Shit i replied the same. Lol didnt see your post til after.
Heh no worries brother and good to know we are think the same on the subject.
Although I do get why people are not fans of these buggers, they can be aggressive at times and the sting does hurt, as I can attest from past experience!
Nice to meet you bro!
It really come down to which species of wasp you have, the large yellow jackets can be a pain but there tons of very small wasps such as the Ichneumon wasps , which are parasitoid wasps and lay their eggs inside garden pests to be eaten from the inside out.
If you have ever eaten a fig then you have most probably eaten "Wasps".
Here is a bit from Wikipedia as I just don't remember all the minutiae of the details.
Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Most are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant. The non-pollinators belong to several groups within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, while the pollinators are in the family Agaonidae.
If it were not for these wasps we would not have figs, simple as that.
The following I found on a random forum about who knows what but the guy posting the post has no idea how figs work.
It is hilarious what he did though.
IO should mention before I share the post, that the tiny small Figs you see this year, turn into the large figs you see the following year, so don't pick them off!
If your planning planting a Fig tree, here are a couple of tips.
In order for a Fig tre to be productive it needs it roots to be constricted, other wise the tree will just put on loads of foliage!
If you want an easy way to constrict your Fig roots, did a hole and put a old stainless steel washing machine drum in the hole and then plant the Fig in the washing machine drum and back fill the soil.
The roots will stay contained and the holes in the drum allow water to drain away.
Here is the funny post as promised!
| #1 | | | I had posted a few days ago about a huge fig that is very productive . The consensus seems to be Brown Turkey . One of the problems with this fig is that it has a large open eye . So as I was picking off the small developing figs that don't have enough time to ripen I thought , hey that would be a way to stop bugs from getting in there so......
It works great ... I think I saw the fig blush... | |
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So he essentially made a butt plug for a Fig, just look at that winking brown eye all filled up!
Poor little wasp larvae inside their Fig prison!
As mentioned before this tiny Fig is in the balloon knot of the fig and actually, next years crop, not this years unripened Figs, it is just too small.
My answers will always be short and of course they do not always make sense. Dabs you know!
