blastophaga

Hi there "capri gang" :), I'm soliciting some advice (and perhaps... a few cuttings)... In the coming years, I will be trying to establish a wasp colony in my backyard (CA, zone 9b) by creating two complementary Capri-Frankentrees each housing an early, mid, and late variety caprifig...

i'm doing more digging into ficus auriculata and stumbled on a nice "nutshell" summary of the 1st attempt to introduce the fig wasp to california. searched google for quotes of the text and didn't find any results so figured i'd share it here...

Long time lurker, first post. After years of thinking I wanted nothing to do with caprifigs I realized I wanted to use them in my garden. I've been inspired to find local caprifigs here in San Diego after reading about some called "Normal Heights" and "Mission Valley" and finally joined...