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minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KlU-CCF-j9M
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoHuh, didn’t know that the fig fruit was also the flower. So does the wasp simply help the propigation of the fig tree when it poliniates or does it helps the fig fruit ripen? I know fig trees can also propgate via cutings too, so I’m wondering how essential wasps are to fig farms.
minus-squareteamevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoEvery fruit begins as a flower…
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe video said that the unripe friut is the flower. Unless I misunderstood something it sounds like there’s not a traditional blossom. And the wasp cralws into the fruit to polenate it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KlU-CCF-j9M
Huh, didn’t know that the fig fruit was also the flower.
So does the wasp simply help the propigation of the fig tree when it poliniates or does it helps the fig fruit ripen?
I know fig trees can also propgate via cutings too, so I’m wondering how essential wasps are to fig farms.
Every fruit begins as a flower…
The video said that the unripe friut is the flower. Unless I misunderstood something it sounds like there’s not a traditional blossom. And the wasp cralws into the fruit to polenate it.