Comprehensive Guide to Rooting Fig Cuttings: Safest and Most Reliable Method (How & Why)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Here is what I do. NO UP POTTING!!! I'll go through my main rooting method. Why I like it & why it has worked for me better than any other method. I'll discuss the pros and cons of this method and many others. With this method, there is NO LOSS up potting your cuttings. Keep the cuttings on bottom heat and in relative darkness for first 2-3 weeks. You can acclimate the pots to light after 3 weeks. If you stay until the end, you'll see my latest and craziest experiment.
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Here I am in cold Michigan and watching fig videos. Can’t wait for spring to see my hardy Chicago blossom this year. Thanks for the videos ❤
Some really great growers in Michigan!
@@thenotoriousfig fairly new to this, but I am learning every day
Hi Notorious, I'm Shouting out big thank you... for all your advise videos ...I have 70 fig plants successfully growing here in my yard all are a around foot tall, 4 of those are slow growing, remembering this was my first time at rooting fig cutting and with your method and advise I am over the moon with the results I am very happy with my first attempt.. Its coming on spring here in Queensland Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺 in couple weeks and these fig are out side and are starting to grow progressively fast so happy with the results and I will be following applying your stem one node training method in one of your other videos for a strong trunk and scaffold 😊👍👍👍👍
I am 4 years into my fig tree growing journey and I would like to say THIS is my new favorite channel. Keep up the great work!
Hey Thank you!
Love to see how successful this goes! I’ve always lost a few through transplant shock
That's why I like this method. Least number of transplants!
Love collecting figs but still haven’t tried cuttings😬. Gonna have to give it a shot though
GREAT! I tripled my success rate with his method this year.
That's awesome!
Great video Sir, Basically the same thing I do. Nearly 100% success. Lot's of good advise!
Thanks Kevin!
I think it's great that we have a local grower here in Cincinnati putting out content. Zone 6 can be "tricky" with figs.
Thanks!
There we go! I’d been wondering if you were a fan of Pac too 😂👍💯
Good point on this being the "final destination" the ultimate rooting method
It’s all about tinkering. You can root any number of ways, but why would you want to do a more difficult method. Thanks!
I did the cup and plastic bags with some cuttings. So far no cuttings got rotted yet, but the results appeared slower comparing to my other methods. It took over a month until the cutting grew foliage, and I couldn't see the roots. So I changed to use the fig pop method. Every time I used peat moss with perlite and a bit compost, so they leaf out a lot, but grew roots very slow. Lately I use coco coir, perlite and peat. I tend to always over water water, afraid they got dried up, since I used heat mass, so I had a one cutting rotted. One time I used the method from Korean gardener's channel and added some water at the bottom of the tote for moisture, but that was too much moisture. After a few days, they got molded, so I had to take out and redo them again. Geez.
The problem is some of the cuttings I bought from Figbid and Ebay looked like they were old cuttings, so I worried they got dried up. Some sellers did cut the cuttings fresh out of their treed, after they got the orders, but those were less common varieties, so I only bought a few cutting (1-3) for each varieties.
You have tons of variables. I made the video to provide one method and eliminate variables. If you stick to the method I show, you will get success.
All that squeezing looks like hard work, especially if you’ve got a lot of cuttings to root. I started soaking the pro-mix in a tub full of water then squeezing the hell out of it using an antique fruit press. My first time rooting cuttings this winter and looked at many different videos and decided yours is the one for me. Your videos contain a lot of helpful information.
Try 5 parts promix and 1 part water. That should be just about right and no squeezing.
@@thenotoriousfig I will-thanks
I moisten my mix the day before and leave it overnite to soak up the water. When i check it the next day, i either add a little more water or a little more perlite and make it so i don't have to squeeze the water out.
Great instructions. Thanks Alejandro. I also used tree pots and Promix but sealed the top of the pot with "Press-n-Seal" with a hole in the center for the cutting. Just another idea.
That sounds like a good plan. How about the bottom holes?
You just made a big fig pop!
Haha, can't wait to see the results!
This could change everything...
I love the tortilla experiment!
I love your videos. I was wondering if there was a way I could send you a picture of an inground Fig Tree that has gotten out of control, and I wanted to recommendation as to how to prune it, and if there was a way to save some of the big trunks in the middleor propagate them
Thank you, makes total sense, easy and lots
of info.
Very informative & good sound on this one!
i use HP.........I use a large bowl, put HP in the bowl ( enough for 1 pot ).......add a little water, mix it up........ if you squeeze the HP and water come out ( too wet ).......... if you squeeze the HP and it falls apart in your hand ( too dry ).......if you squeeze the HP, no water comes out and the HP holds together in a lump,,,..... ( its just right ).... Once you do it a few times....you will know.........Loose a few expensive cuttings and you will catch on real quick!.....speaking from experience! LOL.
It's a scientific fact that if you pay for a cutting it's chance of survival drops, lol
@@thenotoriousfig EXACTLY
HP Works
Great job, buddy .would you just use promix for a 200 liter container for a larger fig tree😊 .
Promix is not the best for the final potted fig tree because it doesn’t have any organic matter or fertilizer. I use promix mainly for cuttings and up potting smaller plants.
Thank you. 😊
Here in the middle of Bavaria is not quite a fig country, but nevertheless I have now 3 fig trees, the biggest has only three figs…
Excellent tutorial! Thank you for posting this video. I watched this video few times and have followed the steps exactly to root few cuttings which I failed few times last year.
2 things I would like to know please if you don't mind.
1) When do we start watering and what amount of water?
2) Watering question: This is a tall tree pot. I used to spray some water at the top every few days but the center and bottom soil remained dry. When I tried bottom watering, bottom soil remained very wet for long. How do you water these tree pots when the initial roots are forming?
3) When we open the plastic bag, do we have to open the bag for few mins the first day and gradually increase the time before we remove the plastic bag completely?
Hi, I'm going to post a quick update to answer your questions.
Great, and comprehensive. A point and a question.
Point - how about applying a dollop of low melting hotmelt glue from a craft gun instead of wax?
Question: It waa almost clear about the scoring of the bottom quarter or third of the cutting before dipping in hormone. Is that depth just enough to gt a bit of sap in contact with the hormone, do you suppose? Or, do you go deeper? Great work on OurFigs!
@@frankwilson2607 not sure about the glue gun, so long as it's not too hot. I usually score until I get past the cambium, the lime green layer past the brown bark.
Twist ties. How long after leafing out is it safe to transplant to final container or ground?
If you root in January, you should have good growth by April 1st. You should see roots out of the bottom of the pot, if you bottom water. And it should be packed w roots by then. Then you transplant. Good luck!
Great video!!!
Great channel. If your cutting has 3 nodes, do you bury 2 and leave 1 above the soil?
That's what I do
Thanks for the video. Does it have to be a blue corn tortilla? :) just kidding!! I noticed on your video you showed a bag of Pro Mix BX. Did you use that or Pro Mix HP for your cuttings soil? Keep us posted on the tortilla!! Thanks Again
Either is fine. They both have Mycorrhiza, which is important. You can add some extra perlite if you like, maybe 10%.
@@thenotoriousfig Sounds good. Thank You
I'm in the Columbus Ohio area. Can you tell me about any local/Southern Ohio fig groups that trade/exchange cuttings and plants?
Queen City Fig Facebook group
Hi. Great video. After you bag the cuttings. How often do you water them?
Not until they leaf out. Moisture stays constant until then bc of the plastic bag.
@@thenotoriousfig Many of my fig cuttings leaf out, so I took them to the bright window ( weak winter sun, so no leave burning). The problem is they grow leaves, but not that vigorous of yours after a month. Instead they've been growing very slow, and I still don't see the roots. I used over -sized nylon bags before I bought the standard 4x16 though. How long it took your fig cuttings grew roots out of the pot's bottoms ? Did you get the same results using this method on varies of fig cuttings, or different results on different cuttings' conditions and varieties?
@@kqdwills last year I had many different varieties and they all did well with this method. What is your heat set at? Where is the thermostat prob? Are the pots still the same weight as when you started?
Ordering corn tortillas ahora!! 😂
Great video Alejandro! Couple of questions, how long do you keep the 4x9 treepots on a heating mat? Once there are shoots and a few small leaves, can I start fertilizing with quarter strength balanced fertilizer? Thanks!
I take them off heat when I see roots at bottom and have leaves, which is around 3-4 weeks.
Wondering if you’ve ever added Xtreme Gardening Mykos Mycorrhizae to your soil. I can’t find Pro-Mix HP.
if you don't have promix, I think you can approximate it with peat and perlite and crushing the Mykos and adding it to the cuttings soil.
Do you only use the Mycorrhizal inoculant that comes in the ProMix, or do you add it to subsequent waterings?
Just what's in the promix. If you want, you could sprinkle some in the hole before you put the cutting in.
Ok so I want to grow a single leader I up potted to 5 gallon it’s June can I choose from two leaders one and cut one or will it harm my fig trees have ten fig trees got them in April in tree pots up potted them to 5 gallon pails just wondering if it is to late to cut to one leader?
Love your channel I think your trees look amazing great job!
You can always cut at end of season for next year. Or just go with this form on this tree. Do single on next one.
@@thenotoriousfig thanks for responding back I really appreciate your help love your channel keep up the good work
Hahahahah i bet you had to cut the dog jumping on the table hahahahahahahaha
I am rewatching the video just to see the medium you use for rooting. I totally missed the 20/20/20 water mix used when I watched the video first time a few months ago. I always thought you need a sterile medium for rooting. Do you still recommend using the 1/4 strength of 20/20/20? Thanks and keep up the good work. Always looking forward for your video tutorials.
edited to fix typo
Yes mild fertilizer helps. You can mix the soil 5 parts soil to 1 part water. Mix thoroughly and it should be good moisture level.
Well I messed up. In my inexperience and excitement with some of my first fig cuttings I forgot to wrap the tips in parafilm. I followed this video for planting them and 3:30 am this morning remembered...lol. So, my question is should I try to go back and wrap them now while planted without disturbing them, try painting the tips with wax or just try to keep the tips misted? In the future I'm going to make a checklist so I don't forget steps. Thanks
If the cuttings haven’t been set for more than 10-14 days I’d try to gently wrap them or brush on wax. The wrap doesn’t have to be super tight given this situation.
@@thenotoriousfig Thanks. That’s what I will do. Love the channel. Thanks for sharing.
What is the brand of wax that you are using in the compressive rooting video? And are you only applying it on the top cut?
Have you ever had a cutting fully root and grow a few leaves and then just stop? Ive had the same two leaves on one of my cuttings for two months.
if you have leaves and it's getting enough light, I'd leave it alone. Only bottom water just barely with 1/4 strength miracle grow (which is 1/2 indoor strength). are you using clear solo cups or treepots?
Do you have to put waxon the top
If you don't wrap it
It helps so they don't dry out.
If I use a different soil like Happy Frog that already has fertilizer in it do I still need to wet the soil and squeeze it out or not?
I have a new V2.0 video. It explains the soil mix better.
@@thenotoriousfig What's the name of the video that does this?
@@truthsayer6329 VERSION 2.0: 2023 COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ROOTING FIG CUTTINGS
ruclips.net/video/BWmgGxTn1i4/видео.html
Red Lebanese& Sicilian black giveaway cuttings I would like to give those cuttings to my mom add on to her garden because she had been commenting a lot about fig trees how she would like to grow one brings her back to her days in Calabria Italy
Hi try this fall again when I might have more. Thanks
Like your method but I already started fig pop .
How long should I keep cutting in fig pop to make sure I don’t lose it??
Until the roots look like spaghetti
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hi where can i order the tree pot?
Stewe and Sons
Great video. A tortilla? What happens when you’re hungry and you need a tortilla??
Sacrifices will be made lol
What zone are you in? State?
Cincinnati OH, zone 6 a/b