If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, ...

UC Extension’s Faber said fig trees can have two crops in a year and if a grower gets out ahead of any black fig fly presence with traps and sanitation, “they could effectively eliminate the flies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many fruit crops, such as most apple varieties, have to be cross-pollinated, meaning you need to grow more than one apple tree in ...

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

Fig trees, Ficus carica, are part of the huge Ficus genus which includes around 850 different species. There are thousands of different cultivars around the world. The fig originated in the Middle ...