Fruits

Fig wood is great for grilling and smoking meats. It’s so sweet and cinnamony that its smoke alone makes you hungry. Use it to cook… Read More »Is Fig Wood Good For Smoking?

The fig mite infests bud scales and young leaves. Feeding causes a faint russetting of the leaves, generally in the interior portion of the canopy… Read More »Do Fig Trees Get Mites?

This white appearance is caused by the fig’s natural fruit sugars and isn’t mold. If you don’t like the white spots, then they can be… Read More »Can You Eat Figs With White Spots?

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?

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?

“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?

White Figs (which often have light yellow to green skin) have a delicious, honeyed sweetness balanced by a pert freshness not found in richer, more… Read More »Are White Figs Sweet?

Mistletoe fig is a small, bushy plant that has rounded leaves and readily bears small fruits, unfortunately inedible. How can you tell if a fig… Read More »Are There Any Figs You Can’T Eat?

Outdoor-grown figs will ripen in August through September in zones 6 and 7. Further south, in zones 8 to 11, they will ripen earlier, in… Read More »What Month Are Figs Ripe To Pick?

If you detect mold growing within the figs, toss them out and eat the healthy ones. When the sugars in figs solidify, mold usually doesn’t… Read More »Can You Eat Figs With White Mold?