Texas Gardening: A fig question, 1 by skunkbay

skunkbay wrote:
I have two petite nigra fig trees in large pots on my patio (NE Texas). I keep them pruned back, and they really produce well with two crops each year. The fruit is very dark purple and sweet. I have to be sure to pick them as soon as they become ripe or near-ripe or the birds get them. They ripen nicely on my kitchen counter. No problems with insects or disease and they are cold tolerant (they just survived 21 F this week without protection). I highly recommend this variety.