Posted: 4/27/2013 8:55:52 PM EDT
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Hey guys,
I am currently in the process of planting a bunch of fruit trees. Part of my plan for my little home orchard is to be able to have fruit ripening up each month of the year. This of course requires planting different types of fruit, as the various types tend to ripen at different times. Currently I have apples, peaches, nectarines plums and oranges. The trees I currently have in the ground should provide me with fruit during the months of January, May, June, and July. For a late summer and early fall harvest (August, September, and October), I am considering adding fig trees. The only problem is I've never eaten a fresh fig and have no idea what they taste like, so my question is, are fresh figs any good? What do they taste like? Also, aside from being eaten fresh, what can figs be used to make? Thanks for any input. |
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Figs are sweet and delicious.
They have a very unique non-citrus, non-acid flavor. Great eaten out of hand when ripe. High in fiber, minerals and Vitamins K and B6. Easily dried and commonly made into jam and preserves. Also fig cake and pudding. Fill them with cheese and bake. Really good in salads and as mentioned, roasted with meats. Chop them up and add to baked goods or oatmeal. Look at planting Persimmons and/or Pawpaws. Another delicious fruit overlooked in the U.S. |
| We are overrun with fig trees...I've had to cut some out in recent years. Lots of preserves, pretty good to eat just like that...but they are messy and wasps love them. They grow very fast as well. In fact, I've had fig trees pop up in the last 2 years that are already bearing fruit while the peach trees I planted 4 years ago are stile "meh". |
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Probally the best fruit tree in my opinion. It's a very sweet, almost sugary flavor like candy.
They taste great fresh, you can make all sorts of jams and jellies with them, assuming you can save up enough without them getting eaten out of the fridge  .
They don't flower so there's no pollination needs or concerns. The figs just grow right out of the branches like leaves. I have a 5-ish year old tree that started from a little stick. It's well over 10 feet tall, about 8-10 feet in diamater, and produces 3 harvests a year. Our last frost was around April 10th and I already have some 1" diamater figs growing (ripe at around 1.5"). I'm going to try air layering it this year so I can get a couple more started. |
