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Oh man, my whole family is nuts on figs. My grandfather, my parents, and I each have a fig tree in our respective backyards. Every year we compare, but you can'
by tastysandwich 5y ago
Oh man, my whole family is nuts on figs. My grandfather, my parents, and I each have a fig tree in our respective backyards. Every year we compare, but you can't beat my grandfather... His figs are the biggest I've ever seen! And no special tools/chemicals, just old-school gardening.
I think the tree I have is a ficus carica. I could be wrong. Lovely purple figs.
The way I eat them is by pulling them apart first. In my whole life I've never seen a wasp inside. So if one did get stuck in there, clearly the fig is just absorbing it out of existence anyway.
- cm2012 5y agoFig wasps are rare in the US, our common fig species propagate without them. They are more common in Europe and South America.
- enchiridion 5y agoI’ve revived the tradition in my family! Switched to using bubble wrap and black plastic to wrap the trees this year. Went so so much faster and easier than any other method I’ve tried. What technique do you like for winterizing?
- tastysandwich 5y agoI've never actually heard of that to be honest! But I'm in Melbourne, where winters are fairly mild. All I do is give them a good prune.
- enchiridion 5y agoAh fair enough. In regions where it gets cold enough to damage the wood in the winter people wrap them. It’s pretty common in Brooklyn NYC to see fig trees wrapped in tar paper.