siouxzi" wrote in message news Laurie, I think Kira is right. Maybe too much water, or not enough drainage, or both. The best figs I ever had were in Turkey--lovely red-brown ones, but also a big lovely green variety that were like ambrosia. I am hoping the Green Ischia fig tree that I ordered from Paradise Nursery in VA this spring will someday produce fruit like that--only a few on the 3-ft tree at the moment. Can't get good fresh figs in markets here--they must be picked very ripe, are delicate, and so do not store or ship well. Even in Turkey the vast majority are brown figs that are dried for the international market. Those tender fresh green figs are only shipped locally to market and consumed immediately. Anyway, the area where they grow is rather dry and HOT in summer, with crumbly soil that's been plowed and tended for centuries. My husband's family has a summer house surrounded by huge, ancient, gnarly fig trees that produce lots of the little red-brown figs, sweet as can be. Ohmigosh I can hardly wait for MY figs to ripen--my 5-year old tree was pruned SEVERELY to about 4 feet tall last fall and it is right back to 15 feet tall and loaded with fruit. Keep your fig tree pruned so you can reach the fruit, and maybe cover it with a net! I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. Cheers Sue On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:46:39 GMT, Jo wrote: Kira Dirlik wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira Thanks Kira! I was having similar troubles and that seems to be what I was doing. Jo |
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Siouxzi wrote:
I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. I'll second that recommendation - great company to do business with! I bought a dwarf black negron fig tree from them some years ago and various toher things since. Despite keeping the fig in a pot (I knew this house was "temporary"), it's doing very well. Tree is loaded with figs at the moment. Hopefully, once we move into our new house and the tree goes into the ground, there will be even more figgy goodness. *grin* Oh man, now all I can thing about is melt in your mouth carmelized figs. -- Susan shsimko[at]duke[dot]edu |
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On 2006-08-03, laurie (Mother Mastiff) wrote:
Thanks, and it sure is good to hear from you again. The soil is red clay, I put amendments in when I planted it, but not a big wide basin of better soil, so friable it isn't. We have heat though! So if you are watering too much it has no where to go. 1.5 inches per week is what you need. One deep watering is better than many shallow waterings. The figs are small, so it must be a Celeste it was not labeled but came from a vendor at the Farmer's Market who SAID they only had Brown Turkey and Celeste, and since the fruits are golf-ball size (though plentiful!), it MUST be a Celeste. There are several ripe fruits, but the hornets have gotten to them, moved right over from the blueberry bushes. I have had some close calls where I nearly picked a hornet with a berry. Last year I waited too late into the fall to order figs from Paradise, hope to order some earlier this year, the light green and a purple one, maybe. I think these folks only select varieties that taste good, so I can have fun imagining still life arrangements and choose colors accordingly.... laurie (Mother Mastiff) "Siouxzi" wrote in message news Laurie, I think Kira is right. Maybe too much water, or not enough drainage, or both. The best figs I ever had were in Turkey--lovely red-brown ones, but also a big lovely green variety that were like ambrosia. I am hoping the Green Ischia fig tree that I ordered from Paradise Nursery in VA this spring will someday produce fruit like that--only a few on the 3-ft tree at the moment. Can't get good fresh figs in markets here--they must be picked very ripe, are delicate, and so do not store or ship well. Even in Turkey the vast majority are brown figs that are dried for the international market. Those tender fresh green figs are only shipped locally to market and consumed immediately. Anyway, the area where they grow is rather dry and HOT in summer, with crumbly soil that's been plowed and tended for centuries. My husband's family has a summer house surrounded by huge, ancient, gnarly fig trees that produce lots of the little red-brown figs, sweet as can be. Ohmigosh I can hardly wait for MY figs to ripen--my 5-year old tree was pruned SEVERELY to about 4 feet tall last fall and it is right back to 15 feet tall and loaded with fruit. Keep your fig tree pruned so you can reach the fruit, and maybe cover it with a net! I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. Cheers Sue On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:46:39 GMT, Jo wrote: Kira Dirlik wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira Thanks Kira! I was having similar troubles and that seems to be what I was doing. Jo -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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Susan, I'll bite--literally! Tell me how to make carmelized figs.
Sue On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:35:07 -0400, "Susan H. Simko" wrote: Siouxzi wrote: I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. I'll second that recommendation - great company to do business with! I bought a dwarf black negron fig tree from them some years ago and various toher things since. Despite keeping the fig in a pot (I knew this house was "temporary"), it's doing very well. Tree is loaded with figs at the moment. Hopefully, once we move into our new house and the tree goes into the ground, there will be even more figgy goodness. *grin* Oh man, now all I can thing about is melt in your mouth carmelized figs. |
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Hmmm. Was answering and it went into cyberspace. Apparently 22
"stuck" messages in Usenet from past 6 years have also gone out in my attempts to retrieve. Eeeek.... who knows what they are and where they are going!? Anyway, as I was saying. my small figs in Durham were growing in yard when house was purchased, so don't know specie. My current fig, in Chatham, was bought at ACE Hardware on Guess Rd. in Durham (now apparently defunct) and it was not labeled but they said it was Brown Turkey. There are so many types, so who knows? I'd love to try more, but this one tree gives more than I can use. Deer enjoy from lower branches, and when I use all I can, I just pick from the higher and make piles for the deer. They only discovered last year that they like them. I think they thought they were buckeyes. Suggestion: Talking about carmelized figs and calfoutis.... how about some fig recipes? I tend to make only jam, or eat them fresh off the tree. Cheers, Kira |
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Susan H. Simko wrote:
Siouxzi wrote: I bet if you email Paradise Nursery they'll help you with anything else. Their web site is full of info. www.paradisenursery.com/ And you might be inspired to order a fig tree from them too. I got 4 different kinds this year, plus a couple of muscadine vines, all doing great and filling me with hope for next year. I got no interest in the company--just think they're nice folks with great product and customer service. Thought I posted about them yesterday, but I don't see it showing up - Paradise just sent an e-mail newsletter saying that 2007 will be their last year in the nursery biz. So if you want something from them, better get it ordered this year! Too bad, they did seem really good... I'll second that recommendation - great company to do business with! I bought a dwarf black negron fig tree from them some years ago and various toher things since. Despite keeping the fig in a pot (I knew this house was "temporary"), it's doing very well. Tree is loaded with figs at the moment. Hopefully, once we move into our new house and the tree goes into the ground, there will be even more figgy goodness. *grin* Oh man, now all I can thing about is melt in your mouth carmelized figs. -- Brent Harsh - KD4PBO /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: Say bharsh at ncroadrunner \ / NO to HTML in email and news. ------------------------X------------------------------- Cary, NC, USA / \ Read my mail with fixed fonts. |
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Kira Dirlik wrote:
...how about some fig recipes? There are lots of fig recipes to be found on epicurious.com. From that source, here's a different jam that is great with Manchego cheese as suggested: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/re...s/views/105443 See the remarks for lots of suggestions for additions & substitutions and for serving suggestions, but do try it with the sesame seeds and lemon zest. The second Pickled Figs http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0812F05.htm recipe on this site, the one that uses pickling spices, sounds very much like one I use and like. However, my recipe calls for some baking soda in the initial 5 minute water soak. This is good with roasted meats. Mostarda de Cremona is a wonderful condiment for meats. http://italianfood.about.com/od/sauc.../r/blr0834.htm So you could take the hint from this and use mustard in the proportions suggested by the recipe instead of the pickling spices in the Pickled Figs recipe. Donna |
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We love this fig clafouti (pudding), a new chicken friend brought me a HUGE
bag of fresh figs and we ate clafouti all weekend. This makes too much to fit into my standard glass pie pans, so I use a slightly deeper casserole dish the same diameter. http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodho...643150,00.html enjoy! How do you caramelize figs? My tree is not dropping fruit now. However, today we photographed so many kinds of insects enjoying the fruit, it was amazing! Great photo opp though. laurie (Mother Mastiff) "Donna Maroni" wrote in message news:Pine.A41.4.63+UNC.0608051122520.44344@login6. isis.unc.edu... On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Kira Dirlik wrote: ...how about some fig recipes? There are lots of fig recipes to be found on epicurious.com. From that source, here's a different jam that is great with Manchego cheese as suggested: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/re...s/views/105443 See the remarks for lots of suggestions for additions & substitutions and for serving suggestions, but do try it with the sesame seeds and lemon zest. The second Pickled Figs http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0812F05.htm recipe on this site, the one that uses pickling spices, sounds very much like one I use and like. However, my recipe calls for some baking soda in the initial 5 minute water soak. This is good with roasted meats. Mostarda de Cremona is a wonderful condiment for meats. http://italianfood.about.com/od/sauc.../r/blr0834.htm So you could take the hint from this and use mustard in the proportions suggested by the recipe instead of the pickling spices in the Pickled Figs recipe. Donna |
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Help, figs fall when near-ripe
In general,
This website here, Ray's Figs: http://home.planters.net/~thegivans/faq.html has a good fig FAQ - and more. laurie (Mother Mastiff) wrote: |
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