Q. The figs on my `Celeste' began to ripen the third week of June, and I picked 6 gallons June 29. On July 4th, I picked another 5 gallons.

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Then they quit ripening. The green figs eventually fall off. My fig tree is laden with green figs. I thought figs were supposed to ripen in August and September, but here we are in early October, and all are still green.

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Should I be concerned? β€” Matt Actually, ... NOLA.com: Will the small green figs on a young fig tree ripen? Dan Gill's mailbag Will the small green figs on a young fig tree ripen? Dan Gill's mailbag Q: My 6-year-old β€˜Brown Turkey' fig tree looks great, but has only a few tiny green figs that look like they are not going to ripen.

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