HG, I've experienced the same thing this year. Put out a brown turkey and was shocked since is its first year and it put 3 figs on and they all dropped. Thought it was just because it is first year. My mango's all dropped this year off 15 year old trees. Guess something with the weather because other folks also are get zero mango's in my area this year. People closer to the coast are loaded with mango's this year.
bernie

I've had great fruit from my LSU purple fig for years and now this year it seems like the fruits are staying small and green and not maturing very fast at all. I don't know why, I haven't done anything different and there are no bugs on them.

I've only had 3 figs drop early from my seven trees, which is about normal, what is not normal is the small size and very slow growth this year. The trees are loaded with figs just like other years but tiny.

My two mango trees dropped all fruit and my two lychee trees and two avocado trees didn't even set fruit. My olive trees also bloomed like crazy but set very few olives. It sure is a very strange season this year.

Lou

I called an agriculture cousin in Israel, he said that some tropical fruit trees sometime are in need of "dung" in very early spring, I have tried it and my mango tree is so loaded I was afraid it might break.

Here is a link that might be useful: mango

lisa,email me when you get too many to handle :>)

Like I said, the trees near the coast up our way are breaking down with fruit. Mine bloomed out of sight, but few small fruit.

bernie

lisa3823, what do you mean by 'dung' ? compost ? cow manure? if it works please let us in on what you did ! because I sure would love to have what you have, on that tree ! WOW !................thanx, sally

My brown turkey has produced vast quanties of fruit for many years. This year, I have tiny green fruits that are not enlarging or ripening. Another down the street from me looks the same way. My tree looks fantastic -- green, lush, and growing more than ever before. It has to be the weather this year. The long cold winter with late frosts must have messed up the schedule for these plants.

I just checked on my seven fig trees and every single fig was the size of a large grape, the trees are loaded but the fruits are so dang small this year. Nice big leaves, lots of new growth, plants look extremely healthy, it's just the figs are so teeny tiny this year and not ripening.

Lou

I just found my first ripe fig yesterday on LSU purple. It is not as big as they were last year. They just sort of went from small and green to ripe overnight without really growing much so I guess that is how they will all be this year.
I have to buy a pork loin now so I can make the stuffed fig pork loin I make every year when the figs ripen.
I saw a recipe somewhere for oatmeal cookies that used figs. I might try that if I get enough.
What does everyone else do with thier figs?

Mine started growing in size and ripening just a few days ago. The ripe ones are normal size.

I'm having a great crop of figs. No dropping either. I also had a good crop of kumquats.

I'm wondering if the unusual cold weather we had effected the plants?