Re: [gardeners] Figs
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:08:19 -0500
AMGarden@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/5/99 4:16:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> slfawx@ucdavis.edu writes:
>
> > Ours are soft, almost squishy, when they are at their sweetest. That's
> > assuming the birds & squirrels haven't gotten to them first.
> Same with ours. Not one was eaten by a human this year. One day they were
> green, but not quite ready to pick. The next day they were all gone!
> Anne in FL
> zone 9b
We harvested about 2 gallons but we also put a bird net over the tree as
soon as the fruit showed up.
George