Possible they are Breba(Flower figs),and they need polination,in order to grow and ripe.
Without polination,they just wilt and fall like any normal flower.
Hope this will help.
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francesj, What did the tree do before you transplanted it? Did it ripen two crops of figs in previous years?
If these are breba figs (first crop), they sometimes drop if the plant is shocked in some way. This is not a ripening process; the figs are aborting.
I lost most of my brebas last year when I put my hardened off fig trees in the garage for two days (and nights), and then put them back outside without gradually hardening off again.

I've had the tree 3 years now, and both of the previous years it produced and ripened figs (although not many the first year, and fewer the 2nd year). When I transplanted it from the huge pot, I was shocked to see how root bound it was, and it seemed to be so happy in it's new space in the ground in the greenhouse. And the tree does look fantastic--and it has 2 normal sized figs now, that do not appear to be ripening too fast (or at risk of falling off).

perhaps oiling would help?

Fig varieties usually ripen their fruit during July or August. Souring of figs results chiefly from entry into the fig by insects that carry souring organisms upon their bodies. Populations of such insects and souring organisms are higher in late summer than earlier in the season. Earlier ripening of figs would thus be greatly beneficial.

An ancient, but little known practice can provide a simple way to ripen figs 30 days or more before their normal ripening date. This practice, in use as early as the third century B.C., is known as "oleification" and consists of applying one of a variety of oils to the eye of the fig fruit at a time when it will respond by ripening at a greatly accelerated rate.

Oleification was probably discovered quite by accident, and one can only speculate about how it happened. However, since both figs and olives grow in the same region, olive oil and figs must have come together quite early. At some unknown time, someone found that the application of olive oil to the eye of green figs would cause them to ripen far earlier than untreated figs. Other oils have been shown to produce the same effect. Mineral oil has worked as well as vegetable oils.

There are a number of theories concerning the cause of the response, but very little evidence exists to support any of them. Several features of the "oil response" seem to support the theory that it is caused by a growth regulator produced by the fruit when influenced by the oil. Since many different oils, and even some materials other than oils, produce the same type of response, no component of the oil itself seems to be involved. Fig growers can continue to benefit from the practice while researchers puzzle about its method of action.

An added benefit is that several figs will ripen on each shoot at the same time, rather than at naturally occurring intervals of 1 or 2 days. The treatment to induce early ripening is quite simple, consisting of the application of a small amount of oil, usually oliveoil or heavy mineral oil such as that used for medicinal purposes, to the eye of the fig. Care should be taken to avoid applying the oil to
other parts of the fruit. The use of a small cotton applicator makes the job easy.

Timing the application is very important. Applying oil too early can cause the young figs to drop before ripening. Applications made too late are ineffective. Because of the bearing habit of the fig, however, this is not too much of a problem. Since the figs at successive nodes up the shoot are younger toward the tip, fruits of a receptive stage can usually be found.

Baust55
Oil usage on the fig eye is for a later stage to expedite fig ripening by a couple of weeks and is done just a few weeks before the normal ripening time of the main crop. It is done when one suspects that the normal ripening process may take it close to the potential frost periods. It is too early now in most areas to use the oil on the fig eye.

ok thanks for the information my Canadian friend. I'm new at this hobby so just starting to read upon it.