My Ficus have little BALLS!

[Stickroot]

I have lots of four year old Ficus from cuttings that are getting nice clusters of fruits, wondering if I might get seeds this time. The mother tree never got these fruits before. Not Figs, think they will seed?

 

[Redwood Ryan]

They're figs, but they won't produce viable seeds. You'd need a particular wasp that isn't here in the states for them to become fertile.

 

[Stickroot]

They're figs, but they won't produce viable seeds. You'd need a particular wasp that isn't here in the states for them to become fertile.

A wasp like a bug wasp?
How does this happen?

 

[Redwood Ryan]

A wasp like a bug wasp?
How does this happen?

A fig wasp. The female enters the wasp, pollinates it, lays her eggs, then leaves.

 

[Stickroot]

A fig wasp. The female enters the wasp, pollinates it, lays her eggs, then leaves.

Gotta get me some fig wasps!

 

[quietobserver]

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Gotta get me some fig wasps!

HIt it and quit it bonsai.....

 

[Stickroot]

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HIt it and quit it bonsai.....

LMAO!
Quit a long time ago.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Gotta get me some fig wasps!

Nah not worth it, and they aren't native to here so it wouldn't work.

 

[Stickroot]

Nah not worth it, and they aren't native to here so it wouldn't work.

Yeah I would never, just kidding.
But I did read if you eat Fig bars you eat Wasp Larva!
I hate Fig thank goodness!

 

[sorce]

Tropical crabapple!

Heard tell of them wasps in Florida.
That, hogs, Burmese pythons, Cubans...

It's ok my wife is Cuban.

Speaking of Cuba, @M. Frary , we can go there now and catch what's said to be the next record largemouth!

And see some of Detroit's finest!

Sorce

 

[M. Frary]

What? They got big bass in Cuba? Figures. World record largemouth would let me retire. What with the $1000000 bounty and tackle endorsements.

 

[ColinFraser]

Yep, every fig you eat has dead wasps in it . . . mmmm

 

[Random Usr]

They're figs, but they won't produce viable seeds. You'd need a particular wasp that isn't here in the states for them to become fertile.

GALL WASPS, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

GALL WASPS, if I'm not mistaken.

Nope, they're just fig wasps. Gall wasps aren't good.

 

[Random Usr]

..... Gall wasps aren't good.

I disagree. They are very tasty if lightly sautéed.

 

[ColinFraser]

I disagree. They are very tasty if lightly sautéed.

Or in wasp-newtons.

 

[Stickroot]

Or in wasp-newtons.

Lmao!
Wasp Newtons

 

[whfarro]

Ooie gooie rich n chewy inside. Tender cakey rich n flakey outside..wrap the inside in the outside, is it good? Darned toot'n....it's a big fig newton.

 

[Random Usr]

Or in wasp-newtons.

Oh yes, those are also good. My wife dips them in milk but that ruins the taste.

 

[carp]

Nah not worth it, and they aren't native to here so it wouldn't work.

side note; i am getting ficus microcarpa seedlings in Brevard County, FL.