| Encanto Farms Nursery > Categories > Purple Smyrna self fertile or not |
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figpig_66
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I have 4 of these growing and was told they were self fertile. |
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pitangadiego
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My understanding is they are a smyrna type. |
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figpig_66
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Is it self fertile? Thanks for the reply |
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rcantor
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Jon publishes other people's descriptions as they wrote them. If it's a smyrna by definition it needs the wasp to produce fruit. If it produces fruit without the wasp it's incorrectly named. |
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figpig_66
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Thanks |
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Gardencrochet
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Richie I believe you received your Purple Smyrna cuttings from me. Purple Smyrna, is not a "true" Smyrna fig, and will fruit without caprification (pollination by fig wasp). |
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