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I have a fig tree that is super prolific some years, like we can't eat or give away enough figs. In the store today I saw dried figs and thought how stupid I am, why didn't I think of that? I've made cakes, jam, and ice cream with varying degrees of success, and would love to hear from anyone who uses a dehydrator and has ever done figs.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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We don't have a single function dehydrator, but we have a Ninja AF161 Air Fryer that also dehydrates. It works great for figs, also pears and apples. The advantage is also using it to air fry, roast, and other cooking. When I was a kid we had several fig trees and many pear trees, but lived in a climate with a lot of sun all summer and fall. We would lay the figs out on cookie sheets lined with wax paper, covered with cheesecloth to keep bugs off, and dried them in the sun, covering at night with a tarp to keep dew off. For the pears we would core and cut in half first.
We don't have a single function dehydrator, but we have a Ninja AF161 Air Fryer that also dehydrates. It works great for figs, also pears and apples. The advantage is also using it to air fry, roast, and other cooking. When I was a kid we had several fig trees and many pear trees, but lived in a climate with a lot of sun all summer and fall. We would lay the figs out on cookie sheets lined with wax paper, covered with cheesecloth to keep bugs off, and dried them in the sun, covering at night with a tarp to keep dew off. For the pears we would core and cut in half first.
You lucky person, we have a fig tree, but the deer eat many of the figs before I can harvest them, we normally only get 4 or 5 to eat. I wish we had your crop. Do you fertilize it?
You lucky person, we have a fig tree, but the deer eat many of the figs before I can harvest them, we normally only get 4 or 5 to eat. I wish we had your crop. Do you fertilize it?
No, but it drops enough fruit to "fertilize" itself.
We had a fig tree that was rooted from an old family fig tree years ago. It was prolific in that we got hundreds of figs yearly. About every two or three years I would trim (started to use prune, but it seemed blasphemous) it back a bit and those years were less bountiful.
We sold the house and the new owners cut the fig tree down. BUT, I have a source for the parent tree at my sister in laws. So when the new house is completed, I will be planting a fig tree sprout in a nice sheltered sunny area I already have picked out.
Thanks for the idea about the air-fryer Hemlock140.
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