Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples

Fig trees may produce 1 or 2 crops per year: a breba crop, of figs growing from dormant buds that did not fruit the previous season, and/or a main crop, of figs growing from the buds on new limb growth. Below are select fig varieties that can produce top quality main crop figs.

Once a fig tree begins to ripen figs each season, it will continue to ripen figs for 2 or 3 weeks or 2 or 3 months depending upon the cultivar and growing conditions. The cultivars shown below usually begin to ripen their figs in the order listed.

The first 8 varieties below are among the earliest ripening of the basic fig flavor, pulp and skin color modes.

The fig trees are grown in bark mulch and a small amount of peat moss or compost, with some lime and fertilizer, in 5 to 7 gallon pots (with root escape into ground) and stored in garage in winter where the temperature remains at least slightly above freezing. The growing zone is 6b, West Virginia. The dates under the varietal names note the days of the photos, not a ripening span, but give a general idea of ripening times, beginning with early ripening cultivars and continuing to later ones.

Ronde de Bordeaux
August 5th, 6th, 11th & 15th, 2016: