Reward and Punishment re: FIGS

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twiggybuds Moss Point, MS(Zone 8b) Jan 18, 2010

I found this brief article interesting and thought some of you might too. I learned only recently that figs are pollinated differently.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100114143513.htm

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pbyrley Wake Forest, NC(Zone 7b) Jan 18, 2010

I too found this study very interesting. There are many scientific (and/or readable) discussions on figs that explain why the figs we grow in our yards do not need any pollination but the origin of the different cultivars is from the figs trees that do require pollination. As I understand it, the wasps that pollinate figs can only live in CA (and the dry areas of the "old world" I guess).
Paul

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cowpea123 Coushatta, LA Jan 23, 2010

Fig are so strange.

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AYankeeCat Fairfield County, CT(Zone 6b) Jan 24, 2010

Hey - those wasps make it to Connecticut and inside my house! I have a single Chicago Hardy fig and it bears inside my house. Yes, figs are strange - - and tasty.

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cowpea123 Coushatta, LA Jan 24, 2010

Yes and so unlike mulberries which are close kin to figs.

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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) Jan 24, 2010

AYankeeCat, Chicago Hardy, also listed as Hardy Chicago, is a common or persistant fig which does not need to be fertilized to produce fruit.

http://www.nafex.org/figs.htm
http://www.ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/datastore/391-296.pdf
http://raysfiginfo.com/id-dark.html

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cowpea123 Coushatta, LA Jan 25, 2010

Roger,Roger Betty you are correct!

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