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The three-volt day, coupled with the continuous rainy season, is the season of many flowers and flowers. Mr. Tasha took advantage of the long-lost cool weekend to plant figs in the garden.
It just so happens that the fruit that has never seen its flowers bloom is ripe just right - the small fruit that emits turquoise green from the end of the branches and leaves slowly expands, and gradually reveals purple from the green, until it looks soft and sticky, and it is ripe.
Pick it at the best time and smell the faint fruity aroma. Gently break it, the white and red silk flesh, can't help but take a bite, soft and soft, refreshing and sweet!
Today, Daisy will take you into the wonderful world of figs.
1. Rookie in the green plant world
If your understanding of figs is only to eat, it is really a small underestimation of this small leader of the indoor green plant world.
The appearance rate of fig trees in ins Nordic home decoration is comparable to that of several "big guys" who sit firmly in the Nordic wind world.
The leaves are open-backed like turtle shells, and the turtle-backed bamboo of literary temperament,
The large round broad leaves are permeated with clear veins, shaped like a violin, fresh and unworldly fig leaves;
Or the large leaves are gracefully bent like feathers, the tall and elegant Nikolai Crane Orchid (Bird of Paradise) and so on.
As a potted fruit tree, what does the fig tree rely on to seize the c position in the high cold zone?
In terms of family, figs and figs are both of the genus Ficus sylvestris. Unlike figs with rounded broad leaves and hard luster leaves, figs have soft, open-backed leaves like the French sycamore. (Like a combination of fig leaf and turtle-backed bamboo?) ）
Like cute duck claws, they are funkily scattered among the branches. Although it is not dense enough, it does not feel sparse at all, but is full of air, giving people a natural and idyllic quiet texture.
Compared with the "immigrants" from the African rainforest, the ficus ficus that prefers warmth and humidity, and is prone to disease and pests, fig trees are very skinny and resistant to cultivation, and are easy to cut cuttings.
Depending on the size of the plant, large pots can be placed on the ground to form a tree to form a landscape of their own, or small pots can be placed in the corner of the table by the window to add a touch of green color to the living room.
Of course, if you have a large garden, you can also plant it along the wall roots and make it crawl like a climbing tiger.
In the middle of summer, a cluster of purple-red bulging "fruits" hangs from the branches, emitting a faint fruit aroma, which can be picked and enjoyed at any time. It's really the appearance, taste, and smell of the three birds in one fell swoop
The grass has been planted, and pulling the grass is also a must!
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2, no flowers and real
Before you can't resist chopping the hand, you may wish to understand the magic of the fig (in addition to the heavy value, we are more important to the inner ah): how does this fig tree that has not seen the blossom produce soft and sweet fruit, is it really possible, without flowering, direct fruit? (Cough, biology teacher knocks on the blackboard: as an angiosperm, of course it will not be fruitless)
Cut open a fig, look closely, and find that there is a world full of life: on the inner wall of the fruit cavity grows countless male and female flowers, as little as two or three hundred, as many as thirty thousand, and its flowers are hidden in the fruit.
From this point of view, the fruit of the fig is the flower, and the flower is the fruit. In fact, "no flowers and fruit" is a unique feature of ficus (ficus) plants, in the world known nearly 800 kinds of banyan trees, their inflorescences are hidden head inflorescence, that is, during the development of the inflorescence, the flower seat expands spherical or ellipsoidal, and the small flowers grow on the inside of the fruit-like fleshy flower seat.
Breeding system of banyan trees. Image source @ Journal of Plant Ecology
How do flowers that bloom so "sullen" and covertly pollinate and reproduce sexually?
This seemingly closed fruit has a small hole that can communicate with the outside world. At some stage of development, the fruit releases a unique floral fragrance that attracts fig wasps.
The heroic banyan bee followed the "one-way street" and pried open the bracts that blocked the ground. Finally, it is able to enter the inner cavity of the fruit and pollinate the flowers. The banyan bee completed its mission, but because of the battle with the bracts, it lacked wings and broken touches, and could never see the light of day again.
Therefore, they choose to lay eggs in the female flowers with shorter flower peduncles (whose peduncle length matches the length of the fig wasp's ovipositor) and live in them for the rest of their lives.
After the fruit matures, the apex hole opens, and the next generation of female fig wasps bred by the nutrition of the female flower flies away from the growing "small nest" to find another developing fruit, laying eggs, pollinating, and so on. The wingless male fig bee could not leave the fruit, and could only wait quietly for its female fig bee. (exm, sounds like a romantic love story?) ）
3. Varieties of figs
No wonder the taste of figs is different from ordinary fruits, sweet and soft, and a little fleshy, it was originally because of eating flowers (meat balls formed by the expansion of the flower tray).
In fact, the fig varieties we usually eat are porcini red with a purple skin, but you know that there are more than 200 known fig varieties in the world, and they vary from fruit type, color and taste.
It seems that it is really a long way to go to be a competent foodie, so let's get to know the most popular ones.
(1) Brooke Red
New varieties introduced from Texas, USA. Ripe boji red peel is striped brownish red or purple red, the fruit is oblong-conical, the flesh is slightly hollow, light red, sweet and juicy, is an excellent variety for fresh consumption. Brooke red is drought-resistant and flood-resistant, and has many hanging fruits. If properly maintained, it can be harvested in both summer and autumn.
(2) Israel
Do not be deceived by its turquoise skin, even in the state of full ripeness it still remains yellow-green, the flesh is white and pale pink. The taste of Israeli figs, which taste like the hot climate of the Middle East, has a strong sweetness and is endlessly evocative. The result is more abundant, comparing the hardy varieties. Small partners in the cold and arid areas of the north can be considered.
(3) Purple Bordeaux
Slightly smaller fruit-type varieties, after ripening the epidermis is a thick dark purple, compared to the turquoise skin of Israel, it looks very attractive. Then you are deceived by it, Bordeaux figs have a slightly sour sweet taste, very elegant, can not be like the french Podol red wine?
(4) Bellone
Unlike most puffy figs, it has a slender neck. When ripe, the skin is reddish, and the Belloney figs have a strong sweetness, smooth and juicy taste. The fruit set rate is high and the fruit harvest period is long.
It is said that figs are known as low-calorie foods in Japan (sucrose accounts for only 7.82%), and the little sister who controls calories can also eat them with confidence.
It is rich in amino acids, which can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body, as well as a healthy spleen to digest food, moisturize the intestines and laxatives.
Just give the fig plenty of sunshine and moisture and it will be full of fruit for you in the middle of summer.
As an excellent tool for getting started with fruit trees, it is really beautiful, delicious, and easy to raise. However, you should be careful (such as putting a net bag on the fruit), otherwise it will not be good to feed the fat bird in the yard
Author: Daisy
Editors: Daisy, Suzuran
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