Alberto Ray

Young, immature and unripe figs tend to be small and green in hue. For varieties like Brown Turkey, Chicago Hardy, Celeste, and LSU Purple, the… Read More »What Color Are Fresh Figs?

Fig trees produce two crops every year, but only one of them may be edible. The first crop, called the breba crop, occurs relatively early… Read More »Do All Fig Trees Produce Edible Fruit?

Ripe figs are soft and squishy, like a partially full water balloon. Squeeze your fig to test its ripeness–can you easily pierce the skin? If… Read More »How Do You Know When A Fig Is Ready For Picking?

Figs stored for too long tend to ferment and smell sour. If yours give off a sour or any other foul aroma, it’s time for… Read More »Are Mushy Figs Ok To Eat?

The fruit should be soft and yielding to the touch, but not mushy. Use your nose and smell the fruit. If the fig smells slightly… Read More »Are Fresh Figs Mushy?

A miniature fig tree produces edible figs, but you have to be careful of fruit loss to birds. Miniature figs grow in U.S Department of… Read More »Are Small Figs Edible?

“There’s no fig wasp in there by the time people are eating the fruit,” says Ferguson. The female fig produces an enzyme that completely digests… Read More »Do You Eat Wasps When You Eat Figs?

Keep the tree in full sun in the summer. Be sure to add a high-nitrogen fertilizer every 4 weeks in the spring and summer and… Read More »How Do You Keep A Fig Tree Healthy?

Scale insects are another type of pest that can cause white spots on fiddle leaf figs. This group of insects includes mealybugs, whiteflies, and aphids.… Read More »Why Do Figs Have White Spots?