[tubebender]

The Great San Joaquin Valley with it’s 110 degree summers is a major producer of figs. At one time figs did well in coastal Eureka Ca and were abundant but for the last 40 years production per tree has fallen and people are taking the trees out.

[gardengirl]

Figs come from the Mediteranean (sp!) so they like hot coastal conditions. I remember from some research I did for an article that almost all figs do not need to be pollinated. There is a variety, and IIRC, some of them were transplanted to Cali, that need to be pollinated, and they’re only pollinated by a certain type of wasp. The first figs taken to Cali wouldn’t produce because there were no wasps. Once the wasps were imported—voila! Maybe these figs are that type. ????