Fruits and Nuts: When are figs ready to eat and how do you eat them?, 0 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
I always wait until the fig stops feeling hard before picking. As someone above said, often, you will see splits in the skin (very shallow, not to worry) and that also means pick, eat and enjoy. My black Lab Pepper loves figs. She can tell if they are ripe and picks her own. I leave low branches for her pleasure. The tree in the photo is a Black Mission fig which I took good care of in winter.

EveSocal, I recommend you buy a Black Mission fig to go with your green (Calimyra, I think) fig. The Black Mission figs are just made for SoCAL as their name suggests.

Paul