Fig

The fruits most commonly attacked by Q fly and Med fly are figs, cherries, stone fruit, apples, pears, loquats, guavas, feijoas, tomatoes and capsicum. Do… Read More »Do Fruit Flies Eat Figs?

two days. During her brief adult life (as short as two days), she flies into the forest to fertilize another fig and deposit another generation… Read More »How Long Do Fig Wasps Live?

Figs will only ripen and produce seeds if pollinated. However, the crunchy things in figs really are just seeds. What are the crunchy parts in… Read More »What Are The Crunchy Bits In A Fig?

Contrary to popular belief, ripe figs are not full of dead wasps and the “crunchy bits” in the fruit are only seeds. The fig actually… Read More »Do Figs Digest Wasps?

Some varieties – including many grown for the supermarkets – don’t need to be pollinated by fig wasps. Instead, they’re sprayed with certain hormones to… Read More »How Do Figs Pollinate Without Wasps?

No. While female wasps lay eggs within a fig fruit, the crunch you experience when eating a fig does not come from those eggs. Are… Read More »Are The Crunchy Parts In Figs Wasp Eggs?

The flesh of a ripe fig is pulpy, jellylike, but also grainy from the seeds, and the floret filaments add a dense stringiness. What is… Read More »Are Figs Gritty?

Fig plants are toxic for dogs. The leaves, branches, and bark of a fig tree are toxic to dogs. A dog can get fig poisoning… Read More »Are Fig Tree Branches Poisonous To Dogs?

Fig plants are toxic for dogs. A dog can get fig poisoning from eating any part of a ficus tree, especially the fig leaves. This… Read More »Is The Fruit Of A Fig Tree Poisonous To Dogs?

Other common toxic plants include, but are not limited to: holly, tulip, oleander, azalea, daffodil, carnations, chrysanthemum, corn plant, dumb cane, jade plant. What plants… Read More »What Plant Are Poisonous To Dogs?