Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It is my opinion that by far the easiest fruit to grow in SETX are figs! Common ...

Some fig trees can convert atmospheric CO2 into calcium carbonate, a process known as the oxalate carbonate pathway, ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Prune container grown figs back to 2 feet above the soil every year before bringing them in. ... Fig trees require a dormancy period over the wintertime and do not make good houseplants.

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon ...

One effective way to keep your fruit trees healthy is to support their soil. Healthy soil provides essential nutrients and ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...