Author: Marilyn Medina

Select figs that are clean and dry, with smooth, unbroken skin. The fruit should be soft and yielding to the touch, but not mushy. Use your nose and smell the fruit. If the fig smells slightly sour, it has already begun to ferment. How can you tell a perfect fig? Touch. A ripe fig will […]

Weeping fig. The fig plant is known by many as the ficus plant. Other names in which people refer to this toxic plant include: Weeping fig. Rubber tree. Are any figs poisonous? Although the plant is not poisonous per se, F. carica is listed in the FDA Database of Poisonous Plants. Organic chemical compounds called […]

What Does It Taste Like? Fresh figs have a sweet, honeyed taste and a soft, squishy texture studded with discernible seeds that give it crunch. Dried figs have a concentrated sweetness and a chewy texture; the seeds are nearly undetectable. Do different figs taste different? Their skin is soft and easy to bite into. The […]

Can you eat weeping fig fruit? According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the berries/figs are considered non-toxic to humans. Although the small berries are non-toxic, most consider these figs to be inedible due to their extremely bitter taste and small size. Only trees grown outdoors will produce fruit. Can you eat Ficus figs? Only […]

Vegans, as far as practicable, should avoid eating any animals or animal products. The way some varieties of fig are pollinated means every edible fruit of some fig varieties contain at least one dead wasp – so by eating a fig, you are eating a dead insect. So far, so not vegan. Why do vegans […]

Like the vine and the olive, it is regarded as one of the staples of life and a symbol of abundance and prosperity. What do figs represent in Greek mythology? The early Greeks so highly prized figs that it was considered an honor to bestow upon the winner of various competitions both the foliage and […]

15 to 25 ft. tall. Ficus carica ‘Desert King’ Botanical Pronunciation FYE-kus KAH-ri-ka Average Size at Maturity Quickly reaches 15 to 25 ft. tall and wide. Bloom Time Inconspicuous; prized for fruit and foliage. Deciduous/ Evergreen Deciduous Flower Color White How fast does Desert King fig grow? The Desert King will produce fruit two years […]

Your FIGs scrubs have to be washed in cold water and line dried – but they will still shrink and accumulate lint. Do figs scrubs stretch or shrink? According to many previous purchasers, FIGS scrubs may shrink if they are dried on a high heat setting. Can you machine wash figs? Product Care Instructions Wash […]