A question about figs:)
 

I just realized for the first time that my glorious fig tree produces fruit
without a flower. How does this happen? How is it fertilized.

Thanks in advance for any answers:)

Warhola

A question about figs:)
 

"Warhola" wrote in message
...
I just realized for the first time that my glorious fig tree produces
fruit
without a flower. How does this happen? How is it fertilized.

Thanks in advance for any answers:)

The flower is inside the fruit when it first develops so you can't see it.
Wild fig trees require a certain type of tiny wasp to enter the fruit where
it lays it's egg and in the process fertilizes the fig fruit. Most people
don't want a wasp larvae in their figs, so breeders have developed varieties
which don't require pollination. I believe the fruit from one of these figs
is sterile, but I'm not sure about that.