Nothing revolutionary. Just my preferred technique for air layering. I didn’t come up with this method but I have tried many different ways and this is the one I like the most.
Beautiful! I used the same method. I did an extra step and added rooting hormone to the cut bottom and sprinkled mychorhiza on the roots. I thought that couldn't hurt. I live in the desert and thought they might dry too quick so I made some extra wet when setting them up. That was a mistake. They were the ones that didn't root. I then trimmed off a lot of the bottom leaves, potted them up and and set them in the shade on the north side of the house. I made a sprinkling bottle out of an old water bottle and sprinkle morning and afternoon with a mild fish emulsion solution taking care not to overly water the soil but just the leaves. They're looking great. Now I have to figure out how to get 60 air layers in gallon pots thought the winter. Ha! I will continue air layering, but will still do some cuttings in the winter just to have something to do during those dark cold days of January and February.. I also had good luck this spring by thinning suckers from my ground trees. I hate wasting the pullings so I experimented with filling a 5 gal pot about 1/4 with moist peat Moss. I then pulled several from each variety and trimmed bottom leaves and with sissors, cut back the top leaves in half and dipped them in hormone and stuck them in the pot, one variety to each pot. I then covered the pot with one of those clear domes made from one of those clear plastic bowls from the dollar tree and set them in strong indirect light. If I didn't see condensation after a few days, I would sprinkle them with my bottle. They did great. I call them pullings because rather than cutting them, I pulled them so they would have the heel from the older wood attached. Sorry for the lengthy response. I lived your video.
It's my first year growing figs and I've tried this method of air layering and some aren't developing roots good in the bags. I'm being patient and just leaving them but not sure when the cutoff time is when they should be removed. They will need time to develop good roots to survive the winter.
Great instructional video. The best part is not having to provide bottom heat to cuttings in the 9x7 pots. It also takes the guess work out of knowing if your cutting has rooted.
Santa Barbra to Tennessee - some jump huh. Super helpful video. TY for sharing your clearly successful tips. I seriously want to (almost NEED to) know if those figs ripened.
@@figsandchocolate5553 I respect that all day...I am waiting for my opportunity. My wife and I went from Manhattan to too far north Maine (such a beautiful and amazing place - where we had two kids), back to Manhattan for a year and now we are in Dallas. I am eye balling The Azores or Madeira Island ;-)
@@darianmu7114 Yeah. Rooting cuttings is also quite easy but air layers are stronger and grow a lot faster. In 6 weeks, cuttings are mediocre but with air layers, in 6 weeks, you could have a nice well rooted 3-4’ tree ready to be up potted to a 15g pot. I enjoy both methods. I have about 800 cuttings that I started rooting just a couple weeks ago
instead of folding like a taco you can pinch the cut part of the bag and pull it towards you and the roots can grow all the way around and easier to take the bag off if that make since.
Hey man, love the vid and id like like to start air layering my mission fig tree but i live in las vegas where we currently are in a heat wave of 100+ degrees. My question is should i wait a few weeks until the temp drops around 90 degrees because im worried its just too damn hot, I've heard the roots grow best around 75-78 degrees. What are your thoughts on this?✌️
@@joshuaphilbert7995 Roots do better at higher temps than 70’s. Honestly, you’re probably fine as long as you wrap it in aluminum foil. That will keep the temps down. I had regular 90-95 weather for a few weeks while these were set and they did fine
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful! I used the same method. I did an extra step and added rooting hormone to the cut bottom and sprinkled mychorhiza on the roots. I thought that couldn't hurt. I live in the desert and thought they might dry too quick so I made some extra wet when setting them up. That was a mistake. They were the ones that didn't root. I then trimmed off a lot of the bottom leaves, potted them up and and set them in the shade on the north side of the house. I made a sprinkling bottle out of an old water bottle and sprinkle morning and afternoon with a mild fish emulsion solution taking care not to overly water the soil but just the leaves. They're looking great. Now I have to figure out how to get 60 air layers in gallon pots thought the winter. Ha! I will continue air layering, but will still do some cuttings in the winter just to have something to do during those dark cold days of January and February.. I also had good luck this spring by thinning suckers from my ground trees. I hate wasting the pullings so I experimented with filling a 5 gal pot about 1/4 with moist peat Moss. I then pulled several from each variety and trimmed bottom leaves and with sissors, cut back the top leaves in half and dipped them in hormone and stuck them in the pot, one variety to each pot. I then covered the pot with one of those clear domes made from one of those clear plastic bowls from the dollar tree and set them in strong indirect light. If I didn't see condensation after a few days, I would sprinkle them with my bottle. They did great. I call them pullings because rather than cutting them, I pulled them so they would have the heel from the older wood attached. Sorry for the lengthy response. I lived your video.
It's my first year growing figs and I've tried this method of air layering and some aren't developing roots good in the bags. I'm being patient and just leaving them but not sure when the cutoff time is when they should be removed. They will need time to develop good roots to survive the winter.
Great instructional video. The best part is not having to provide bottom heat to cuttings in the 9x7 pots. It also takes the guess work out of knowing if your cutting has rooted.
Thanks
Santa Barbra to Tennessee - some jump huh.
Super helpful video. TY for sharing your clearly successful tips. I seriously want to (almost NEED to) know if those figs ripened.
Our family loved SB but me and my wife are both from TN and we wanted our kids to experience the slower life. :-)
@@figsandchocolate5553 I respect that all day...I am waiting for my opportunity. My wife and I went from Manhattan to too far north Maine (such a beautiful and amazing place - where we had two kids), back to Manhattan for a year and now we are in Dallas. I am eye balling The Azores or Madeira Island ;-)
@@edslim718 Me too!!! Madeira seems incredible
@@figsandchocolate5553hay I'm in TN meigs co great video
Figs are easy to grow. No need to air layer. Take a few cuttings and stick it in a pot, you will see it root.
@@darianmu7114 Yeah. Rooting cuttings is also quite easy but air layers are stronger and grow a lot faster. In 6 weeks, cuttings are mediocre but with air layers, in 6 weeks, you could have a nice well rooted 3-4’ tree ready to be up potted to a 15g pot.
I enjoy both methods. I have about 800 cuttings that I started rooting just a couple weeks ago
instead of folding like a taco you can pinch the cut part of the bag and pull it towards you and the roots can grow all the way around and easier to take the bag off if that make since.
@@matthewking2209 I do that, a little. I should try to make it more open. I didn’t think about how much easier it would be to remove.
Hey man, love the vid and id like like to start air layering my mission fig tree but i live in las vegas where we currently are in a heat wave of 100+ degrees. My question is should i wait a few weeks until the temp drops around 90 degrees because im worried its just too damn hot, I've heard the roots grow best around 75-78 degrees. What are your thoughts on this?✌️
@@joshuaphilbert7995 Roots do better at higher temps than 70’s. Honestly, you’re probably fine as long as you wrap it in aluminum foil. That will keep the temps down. I had regular 90-95 weather for a few weeks while these were set and they did fine
@@figsandchocolate5553thank you, I'm going to try next week when this heat wave is gone💪