Fig Tree
sueb wrote:
On Jul 1, 3:08 pm, Dermot66
wrote:
Dear all
My fig tree for the 1st time since planting (5 years old) has no
fruit. Could anyone tell me if I've done something wrong or do they
sometimes have dormant years.
Thank You
Dermot
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Dermot66
Did it flower?
Figs are pollinated by a wasp, if something disrupted their cycle
then
the tree wouldn't have been pollinated. There are definitely
problems
with bee populations where I live.
QUOTE:
"Flowers: The tiny flowers of the fig are out of sight, clustered
inside the green "fruits", technically a synconium. Pollinating
insects gain access to the flowers through an opening at the apex of
the synconium. In the case of the common fig the flowers are all
female and need no pollination."
I live in the South East USA and I've never seen a flower on a fig
bush/tree UNTIL I cut open the ripe fruit.
Figs are self pollinated in my area. I just don't see that as the
problem unless you are in the Mediterranean.
Tom J
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