05-14-2011, 08:20 AM
Macuu...White Kadota Figs are the variety they use for dried figs. You harvest them usually from the lowest ones on the branch, and when they are very soft. They will have gotten considerably larger than they were while still green. I'm used to growing them on the mainland, & they seem to develop their flavor earlier there than they have here. We're in Hawaiian Shores at about the same distance back from the ocean as you are in HPP. We have a Kadota here that's been in the ground for 2 years now, & it has a very tall growing habit, so this spring, after harvesting most of the fruit a little at a time, I gave the tree a haircut, cut the branches into 2ft. sections & stuck those into some cinder soil & some are rooting & leafing out. The mother tree has really responded beautifully & has filled in really nice. It should begin to set some more fruit shortly.
Hope this has been helpful to you...
Dee
Hope this has been helpful to you...
Dee