A couple of years ago, this is how I tried rooting fig cuttings (but in a small rubbermaid container). I also started by trying to remove the damp paper towel - I damaged the roots and killed the cutting. So I just planted the cutting with the paper towel around the base. It breaks down in the soil, and makes for a much easier transfer.
About 4 years ago I saw a video about a man that stuck his fig cutting in his compost pile and it rooted. I'm in zone 9b. I have 4 fig trees. I went out at about Thanksgiving, cut a foot and a half long piece of each one, I wet the bottom half or so, rolled it in rooting hormone and stuck it about 1/3 of the way up my compost pile. And left it alone. In about the last of April a few little leaves started coming out and I knew it had roots. I waited about another month and was going to pot the 4 little cuttings. It took a bucket and that was too small. Those roots were HUGE. All winter they had been warm in the compost pile, and the twig itself had been in the cold. Don't wait to transplant after you see some leaves, or you'll have fig trees where you used to have compost! Those roots were HUGE and getting ready to go to China! They went 2' and more in every direction. I should have planted them in the ground, but I wasn't ready. I put them in 5 gallon buckets when I'd been planning to put them in pots. They should have had mineral tubs.
A box with moist sand - a 45 degree cut through the lowest node - place the cuttings ON the sand, done. No hormone, no side cuts to expose the cambium needed. Open the lid of the box and spray with water if needed. Put it in a warm dark place.
Cutting 45 degrees below a node is really bad advise. Try straight cut just below the node, or even right through a node. The goal is the cut to go right there where is no hollow or "spongy" middle of the wood. There's a membrane like tissue just below the node, one should expose that, rather than the soft, spongy one which gets much easier to rot.
I failed miserably last year on 15 cutting. I have a few questions for you... 1. What kind of rooting hormone did you use? 2. Can I use rock wool instead of paper towels? As long as I don't super-soak them. Last year, I think my issue was that they sprouted leaves before they rooted. Have you ever had this issue??? What could I have done differently? I wrapped them in paraffin, used root hormone, and put them in a shady spot potted just moist... I even bought a special knife to scrape off the bark. Maybe it was just a bad year..... I hope this year is much better....
What's worked best for me is moist coco coir in plastic bags, coco is impossible to overwater unlike rockwool. I dip the end in an aloe vera leaf's gel after scraping to the white layer. Basically following Korean Gardener's video which I added to my public Gardening & Permaculture playlist on my channel. Good luck.
I used one called promix but the prefered one out the is clonex. I've never used Rockwool before so I'm not sure about that but coco coir sounds like a good option aswell.
I just bend a branch over onto the ground, lay a heavy rock on top and walk away. It'll root wherever it touches soil. Also, just snip a cutting, jab it into the ground beside the tree you just took the cutting from and walk away.
This method is not new, but it is applied wrongly here. No-no for the type of paper used in the video. It should be from a newspaper and lightly wet only. Then the transplant should be after 7-10 days when normally roots will appear, and are no longer than 1/2 inch or better even less.
This is not an easy method. Last spring I have taken some FRESH cuttings and just dipped them half-way into a vessel with water (tap water). Then I exchanged water every 3-4 days, the cuttings took some time to root but eventually they did. Clean clear water. No rooting powder, just ocassionally a tiny tiny bit of aspirin (a sand grain size). Figs are hardy. They even started some leaves. Then I just potted them when I felt roots are long enough. Took several weeks. First two weeks there were just nodes developing. This winter Iam making an experiment with a large and long cutting (1m size) with one end in a bucket of water. Just left it sit outside in the elements on the balcony. We have a mild winter so far, temps are around or below 0C at some nights, most nights a bit higer. If this big MF roots and survives (I will plant it in the spring) then all of those redundant rooting steps can be avoided. It looks good so far. Today I have washed its bottom from a bit of transparent goo, replaced the water after two months and I will leave it like that until it roots in spring.
A couple of years ago, this is how I tried rooting fig cuttings (but in a small rubbermaid container). I also started by trying to remove the damp paper towel - I damaged the roots and killed the cutting. So I just planted the cutting with the paper towel around the base. It breaks down in the soil, and makes for a much easier transfer.
I love fig experiments
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How is this one doing now?
Hey love the video! I am going to use these tips and tricks this evening on my next batch of cuttings.
Thanks for watching
Anytime, if i make a video on it I will make sure to credit you :D@@RKfigs
@@twiggshomestead6497really.
Yur ok with $100/500 gm bottles of expired #3 rooting powder at yur local "Garden Centre"?
About 4 years ago I saw a video about a man that stuck his fig cutting in his compost pile and it rooted. I'm in zone 9b. I have 4 fig trees. I went out at about Thanksgiving, cut a foot and a half long piece of each one, I wet the bottom half or so, rolled it in rooting hormone and stuck it about 1/3 of the way up my compost pile. And left it alone. In about the last of April a few little leaves started coming out and I knew it had roots. I waited about another month and was going to pot the 4 little cuttings. It took a bucket and that was too small. Those roots were HUGE. All winter they had been warm in the compost pile, and the twig itself had been in the cold. Don't wait to transplant after you see some leaves, or you'll have fig trees where you used to have compost! Those roots were HUGE and getting ready to go to China! They went 2' and more in every direction. I should have planted them in the ground, but I wasn't ready. I put them in 5 gallon buckets when I'd been planning to put them in pots. They should have had mineral tubs.
A box with moist sand - a 45 degree cut through the lowest node - place the cuttings ON the sand, done. No hormone, no side cuts to expose the cambium needed. Open the lid of the box and spray with water if needed. Put it in a warm dark place.
Cutting 45 degrees below a node is really bad advise. Try straight cut just below the node, or even right through a node. The goal is the cut to go right there where is no hollow or "spongy" middle of the wood. There's a membrane like tissue just below the node, one should expose that, rather than the soft, spongy one which gets much easier to rot.
I wrote THROUGH and not below a node. Works great for me.
Happy New Year Y’all all.
Happy new year!!
I keep a couple of Aloe Vera plants and just cut one piece off and trim open and rub the gel around the bare root score area works great!
You can submerge the root attached to the paper towel In water and the root will separate from paper towel easier than any other method I know.
This is a very interesting method. I will definitely try it 👍.
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I failed miserably last year on 15 cutting. I have a few questions for you... 1. What kind of rooting hormone did you use? 2. Can I use rock wool instead of paper towels? As long as I don't super-soak them. Last year, I think my issue was that they sprouted leaves before they rooted. Have you ever had this issue??? What could I have done differently? I wrapped them in paraffin, used root hormone, and put them in a shady spot potted just moist... I even bought a special knife to scrape off the bark. Maybe it was just a bad year..... I hope this year is much better....
What's worked best for me is moist coco coir in plastic bags, coco is impossible to overwater unlike rockwool. I dip the end in an aloe vera leaf's gel after scraping to the white layer. Basically following Korean Gardener's video which I added to my public Gardening & Permaculture playlist on my channel. Good luck.
I used one called promix but the prefered one out the is clonex. I've never used Rockwool before so I'm not sure about that but coco coir sounds like a good option aswell.
With 700 cuttings rooting at the moment, my superior method isn't available for YouthTube.
I root while on the "Mother Plant", I find it works better for me. Cuttings are iffy...
What about using cinnamon for mold...I've seen that used in a lot of videos
I just bend a branch over onto the ground, lay a heavy rock on top and walk away. It'll root wherever it touches soil.
Also, just snip a cutting, jab it into the ground beside the tree you just took the cutting from and walk away.
Different method same problem. It’s rutting. I was doing in sand. Yesterday cleaned rotted parts, and sprayed by Peroxide
Interesting but too finicky to me. I prefer the set & forget aspect of fig pops.
Thanks for watching
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Fad.
This method is not new, but it is applied wrongly here. No-no for the type of paper used in the video. It should be from a newspaper and lightly wet only. Then the transplant should be after 7-10 days when normally roots will appear, and are no longer than 1/2 inch or better even less.
This is not an easy method. Last spring I have taken some FRESH cuttings and just dipped them half-way into a vessel with water (tap water). Then I exchanged water every 3-4 days, the cuttings took some time to root but eventually they did. Clean clear water. No rooting powder, just ocassionally a tiny tiny bit of aspirin (a sand grain size). Figs are hardy. They even started some leaves. Then I just potted them when I felt roots are long enough. Took several weeks. First two weeks there were just nodes developing.
This winter Iam making an experiment with a large and long cutting (1m size) with one end in a bucket of water. Just left it sit outside in the elements on the balcony. We have a mild winter so far, temps are around or below 0C at some nights, most nights a bit higer. If this big MF roots and survives (I will plant it in the spring) then all of those redundant rooting steps can be avoided. It looks good so far. Today I have washed its bottom from a bit of transparent goo, replaced the water after two months and I will leave it like that until it roots in spring.
Thanks for watching and sharing 😊
"I never had kids to experiment on so"....
I am not telling my secret
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But....but.....YouthTube is so deserving.
@@waynemasters8673 hehe I know... I know... but it's like the krabby patty recipe.. it's best if ya don't know lol ;)
Lol this is definitely not the most incredible way to root a fig 😂😂😂
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It has to be fake incredible to be allowed on YouthTube.
I see that you spray alcohol on the knife, are you going to pour some alcohol in the potting soil also to kill bacteria or to disinfect that dirt ?