Fig Beetle going inside your fruits trough fig eye ?.

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Herman2

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Posted 1444498594	Reply with quote #1

The best cultivar I could find to date that will resist fig beetle,entrance and souring and splitting ,is :Negretta. Of course there are others,with very small eye and ,that also resist fig beetle and souring,but if you have a beatle infestation,or rainy climate ,or too dry of a climate,Negretta is the most resistant,giving intact good quality fruits every year. The Minus, about the cultivar is small size fruits. The fruits and leaf look like this and the tree is small dwarf,and very pretty,looking,,with reddish leaf stem and purple tips. Attached Images Negretta_fruits_2_int_ext_leaf_2015.JPG (177.45 KB, 88 views)

figpig_66

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Posted 1444599145	Reply with quote #2

That looks like a good creamy fig. Probably good for louisiana wet and humid weather never had a fig beetle before __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

tylerj

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Right now I am seeing a lot of ladybugs getting in through the eye. I found one fig that was hidden from me and was quite ripe with about 10 ladybugs inside the cavity they had eaten around the eye. Nasty! Tyler __________________ London, Ontario zone 6a Wish List: Martinenca Rimada, Genovese Nero AF, Galicia Negra, Brooklyn White

Smyfigs

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Posted 1445065377	Reply with quote #4

My Kadota figs had a ton of Japanese beetles just chewing imy figs away. I sprayed the plant with worm tea & thry disapoeared! Its been good for a couple of months now. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

TucsonKen

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Posted 1445174328	Reply with quote #5

Herman, thanks for the recommendation. Souring is the biggest problem among my trees, but I haven't tried growing Negretta. Guess I'll have to give it a shot. I haven't had problems with Black Mission, either. __________________ Ken Tucson, Arizona Zone 8b

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