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Most of the commercial figs grown in California are wasp pollinated. If a fig is crunchy, it contains seeds, and if it contains seeds, the flowers inside it wer
by larsr 16y ago
Most of the commercial figs grown in California are wasp pollinated. If a fig is crunchy, it contains seeds, and if it contains seeds, the flowers inside it were likely pollinated by at least one wasp.
Here is a great article with more details :)
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pljune99.htm http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pljune99.htm
- acqq 16y agoLuckily the wasps are not the wasps most people think of, from the article: "The tiny wasps are only two millimeters long."