So I started thinking today(Shocker!), maybe I possibly could pull off keeping a caprifig. I have a sunroom it can stay in most of the winter, and I can take it inside on the coldest nights.
But what really do they need? Is it just a place which is warm enough that the dormant figs don't freeze? Or is there some threshold like 50 degrees F.
Will one caprifig do it for most varieties that grow in short season climate, or does a person need some overlapping caprifig varieties?
I can keep it pruned down so it is relatively small, how many caprifigs need to remain on the tree to keep a small colony of wasps to fertilize the figs of say..oh..20 trees?
I'm not really sure how the cycle works between the 2 caprifig crops, the common figs, and the San Pedros. What is in the common fig for the wasps, is it a place to stay between cycles of available caprigs? Because the breeding, egg laying, and growing all occur in the caprifigs right?
But what really do they need? Is it just a place which is warm enough that the dormant figs don't freeze? Or is there some threshold like 50 degrees F.
Will one caprifig do it for most varieties that grow in short season climate, or does a person need some overlapping caprifig varieties?
I can keep it pruned down so it is relatively small, how many caprifigs need to remain on the tree to keep a small colony of wasps to fertilize the figs of say..oh..20 trees?
I'm not really sure how the cycle works between the 2 caprifig crops, the common figs, and the San Pedros. What is in the common fig for the wasps, is it a place to stay between cycles of available caprigs? Because the breeding, egg laying, and growing all occur in the caprifigs right?
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