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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

I have just read Invasive Plants, Weeds of the Global Garden, by the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  The title is a bit grander than the 
content, which is about North America, with about half of the plants 
mentioned causing problems only in Florida.

California has a few problems, too, though, including Ficus carica, 
the edible fig.  According to John M. Randall of the Nature 
Conservancy, Davis, California, it has invaded riparian habitats 
including streamsides and canal banks in the Central Valley, the 
south coast and the Channel Islands.

From what I remember from reading, only wild figs have viable seeds, 
and they require a specialized wasp to fertilize them.  The figs we 
grow in North America are ones that produce fruit without the wasp, 
and without viable seeds.

Am I incorrect?  Could I remove the seeds from my figs and grow them?

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Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil