Will Hardwood Fig Cuttings REHYDRATE after 1 Year in the Fridge?
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2023
- I got pretty far behind with my fig cuttings that I received last winter. Here we are a year later and I'm finally getting them stuck and ready for rooting. The question is, will hardwood fig cuttings rehydrate after 1 year in the fridge? Let's find out.
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Here's that fig rooting video where I got 100% success! ruclips.net/video/LymBdzprYJ4/видео.html
I just am completely obsessed with how you constantly experiment with figs and propagation like a scientist. Just a happy man and his silly little figs enjoying his life, enhancing our lives with the knowledge he obtains from them, we love to see it. ❤
Lol, that about sums it up. Very glad that you appreciate following along with my silly little figs and projects. Thanks for being here!
Mike, I love your curiosity and gusto for propagating nearly anything and everything (especially figs). Even though you didn't get to them right away, you gave them a chance at living. Most of us would have given up on them having any viability after 4-6 months, but you didn't, and that's why we love watching and learning from you. Thank you! ~Margie🌱🤗
You are such a sweetheart Margie. I love that you're here, learning right along beside me.
Fortunately, the larger fig cuttings are definitely very very hardy. Good job
For sure! I love the fatter cuttings for that reason. They always seem to take a little longer to get started but usually are more stable and a sure bet once they do get started.
A year is a long time and showing green growth and activity shows they are very resilient. Great job. What a good tip! Thanks for sharing this Mike.
They are so resilient. It wasn't optimal waiting a year and some of them won't make it but I am always amazed at what figs can do.
Have a great week Mike! Glad it's working out! Great to see you my friend! Hugs to you and your girls!💞🤗🙏
Sure hope they root for us. I see signs of life all over but time will tell. Hope you're staying warm over there. Always great to hear from you Camelia, and hugs right back at ya!
Thank you Mike! I sure hope they all root! God bless you all 🙏❤️
Where "my" dreams come true! You are amazing Mike! Love from Toronto!
Thanks so much! I appreciate you hanging out here on the channel. Never been to Toronto but it looks like a really cool place to visit in summer. I've always wanted to see Niagara Falls.
I have a suggestion for next video “Can you send fig cuttings to Sweden and grow them there?” 😁
Haha, I've sent them to England so why not Sweden! Sure was expensive though.
I love these fig videos, and all of those cuttings are beautiful, I would really like to see regular updates on them,.
I’m working on a video from this summer and then will go back to an update on these. More are starting to root!
That's fantastic; now we know how they took figs around the world.
It's spring here, and I need to take BT fig cuttings. One batch last year, they were wrapped in wet newspaper and plastic, and stored in the fridge for several months.They went in damp peat in a tub, were covered and allowed to grow. Most made it. Others not stored did almost as well. Ones taken when I savaged the tree of all brush in July were stuck in a tub outside during the monsoons. All of them made it. I still need to get rose cuttings rooted, as well. so far, no go, but using a fungicide (thank you for the idea!) should help. Pomegranates need to be pruned, as well. Happy spring, kid! :)
Fungicide and sand, those are the magic combo. Oh, and shade in your area. Yep, spring has probably arrived at your place. My Mom in Phoenix said it was 70 degrees the other day around Christmas. I get a little jealous. We won't see temps like that until late June or July. Still pretty rainy and gloomy around here, mostly in the 30's and 40's. I look past the winter and keep my sights set on March (when the first rhododendrons start blooming). Need to get some camelias going here as they bloom earlier. Happy Spring right back at ya!
I can't wait to see you fig-ure it out. Think you're going to have to buy some more acreage. Lol
We've got about 5 unused acres behind the fig orchard. I keep staring at that dozer and getting wild ideas, lol. One day I'm gonna jump on it and have a good time.
wow Mashallah very nice 👌💐 happy gardening
Same to you!
That's great to see the cuttings planted. I planted 4 cuttings that I'd had in the refrigerator for a year......they're doing okay. My next project, that I want to get you involved with sometime in the future is growing persistant caprifigs so that we can have pollen to hand pollinate our figs. I was surprised at how long pollen can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen to last a year and even longer. The easy way to pollinate is to have the pollen in a sugar/water solution, put into a hypodermic needle and injected into the young fig. You could even buy caprifigs with pollen and/or fig wasps for pollinating, but you have to make sure they don't come from a region in California that has the black fig fly (BFF)
When I was apologizing in this video, it was to you. I really had intentions of starting them right away last winter and kept pushing it back. One thing led to another and you know how it goes. Both of the Figoin cuttings are looking really healthy and starting to send up green growth so I have no doubt they will work out. Not sure what the F3 and F5 is and couldn't find anything on that but I labeled them as you had them. All 3 of the Nerino (Moro di Caneva) are doing great and one of them has a root out to the edge of the pot already. They were definitely fantastic cuttings you got from Bill. The red leaf is looking good so far and buds are slowly swelling . The Rossalino is looking good so far with buds slowly swelling. Unfortunately, the Verdolino and the Black Celeste dried up. When I went to pull them out, they both had holes in the bags I put them in. Totally my fault and those are the varieties that I feel terrible about because I know you wanted me to have them here. So I'm making the best of my mistake and working hard to get the others raised up in good condition. As far as the persistent caprifigs, David Burke sent me one of those from his place. He labeled it "Persist (UCD)" It's currently sending out new growth but I haven't seen roots yet. I'll let you know how it does.
Just amazing! My hubby the plant master!! 😁
Does that mean I can get another tent and light?
Well that's my fix for the night ☺️ brilliant video Mr K. Thanks mate 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Joe! Just filmed another this morning. Going to try to post more frequent as spring rolls around. Get some sleep, see ya tomorrow!
WOW that was a fabulous video !!! I absolutely loved it, I knew you could keep them for a while, but I never knew it was that long. That is very good to know, as always, THANK YOU❣️❣️❣️
One day I'll figure out how to preserve them for a couple years. It always amazes me how long they can sit in the fridge and still be viable. Hope you're staying warm Glenda!
It seems putting cuttings and seeds in the fridge stimulates germination if they are kept moist (like in a plastic bag), I put some fresh almonds in the fridge for a few months and when I took them out I found they had nice roots and buds. i put them in the soil and now they are really nice and full of leaves. Did you ever try rooting cuttings in the fridge?
Never tried that. Sounds really cool. How long did they take to root in the fridge?
Great video Mike. Glad to know I can store fig cuttings for atleast a year maximum. Your gonna be busy this spring planting all those new figs lol
Lol, no kidding. I'm a little concerned about where I'll plant them all but I've got some time. I'll probably keep all these in 1 or 2 gallon pots in the hoop house for another year just to make sure they are strong enough to withstand our winters in the ground. The plan is to push dirt up with the dozer and expand the orchard our further.
You have some awesome plant karma.
I don't know what I did to deserve it but I'm doing my best with it.
strong work
You took the words out of my mouth What are you going to do with all those cuttings?? You're going to have the greatest orchard of figs ever seen With your luck they'll all grow and fruit for you 😯 How's the new house coming along ?Soon you'll have to get planting I have a small auger to attach to my drill and it's so much easier and faster to make holes for planting small plants Stay Safe and Healthy 🇨🇦🦩
Yes, gotta have an auger for all this digging! Years ago, I dug every hole by hand but I've since wised up and got an auger for my tractor. Makes like a ton easier. As far as the figs, I'm getting scared, lol. So many varieties and figs to plant. I'm going to have a lot of pruning to do in the years to come, lol.
Thank you!
You're welcome Ricky!
I am super excited to have someone else who understands fig cuttings! 🙌 Very resistant and they fruit the 1st year! Just a super fruit tree.
Oh yeah, absolutely wonderful tree! It's just a ton of fun to work with, grow, eat the fruit, and everything else that comes with growing them. I have apple, pear, peach, plumb, and cherry trees. None of them are so disease resistant and grow as easily as figs. I think everyone should have one in their backyard. The funny thing is, I never even knew about them really until about 6 years ago and many people don't know anything about them, even people who grow fruit trees, lol. Anyway, glad you're here and glad you enjoy the content!
@@MikeKincaid79This is true unknown to Americans, but in Europe every alone standing house has gardens and it’s not for growing grass, ….all for fruit trees of all kinds and vegetables.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you Mike, your videos are well done and just get a person excited about growing trees and plants! It’s a pleasure. I agree with you, it seems the fig is under-rated and everyone SHOULD have at least one ☝️and as we know, when you have one, they can grow more with that very tree! Commons have no wasps, YES 🙌. So I think I’m going to grow some tropicals, inside an old above ground pool frame physical barrier.I’m going to call it, “My mini food forest crop circle ⭕️”! 😂 If you have tips on tropicals, I’m happy to take notes!📝 👋😊
@@cangel201 I Love that you bring that up… Homes & Gardens of Eden! Walk out and grab your breakfast fruits! Have a snack later on, it’s a backyard paradise! 😃🌳
Excellent video. Love that you don't give up on a cutting, I'm the same way. Did you put anything in the water?
How many fig varieties do you have? Are you on Facebook? Any great books you can recommend?
Nothing in the water but water. I have around 60 or so fig varieties. I'm on Facebook and there's a link in the description. You can find my facebook page at Kincaid's Nursery. There are so many garden and landscape books that I love. It's hard to recommend them all. If you're just wanting to learn more about propagation then I highly recommend this book: amzn.to/3P2rWDr
I only have a bazillion questions for ya😁, but I’ll keep it to two this time. What is the grow light/tent setup that you have going, and is it okay for someone just starting out with the hobby?
Second, have you tried growing a fig tree in a large container with any success of getting fruit?
Love watching your vids, Mike.
Yes, and yes. Don't worry, I'm going to answer you. Thinking about making a video so you can see what I'm talking about.
Hey Mike, did you ever do a follow up on how the 1 yo cuttings did eventually? I'd also be curious what varieties you got from Lou Monti and how those did. Thanks
Awesome 👌 video and you're awesome working, hard, lots to growing up though this year, happy new year 🎉 😀 🪴👍😉
Happy New Year! Plenty to do and plenty more to come.
It might have helped to wrap both ends with parafilm before refrigerating. Then, when ready to pot up, removing the parafilm at the base but leaving the one at the distal end in place until roots form.
I've done that in the past and had mixed results. Some cuttings did great and others molded under the parafilm. I think the key is to get the cuttings really clean first. There were a few in this batch that did have the parafilm. Again, results were mixed but the ones that did well with the parafilm looked really good.
Getting ready to pot my fig starts.Nice rex bogonia
Thanks, that's my wife's plant but I've kind of taken it over for her. Are you, by chance, the Bob and Betty of Chimicum Woods Rhododendrons?
No, descendant of southeast Michigan farmers.Just trying to keep dirt under my nails and my thumb green🌱
Now that I think about it, I might have asked you that before. You're answer sounds very familiar. Good luck with your fig starts!
This is funny, I just threw away left over scion wood from last year, to make room for my new seeds and scion wood for this year, and I checked them, and they were moldy😭 so not a chance to revive them. Is that a new project I see coming along in the far right black pot 6:44 hahaha everything is looking amazing! I can't wait for my stuff to start growing lol.
Yep, new project, and I'm praying that it works out because they are special cuttings to me. All will be revealed, lol.
@@MikeKincaid79 I will be standing by patiently waiting 😉
Interesting experiment! Did Bass' Favorite make it?
Hey, good to see ya! That is one of them in this pile and I have especially been looking at that one and the Nixon Peace fig you sent me. You sent some really nice cuttings and both of them looked great after a year. The buds are swelling on both and I am very hopeful. You are one of the people I was apologizing to because you went out of your way to find a cutting and also sent me an extra variety. I'm doing everything I can to get these figs to root and so far they look really good. I'd send you a pic if RUclips let me.
@@MikeKincaid79 Glad to hear it! Was hoping those were in the mix still. Bass' Favorite was not a reliable one to root in my experience but Nixon Peace was at the opposite end and fast/easy to root. Hope both of those take for you as they are both delicious unique figs. Thanks for all the great content and happy growing!
When rooting in winter like this, do you leave the lights on in your tent 24 hrs a day and just transition them out in the spring time or do you try to keep the lighting the same as the sun hours?
Thanks for your time and content,
Jon
The lights are on for 18 hours right now but I may cut that back to 16 or even 14 hours. That's the challenge every year, getting things to line up well when I move them outside. The sun is up 14.5 hours a day in mid summer it's a little overkill right now in the tent. Just trying to encourage rooting and growth and keep the warmth up in the pots.
Mike, how did you prep the cuttings for the fridge and how did you keep them fridges for a year without mold??
I just washed them with soap and water, shoved them in a plastic ziplock bag and threw them in the fridge. Nothing special, just left them there for a long time.
Hey Mike, if your experiment with these dried out ol' cuttings is successful, can I be the first to recommend a new name to the varieties in general as the ''Egyptian Mummy Fig'' variety? Or maybe even, 'Mikey's Mummies Fig' variety? Thanks!
Haha, I like it! These fig cuttings all have names but that's an idea for later, lol. I suppose it would be the next big craze on FigBid.
That’s pretty slick, brother. I wonder if apple, cherry and the likes would last that long, or are figs just an immortal tree.
By the way, I think I spotted a few dracanea cuttings rooting in there. Bonsai? Or house plants?
Same dracaena I did that video on last spring: ruclips.net/video/HCuCBSHmj0k/видео.html They're just slowly coming along, not sure what I'll do with them yet. Yes, figs are magical and immortal plants, haha. That's why we love playing around with them so much. I like where your thinking is going though and that would be a good experiment if I put some other fruit scions in the fridge to see if they'd last just as long.
@@MikeKincaid79 Doh! I forgot about that video. The healthy mother plant died but the cuttings live on. Good call. Hose are Mrs. Kincaid’s trees.
Side bar: bottom heat not necessary for hardwood cuttings if they’re kept near room temp?
Any chance of you making videos on Akebia Quinata?
Never heard of that one but just looked it up. I guess it's an invasive species over on the east coast but so is just about every other plant, lol. I'll have to keep my eyes open for that one in the spring. Thanks for the idea.
@@MikeKincaid79 Right now is a good time to plant to get established. Its from Japan and isnt really invasive here due to our weather and native fauna. Please make one on it! Id love to see it.
Apologies if you said this, but I missed it even going 2 times through. How long did you soak them in water before planting in the cups?
I want to take cuttings this winter from an Elderberry bush -- so they would be dried out just from the freezing weather (Colorado).
I let them soak for 5 to 7 days, depending on when I potted them up, because it took a few days to get to all of them. You shouldn't have to soak them that long though. Overnight or even a day or 2 should be fine.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you
I just saw a video a few weeks ago where a guy rooted two-year-old cuttings. He had the ends waxed and they were wrapped in paraffin tape.
After posting this video, I was thinking about doing that and seeing if I could provide the right environment to get them to last for years. What channel was it, I'm interested?
@@MikeKincaid79 I do not remember what channel it was.
If you can place twigs in a fridge for a year
Can you put any plant in the freezer?
Including strawberry?
That would make an interesting video, lol. I may have to try that.
Do you sale any of them???
Occasionally. Is there something specific you're looking for?
Can this work for pakinstan mulberry as well?
I can only imagine it would work. They are similar plants in how they root. Not sure it you saw it but I made a video about rooting mulberry trees: ruclips.net/video/ZCzqAAif5gU/видео.html
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks will try soaking it which I did not do. thanks.
I'm concerned about you cuttings that are getting leaves and do not have roots yet. Every time I had that happen they died. I learned to root them in what ever light was in the house and when I saw roots then I would put them under grow lights. I've had better success with that. Right now there is nothing to support those leaves.
I hear ya. It always gets a little nerve wracking when the top growth starts before the bottom. I agree with you but am trying something a little different. I actually did videos about this a few years ago, where I put some cuttings in darkness for the first month and some under lights. I'll have to go back and find the video. RUclips seems to drop the older videos off after a year or 2 and I forget about them.