Gardeners can also examine the color and texture of the figs to determine when they are ripe and ready to be picked. Your trees may still have green figs that just wont seem to ripen, and that can be for many reasons. 2014 45th St. Galveston, Texas 77550. Unfortunately the fruits sour quickly in wet weather making it a poor producer in rainy years. When mature, the fruit will change from green to light green, yellow, brown, or purple depending on the variety, and will hang downward rather than pointing up or straight out from the stem. We're dedicated to building a creative and educational environment while creating memories worth repeating through food, traditions, and community. To the extent there is any conflict between the English text and the translation, English controls. N.C. 801 S Walker St donation to help me pay to keep the website going, please make a donation to me You can also watch for fruit color changes as the season progresses. In most areas, the relatively mild winter months aided figs in producing a good crop of new shoots resulting in a bounty of small green fruit. A fig tree, which can grow to be 20-30 feet tall, produces fruit and bears fruit. The first stage is called "blooming", and this is when the small, green figs begin to appear on the tree. This is more common in particularly cold winters or when extremely cold temperatures follow a stretch of unseasonably mild weather in late winter. Cold winter temperatures and late maturing cultivars play an important role in the timing of fig formation and ripening. You can wash and dry the figs and place them on a baking sheet (not touching) and freeze until hard. During the winter, you should fertilize the tree, and in the summer, you should fertilize it, and the tree will be disease resistant. Also known as 'Magnolia,' the 'Brunswick' variety grows to about 10 feet tall by 12 feet wide. This is the time when the tree is dormant and will be able to heal quickly from any pruning wounds. However, the exact ripening time will depend on the specific variety of fig.