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by enchiridion 1234 days ago
That’s not really true. You only need the wasps to pollinate. But the tree will fruit without being pollinated.
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Depends on the variety. Most of the US ones don’t even need the wasps but the Calimyrna does.
Store bought varieties of the common fig are likely a self-pollinating variety but the wild variety of the common fig, as well as most of the rest of the 800+ species of figs, are not self-pollinating