Fig tree help

notatroll

Hi,
I have planted a common/mission fig tree a few years ago and had a few good figs first year. Now on the second crop there were way too many figs so none of them matured. Even now there are 20-30 healthy half green figs on the tree refusing to drop.
Should i remove the fruit to make way for new ones/improve the tree itself or leave them and see what happens in the spring? Before you ask – the tree is planted in a good sunny spot with enough ‘fig’ soil mix under its root. No problems with moisture either. It is if anything over vigorous and needs support. Tree was planted being 5 years old or so.
Thanks in advance.

Farway

No experience with figs, but have one in pot planted last year and expecting great things from it

The advice I heard on Gardeners Question Time, radio 4, from Bob Flowerdew, who generally knows what he is talking about, was remove ALL immature figs in the autumn, then the spring ones will grow & ripen the same year

To answer your question, remove these young figs, they will not ripen in our climate.

BTW if you have it planted in open ground you may have long term problems with being over vigorous, the roots need to be restricted, have a Google around