I went out this morning to walk through my garden and was admiring my figs when I noticed white spots on a few of the larger Briguglio figs. When I looked closely I could see it was sap leaking out. I've seen someone else who had a Celeste infested by fruit flies, but wasn't sure if they were Spotted Wing Drosophila or just over ripe figs attracting regular fruit flies. After looking closely at the picture I took I could see the ant on it which I hadn't noticed before, but hadn't heard of ants attacking unripe figs.
I have 5 types of figs with fruit growing on them, but not a ton on any plant since they're still young so I'm hoping to preserve at least a few good ones from each. Any thoughts on what type of menace I'm up against?
When the sap dried, I could see that they were definitely little puncture wounds. I first posted this at growingfruit.org and the fine folks there had some suggestions including possible spraying neem oil to deter insects. It is only on 2 figs so far, so part of me wants to just see how it goes, but I also don't want all my figgy hopes dashed for the season. Any insight is welcome.
I have 5 types of figs with fruit growing on them, but not a ton on any plant since they're still young so I'm hoping to preserve at least a few good ones from each. Any thoughts on what type of menace I'm up against?
When the sap dried, I could see that they were definitely little puncture wounds. I first posted this at growingfruit.org and the fine folks there had some suggestions including possible spraying neem oil to deter insects. It is only on 2 figs so far, so part of me wants to just see how it goes, but I also don't want all my figgy hopes dashed for the season. Any insight is welcome.
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