Garden Detective
Jessica Damiano's award-winning garden blog gets to the root of things.
Figs are small and hard; what to do?
Photo credit: Watchdog
Hello Jessica.
I am writing you in hopes that you can help me figure out why I am having trouble harvesting figs from my fig trees. I have three trees that are 4 years old and they are planted in direct all-day sun. They [the figs] get to about 1 inch, the size of a quarter, and then they turn rock hard. I haven't been able to eat any of the figs since I owned the trees. I cover them [the...
