BIGGEST Cutting We've ever Rooted: How to Grow a Fig Tree From a Cutting | Extreme Plant propagation

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  • This is the biggest cutting we've ever rooted! Extreme plant propagation in the truest sense. If you ever wanted to learn how to grow a fig tree from a cutting (and I mean a really big fig tree) then you've got to see this. This fig cutting is 2 foot long, 6 inches in diameter, the densest wood I've ever dealt with, and it came from the trunk of a decades old fig tree. I treated this cutting as I would any other hardwood cutting, by preparing the bottom surface with rooting hormone and sticking it in a good draining rooting medium. It got left out in the open without any form of mist or humidity around it. I just watered it every day or every other day to keep the wood moist around the base. Looking forward to training this one up as a bonsai fig tree!
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  • @msbuglinbowlin9086
    @msbuglinbowlin9086 2 года назад +128

    I worked with a woman years back who said she had taken branches off trees and they grew. I've tried with no luck. This gives me new hope!!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +11

      There is always hope!

    • @triciac1019
      @triciac1019 2 года назад +5

      Are you using rooting compound?

    • @jordanhuguenard8315
      @jordanhuguenard8315 2 года назад +9

      I just rooted 4 Moringa branch cuttings, I watered it once so the soil was damp, the mistake people normally make is over watering, rooting branches like that do not require much water, I didn't put any hormones on mine, it just takes patience and a bit of water, and even If I use a rooting hormone, I use Aloe and that works incredibly well

    • @MoonGoose-9876
      @MoonGoose-9876 2 года назад +6

      I stacked 6 inch diameter willow as firewood and it rooted. As long as the tree is suitable for rooting, you can get it done.

    • @baddriversofcolga
      @baddriversofcolga 2 года назад +2

      Have you attempted Figs? They couldn't be much easier to root.

  • @stelviodelbrava6218
    @stelviodelbrava6218 2 года назад +19

    Amazing mate!
    Next: propagating old Sequoia log used in 1800s home construction. Wow, it rooted!!

  • @hakdov6496
    @hakdov6496 2 года назад +35

    i built a raised bed this spring with some logs from a maple tree that I cut down 6 months earlier. A couple of weeks later, they started to sprout new growth. Amazing.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +4

      Haha, that's pretty cool.

    • @capttuttle7422
      @capttuttle7422 Год назад +1

      I have seen that too huge pieces a year old sprouting new grout and it's been chainsawed on both ends

  • @woodstockxx
    @woodstockxx 2 года назад +63

    You’re like the Steve Irwin of the plant world..sooo enthusiastic..I wish all kids shared this kind of interest & enthusiasm for plants & hope to see stuff like this being taught in schools someday..it’s exciting, rewarding, teaches patience..Mother Nature is amazing ! 😁👍

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +9

      Yes, everything you said is spot on! I just can't get enough of working with plants. I'm honored by your first sentence.

    • @woodstockxx
      @woodstockxx 2 года назад +4

      @@MikeKincaid79 - 😂😂 .. Irwin brought a whole new & exciting dimension to his field..don’t get me wrong, I adore Attenborough but Irwin was cool AF .. I love all living organisms but don’t have the space to venture into it as much as I’d like to, unfortunately..your vid is the first of its kind that I’ve managed to watch all the way..very informative & has given me the kick up the a#se that I needed, to take some cuttings from local plum & apple trees..thank you dude 😉👍

    • @Chef1Mat
      @Chef1Mat 7 месяцев назад

      So cool, i am trying this. I was thinking the same, Steve Irwin of plants@@woodstockxx

  • @kimberlyhughes4515
    @kimberlyhughes4515 2 года назад +165

    Mike, your enthusiasm is contagious...and your daughters are proof😁!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +10

      Thanks! We make a great team.

    • @berthapoblacion4019
      @berthapoblacion4019 2 года назад +3

      You can root any thing
      with water & peroxide.

    • @sarahtco3230
      @sarahtco3230 2 года назад +1

      @@berthapoblacion4019 how much hydrogen peroxide? Or what ratio?

    • @berthapoblacion4019
      @berthapoblacion4019 2 года назад +1

      @@sarahtco3230
      Two gallons of water
      1 ounce of peroxide. even if you go over it it won't hurt the plant's.
      to tell you the truth
      I,don't even measure🙂
      the dollar store has 32oz
      for a dollar i,buy several bottle's at a time coz each time i,water with peroxide.

    • @Pepper-rn4hh
      @Pepper-rn4hh 2 года назад +3

      Yes, I was going to say something very similar. You seem like a very positive person and your daughters too. I hope that they are not in public schools. Public schools are indoctrination camps. So, very evident in the times that we find ourselves in today (2021).

  • @febrianwijaya6648
    @febrianwijaya6648 2 года назад +6

    Man woke up oneday and decided to speedrun bonsai

  • @juliec4750
    @juliec4750 2 года назад +19

    That video was a lot of fun! It was terrific to see your girls out there getting involved. When my son was 3, he stuck this big stick in his sand box, started watering it and calling it his “tree.” Darned if the thing didn’t sprout and start growing! It turned out that the stick was cottonwood. My husband & my son transplanted the new tree away from the house, into our field. That was 28 years, ago! That tree is now enormous (I dunno, maybe 40 ft?). Please propagate MORE TREES! Smoke Tree, Hawthorne, Sourwood, Hazelnut, Locust…I’d love to see it. Thanks for sharing with us, Mike!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      I'd love to do more trees. I love sourwood and know where one is growing but I'd have to ask the owner for a few cuttings.

    • @juliec4750
      @juliec4750 2 года назад

      @@MikeKincaid79 I’m sure they’d help out, since it is for educational purposes. 😁 We have some beautiful red Hawthorne up here. I tried rooting one, but it didn’t take. Maybe you can find some different cuttings (you know) just laying around in some parking lots. 😉

  • @charleswilder2985
    @charleswilder2985 2 года назад +29

    Really fantastic! I doubt I ever will see a larger cutting rooted! Wow!
    Tremendous roots on both of those! Those are beautfiul!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +3

      Thanks, now it's time to figure out what we want our bonsai to look like!

  • @KimberlySYoung-ub5lo
    @KimberlySYoung-ub5lo 2 года назад +15

    Mike, you are the Steve Irwin of Plant Propagation! Thank you for your great motivating videos from Kennewick!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      What a beautiful compliment! I loved that man and it was a sad day when he passed. Happy to motivate and entertain!

    • @KatherineTheGr8t
      @KatherineTheGr8t 2 года назад +1

      Oooh, that was an awesome comparison! No one tops the Crocodile Hunter...yet Mike has that same energy, spot on Miss Kimberly : D

    • @jamaicanagriboss1
      @jamaicanagriboss1 2 года назад +1

      Steve Irwin of propagation is pretty good way of looking on it

  • @ARtandSoul998
    @ARtandSoul998 Год назад +12

    Great to see another enthusiast, I do this all the time with my Cordyline Australis here in the UK, I cut them down as they were 10 feet tall, with thick branches, practically in half, sprinkled some rooting powder on the base of the cuttings and put them straight into the ground or in pots, they grow like crazy in no time

  • @SuddenEden
    @SuddenEden 2 года назад +2

    The real Magic Mike, please stand up! Excellent! Thank you.

  • @elbabecerril9414
    @elbabecerril9414 2 года назад +19

    Awesome! The first figs I rooted 2 years ago fruited this year, its been great learning and comparing what you have been doing with yours, but you just took it to the next level not gonna lie, next time my husband says I'm crazy about my figs I'm showing him this video, LOL, keep propagating, I love the videos, saludos desde México!!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +2

      So glad you enjoyed it, Elba! Keep growing those figs!!!

  • @lisaalbarras3029
    @lisaalbarras3029 2 года назад +24

    Can't wait to see your bones fig updates! Congratulations on the figs and for having such genuine kind and hard working daughters.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing how these trees develop too. Yes, my daughter's are very helpful and I couldn't do it without them.

    • @daniellepooler1854
      @daniellepooler1854 6 месяцев назад +2

      It’s been two years- any updates? Thinking about doing this with a neighbors trimmins

  • @greenthumbelina7331
    @greenthumbelina7331 2 года назад +57

    W👀W! Mike, those massive 'cuttings actually rooted! Now that's impressive, and your lovely assistants are growing like, well, weeds! I'm looking forward to seeing you prune and shape those into Bonsai Fig Trees. I love your enthusiasm for propagation, it's positively addictive. Have a great week, Kincade family! ~Margie

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +6

      So glad to spread the enthusiasm. Thanks for watching, Margie! I'll definitely do update videos on whatever we do with these cuttings.

    • @wilsonpaul3599
      @wilsonpaul3599 2 года назад +2

      I've actually taken whole limbs that drooped real low on my fig trees and buried them whilst still attached to the tree and had them root. Cut them off later and place elsewhere. Marvin the fig man in Arkansas showed me that trick

    • @HadiHadi-zx3vs
      @HadiHadi-zx3vs 2 месяца назад

      Hello Welcome How are you I want Shiraa Rooting hormone Minka please

  • @randyscrafts8575
    @randyscrafts8575 2 года назад

    Kimberly Hughes commented on your enthusiasm. Can't agree more! Keep that spirit man! It's contagious and as she said, and yes your daughters show it. It's a great environment for them to grow. 👍👍

  • @1tonygunalan
    @1tonygunalan 2 года назад

    Mike you have done it again. Rooting anything you can get your hands on. It is a success. That is important.

  • @PhillWyattProjects
    @PhillWyattProjects 2 года назад +6

    Cool to see a trunk rooting. You usually think of a cutting being tiny. I will have to try this myself!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Yeah, it's definitely not tiny, lol. Just couldn't help myself!

  • @davinatest8467
    @davinatest8467 2 года назад +4

    What a wonderful gift to give his girls…..the lovely memories and the great knowledge for gardening and growing.❤️🙏🏼

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +2

      Yes, I love spending time with them and involving them in everything I do around here.

    • @davinatest8467
      @davinatest8467 2 года назад +1

      @@MikeKincaid79 a very wise man

  • @natewelch6608
    @natewelch6608 2 года назад +2

    🤩 wow amazing. My in laws lost a huge weeping willow and I propagated a ton of them and some were big branches. But nothing like that. How cool! So neat. Keep it up Mike!

  • @royhughes2854
    @royhughes2854 2 года назад +2

    Dude, I wannabe just like YOU when I grow up! Wait.... I already am grown up. DAMNIT!! I missed the boat AGAIN!!!!! Oh well, I guess I have to just live vicariously through you!!!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +2

      Hahaha, what a compliment, Roy! Don't worry, even though you can't BE me, we can still be friends and we're all connected through a force that none of us fully understand. Glad you enjoyed this one!

  • @KIMJOHND
    @KIMJOHND 2 года назад +8

    This is amazing. I never even seen a root hormone use on massive log like that. Great job, this will be my next experiment. Thanks for this video, great work.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it, John. This project was a lot of fun. Good luck with your experiments.

  • @SuperManning11
    @SuperManning11 2 года назад +10

    Some folks are just naturally gifted in being great teachers and presenters. Mike is absolutely one of those folks! Watching this first thing in the morning is so much better than watching news channels. Maybe the world isn’t such a bad place after all.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Man, what a nice comment. Humbles me to hear such wonderful things being said. Thanks for that, Stephen.

  • @kennethwoolard5910
    @kennethwoolard5910 2 года назад +2

    I love your enthusiasm! I have just propagated my first hibiscus! Working with nature is so much fun!

  • @ChocolateMelanin
    @ChocolateMelanin 2 года назад +1

    Your enthusiasm makes me smile 😀 I planted a fig tree in my moms garden about 2yrs ago & it’s doing really well. I’ll get a cutting from it & see how I get on with it.
    You did a great job 🪴

  • @TriggaTreDay
    @TriggaTreDay 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you sooo much for not making this process so complex. You kept everything so simple and you just made sure to water it ,give it sun, and give it time. And nature did what nature is good at. I will be getting some rooting hormone today, because I have 8 different fruit trees that I will be propagating this season. I hope they will be well established by the Full so that they can survive the winter.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  11 месяцев назад +2

      I try to keep it simple. Good luck with your fruit tree propagation.

  • @AndeeKiss
    @AndeeKiss 2 года назад +7

    Just WOW! 🤩🥰
    Those roots remind me of lightnings at night. ⚡🌌 I am really glad you tried it and I am happy that it worked out sooooo well! 👌🤞✌️

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +3

      Aren't those the coolest roots ever!

  • @Toddis
    @Toddis 2 года назад +1

    Love the dad energy when you pulled it out of the pot
    I love to see anyone get that excited about plants 🌱

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Haha, the girls and I had a lot of fun with this one.

  • @mjw7124
    @mjw7124 2 года назад +2

    Got you beat. 3-4 foot wide log from lower portion of a curly Willow. It was too big for my chain saw so I dragged it into my chicken pasture for a roost. It grew.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Haha, I knew I'd hear some stories eventually. We had a cottonwood that we took down and I left the old tree trunk laying in one of my rhody beds and planted rhododendrons all around it. This was about 6 years ago or so. The tree trunk (about 3 feet in diameter and 10 feet long) started growing, lol. I had to poison the trunk so it would die off.

  • @deckchaironthetitanic
    @deckchaironthetitanic 2 года назад +12

    Mike I have to laugh as I have 3 new volunteer fig trees in my yard. I'm thinking of keeping one & naming it Mike.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      You never know, Mike might be a real gem of a fig!

  • @wildchook745
    @wildchook745 2 года назад +6

    Wow! Impressive, Mike. I cannot believe you rooted a fig trunk, so cool :)

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Sure was fun! Love these types of projects.

  • @suechampion9985
    @suechampion9985 2 года назад +1

    I'm looking forward to seeing later also ☺. Beautiful young ladies helping too. I get excited with your excitement, I'm grinning when I see you excited. Have a Blessed day 🙌

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      You too, Sue, and thanks for watching!

  • @kdh130
    @kdh130 2 года назад +1

    Thanks. What a great way to re-cycle unwanted trees ... and get an almost instant tree in the process. Great work.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Yes! That's exactly it, an instant tree!

  • @vl.3552
    @vl.3552 2 года назад +6

    love your videos! you plant interesting stuff, never boring. always excited to see what you are doing. love your energy and enthusiasm. i learn new things from your channel. thanks for sharing and keep up excellent work!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      You're welcome! I'm so glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for stopping by for this one!

  • @Kai2z
    @Kai2z 2 года назад +37

    Holy cow I didn’t know you can root a cutting this big lol it’s kind of funny I don’t know why. But great job Mike as always

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +4

      I didn't know either but had a feeling it would work. Sure was fun!

    • @tonypeperoni5818
      @tonypeperoni5818 2 года назад +2

      @@MikeKincaid79 im pretty sure are long as you keep the cambium alive the cutting has hope to root and grow or so it seems

    • @helenachase78
      @helenachase78 2 года назад +1

      Bahahaha ! Awesome

    • @helenachase78
      @helenachase78 2 года назад +4

      Good thing you didnt put it on upside down.

    • @silverio6691
      @silverio6691 2 года назад +3

      @@helenachase78 I'm glad he didn't do that either. otherwise we would not be true believers in Mike Kincaid. This guy and his two little girls performed a great theatrical magic trick or we are seeing a miracle. It does not matter which. What does matter is that his enthusiasm and excellent lecturing talents when combined make it so inspirational. Mike is telling me to hang on and to continue my experimentation with rose propagation. The lady at the local STOP SHOP store flower department (her name is Wendy 😎🤩) who provides me with a vast number of broken stems from damaged Ecuadorian beautiful rose blooms, is so sorry for me that she has guaranteed an endless and unlimited number of cutting from any plant displayed behind and in front of her counter. And, after all this, I still put my David Austin Lady of Shallot upside diwn in the King Clone Hydroponics tank!... 😎🖤

  • @pjqziggy
    @pjqziggy 2 года назад

    Love the enthusiasm. I know the feeling after getting ONE cutting out of 4 take root last year. Also Herons Bonsai is chill.

  • @soonzach4017
    @soonzach4017 2 года назад

    Congratulations, very excited for you.

  • @JacobSimpson
    @JacobSimpson 2 года назад +5

    Mike that is awesome! You rooted a log!
    You’ve given me yet another idea to try

  • @PsychicIsaacs
    @PsychicIsaacs 2 года назад +3

    Not figs, but I have succeeded in rooting any size of Opuntia ficus indica (Indian Fig Cactus) cuttings and also sections of Yucca elephantipes trunks just by digging a hole and planting them in the soil. I grow figs and took three suckers off my (comparatively small, 3 ft tall) parent Black Turkish fig, and apparently, they have all taken, by just planting them in the soil! I noticed this morning that one of the transplanted suckers has new Spring growth (I live in the Southern Hemisphere), so I will have to check the others later.
    A neighbour gave me some Goji suckers a couple of weeks ago, and I think they have rooted as well. I love gardening and knowing how to propagate takes your gardening to a whole new level! Thanks for the videos, from Victoria, Australia.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      You're welcome, and thanks for sharing your experience.

  • @kathrynpiche7060
    @kathrynpiche7060 2 года назад +2

    I saw this on your FB , wow!! Your excitement is contagious! Love this, congratulations Mike.

  • @johnhamilton9229
    @johnhamilton9229 2 года назад

    All the smiles of your team made me smile beginning to end.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it John.

  • @margaretmarshall3645
    @margaretmarshall3645 2 года назад +9

    Just wow. I found this video when I was trying to find out whether fig cuttings need to be from the newest year’s growth or not. Apparently not!!! Very impressed-and inspired to experiment this winter. Keep up the good work in the garden and on RUclips!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      So glad you enjoyed this one and it helped answer your question, Margaret! I actually prefer wood that is at least 3/4 inch in diameter. I did a video on fig cuttings over a year ago in which I took cuttings from wood that was further down the branch in the beginning of the growing season. The tops of the branches were already growing leaves. They still rooted. Figs are so much fun to experiment with.

  • @dberar55
    @dberar55 2 года назад +34

    WOW. Hilarious but amazing. You could also graft numerous other figs onto the top. Watched someone else on another channel do it. This may qualify as your best propagation video yet. Congrats

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +5

      Thanks! I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was great getting the girls involved.

  • @shengsong3209
    @shengsong3209 2 года назад

    That’s awesome! And Beautiful Family!

  • @loloholmes2793
    @loloholmes2793 2 года назад +1

    Holy crap you never cease to amaze me with your propagation skills.

  • @instakillgaming
    @instakillgaming 2 года назад +3

    definitely don't stop doing these, genius idea. I'm going to wait until I need to cut down a tree or find a live log somewhere else and do the same, might need more rooting powder though lol

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      I'm constantly trying new things. You never know where this channel will take us.

  • @Ninjatron318isgaming
    @Ninjatron318isgaming 2 года назад +36

    Awesome to see you are interested in Bonsai! Get a lot of projects going, these figs could be used and also Japanese Maples make great bonsai. Going to nurseries and looking through the more neglected plants or trees sometimes leads to cool finds to work on too. Keep up the good work!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +6

      Yeah, I've still got a ton of Japanese maples in 1 gallon pots and thought about turning them into bonsai.

    • @jessicasmith270
      @jessicasmith270 2 года назад +1

      Thank you so much

    • @interstellarsurfer
      @interstellarsurfer 11 месяцев назад

      MFW professionals do this every day.

  • @jiggjohns1028
    @jiggjohns1028 2 года назад +1

    That’s awesome, my cuttings of mulberry, blueberry, and gardenia are getting roots to following your method with the totes.

  • @feixulinx
    @feixulinx Месяц назад

    i love how excited you are about the growings

  • @georgel1055
    @georgel1055 2 года назад +7

    Bonsai: One week you have two trees, the next month you have twenty (or more) and you have no idea where they all came from. I know from experience. Amazing to see your results.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thanks George, and yes, plants can quickly become a hording problem.

  • @HOMESTEADHEART
    @HOMESTEADHEART 2 года назад +15

    Okay Mike I'm gonna do this! I have a 5+ year old peach tree with 4 huge branches coming from the base. 4 in. In diameter at least. You've inspired me. Can I do this now in Georgia or should I wait until spring?

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +9

      Sounds like a fun project. I'd wait until closer to spring, just before the bids start to break.

    • @HOMESTEADHEART
      @HOMESTEADHEART 2 года назад +1

      Awesome Sauce!

    • @DankFroot
      @DankFroot 2 года назад +2

      Peach tree might be a bit more difficult. Figs are known for their ease of rooting from hardwood. It certainly is possible with peach still, so best of luck!

    • @WVRetreat
      @WVRetreat 2 года назад +4

      I tried rooting my peach tree from cuttings and it did not work. Also, tried air layering them. After doing some research I found that peaches are much more difficult to root than figs.

    • @enigmaoffc3148
      @enigmaoffc3148 2 года назад

      Let us know how it went!

  • @mattsymons8103
    @mattsymons8103 2 года назад

    Awsome job Mike, congratulations

  • @dakotalindsay706
    @dakotalindsay706 2 года назад +1

    Right now I'm doing a 4 foot tall by 3 1/2 inch wide pair cutting and it's been a little under a month and it has started rooting love your videos keep it up very educational

  • @simplifygardening
    @simplifygardening 2 года назад +14

    Love Herons bonsai great channel

  • @bigdaddyfruittrees
    @bigdaddyfruittrees 2 года назад +3

    This is so inspiring, thanks for sharing! I have a few mulberry cuttings about a quarter of an inch in diameter and 8-10 inches long. Each potted in a 1 gallon with grafting tape on the cutting above dirt to keep from drying out. I have no clue how often I’m supposed to water them, or if at all? Or keep them in a saucer and water from the bottom? Any recommendations? I live in SoCal. Thank you!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Water daily or every other day. I like to water more often but keep the wood exposed to air.

  • @michaelheyward7668
    @michaelheyward7668 2 года назад +1

    That's awesome! Looking forward to an update with the large cuttings.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      I'll be working on an update at some point later in the winter. It definitely needs to get up-potted to make room for more growth. Thinking about potting it at an angle to give the trunk more character as it grows.

  • @donnie7977
    @donnie7977 2 года назад

    Loved to see this, your enthusiasm is really viral and you’re doing a fantastic job withe kids!

  • @monkeygraborange
    @monkeygraborange 2 года назад +11

    You should talk to Nigel Saunders at The Bonsai Zone here on RUclips... he’s extremely experienced and knowledgeable and I’m sure he’d be able to give you some good pointers.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +2

      Good idea. I'll look him up.

    • @kaepora
      @kaepora 2 года назад +2

      I think of him as the bob ross of bonsai.

  • @John-vr8bb
    @John-vr8bb 2 года назад +26

    You are great Mike! The enthusiasm and the way you involved your family... All I do is appreciate you enormously. Good job! 🥰

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +3

      Thanks so much John! That comment means a lot to me and I appreciate your support.

  • @littlemissy8356
    @littlemissy8356 2 года назад

    I love the enthusiasm. So good.

  • @infinity.1111
    @infinity.1111 2 года назад

    Awesome job. Great video. Thank you

  • @armengeorge
    @armengeorge Год назад +3

    Hi, did you do a further follow up video on them? I'd be curious to know how similar cuttings would do a year and two years out if planted. Would the figs produced be larger/sweeter than those produced one, two years out from smaller cuttings? How different would the yields be even between the two cutting you rooted one, two years out following planting. Btw, love what you were able to do. And, thank you for sharing.

    • @kanenechiokolo3887
      @kanenechiokolo3887 10 месяцев назад

      I don't get the substance spread on the upper cut and what it is for.

    • @armengeorge
      @armengeorge 10 месяцев назад

      @@kanenechiokolo3887 I don't believe it's the upper cut. I suspect what you believe to be the upper cut is in fact the lower cut when the limb was inverted so he could apply rooting hormone--the white powder--to stimulate root growth when it's potted.

  • @jorgecanales798
    @jorgecanales798 2 года назад +3

    That was so cool! I have a question that I don't know if you've already answered but, where do you get your pots from? I'm currently looking for nursery pots at a good price

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      All over the place. I buy them used and find them on Craigslist, Offer up, Facebook, etc. I've also bought them from nurseries that are going out of business.

  • @leopardhorses
    @leopardhorses 2 года назад

    THAT is amazing !!!! Have never seen anything like that before !!! So inspirational!!! Your daughters are so sweet !!!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @cromcruach2958
    @cromcruach2958 2 года назад +2

    Did the same with a large fig tree, with a 10cm trunk and about 150cm high , I had it in a very large plastic pot that died to root rot after a rain storm at the end of the spring, I sawed of the rotten bottom of the tree until I hit fresh wood, put some steril media in a bag added hormons and opened up a few minor holes in the bag bottom and tied the top of the bag. Moved it into the garage so the wood wouldn't dry out from the sun, a few months later I had roots and branches

  • @brinkman4925
    @brinkman4925 2 года назад +6

    hey mike, i'm wondering about trunk rot. i always hear about not getting the trunk covered in soil or mulch because of rot, but there's plenty of trunk under the soil here. Is it different because its a cutting or do you have to do something to mitigate rotting of the cutting during planting?

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +8

      This isn't really soil. It's finely ground fir tree bark that drains really well and is inert. If I had done this in soil, it would more than likely have rotted.

    • @brinkman4925
      @brinkman4925 2 года назад +1

      Ah I see, thanks. 😁

    • @Hohmies86
      @Hohmies86 2 года назад

      @@MikeKincaid79 just learned something new! Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @heystevo
    @heystevo 2 года назад +29

    Quite impressive, Mike! Were these cuttings from the Jim Wilson fig tree? You've definitely opened up possibilities for propagating much larger cuttings.........especially in areas where larger fig trees exist. I would love to see someone take a large cutting like you rooted and graft a bunch of different varieties onto it.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +10

      That would be really cool, having multiple varieties on one of these cuttings. Yes, that was from the 'Jim Wilson' tree. That particular trunk has to be at least 50 years old.

    • @marshalllee2509
      @marshalllee2509 Год назад

      Yes, that would be awesome

  • @stelviodelbrava6218
    @stelviodelbrava6218 2 года назад +1

    Hey Mike, I think fig trees are a miracle. They multiply so easy and produce fruits in waves whole summer until fall

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      They are amazing! Can't wait for my trees to get established and start pumping out figs.

  • @sugardoll5236
    @sugardoll5236 2 года назад +1

    I love how passionate you are!! I don't know anything about plants but you got me totally into it!

  • @kevinkaczowski1254
    @kevinkaczowski1254 2 года назад +4

    I’m really surprised that such large cuttings took root. Of course the timing and the fact that they were in best environment surely helped. I’m wondering if other plants can be propagated this way as well-I’ll have to try myself. I was a little surprised that you did not gingerly spread the roots apart and place into a larger container. But maybe bonsai protocol did not call for that?

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      I will definitely work with the roots more later this winter now that they’re hardened off

    • @ggriffith2097
      @ggriffith2097 2 года назад +3

      @@MikeKincaid79 Any chance we can get some updates soon? Really interested in your bonsai idea.

  • @giselau5606
    @giselau5606 2 года назад +15

    Graft different figs on top! Would be cool to see it develop different branches that can be told appart…like 4-5 main branches of different type!
    Also, can you do one on olives? Would be much appreciated…just an experiment to see different sizes and their rooting speed! If you buy a decent sized, cheap olive for about 100 dollar you have plenty of material and so many Bonsais to sell/give away!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +5

      I'd love to. Not sure if they'll grow in my climate though. I'll have to look into it.

    • @giselau5606
      @giselau5606 2 года назад +1

      Mike Kincaid I’m based in Germany, which has mild climate and doesn’t get too cold in winter, but yea you need a certain temperature….although i’m sure in a greenhouse they’d do just fine!

    • @guynorth3277
      @guynorth3277 2 года назад

      Olives would be so awesome!

    • @MoonGoose-9876
      @MoonGoose-9876 2 года назад +3

      @@MikeKincaid79 I am in West Oly and I have a potted olive. Let me know if you want some cuttings.

    • @pottersjournal
      @pottersjournal 2 года назад +1

      @@MoonGoose-9876 I have a potted one in Pittsburgh but can't root any. Hope Mike can show us the trick to rooting the olives.

  • @newbutt
    @newbutt 2 года назад +1

    That's CRAZY, Mike! LOL. you know what I'm doing next Spring trip to grandma's! Thanks for sharing

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      There ya go, David, chop her tree down, hahaha!

  • @Valecene
    @Valecene 2 года назад

    Awesome! What great results!

  • @ericshingles
    @ericshingles 2 года назад +3

    The problem with field-grown trees and large cutting is the scars left from heavy shaping hardly ever go away. I grow mine from seed.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +2

      I'm sure there will be plenty of scarring here. I suppose the most beautiful bonsai are slowly trained over many years in the way you're doing it.

  • @TheGiveittomeall
    @TheGiveittomeall 2 года назад +6

    It's so frustrating to see such amazing results when everything I cut and try to root just dies. I guess for now I'll just buy the clearance stuff from the hardware stores cuz propagation clearly isn't working for me.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +7

      It does work. Don't give up. You may be only one more try away from getting it!

    • @triciac1019
      @triciac1019 2 года назад +2

      Are you using rooting compound?

    • @wordvendor1
      @wordvendor1 2 года назад +3

      Keep trying!! I've been doing it, so I know you can!

    • @TheGiveittomeall
      @TheGiveittomeall 2 года назад +2

      I won't quit!! But it IS September, so I'll just try other avenues next year like putting up a small hoop house. Maybe cutting from larger stems. Maybe I need to water less, maybe more. I'm just experimenting at the moment. The honest truth is I've hardly grown anything until this year, so I'm really just in the elementary stage of learning. The positive is I've learned that I DON'T have a black thumb as I have lots of near dead, clearance stuff I've purchased and planted... and it's thriving!!! I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you so for the positivity and encouragement!

    • @TheGiveittomeall
      @TheGiveittomeall 2 года назад

      @@triciac1019 yep. Always with the routing hormone.

  • @Zackking109
    @Zackking109 2 года назад

    So much exciting, many tree can be saved from this method

  • @lobe2032
    @lobe2032 2 года назад +2

    Mike you are the BEST ever, I would never have even tried that, heck I would never have even thought of that. You are so enthusiastic about everything and everyone, with git up and go, catches it, thanks for inspiring me once again. Love to you and your family. 😊😊😁😁🤗🤗

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Glenda, glad you're a part of this. I love showing all the fun I have around here with cuttings!

  • @laud2574
    @laud2574 2 года назад +4

    The roots of the tree are bad, they aren't growing in the right direction, they should be growing down straight vertically so then they can reach the water that is acumulated in the ground. They are in spiral, in horizontal direction and growing up, not down.
    This is because they arent planted in the ground, but in a pot that is too small for the right growing of the Roots in the time.
    When these trees with these bad roots are planted in the ground, they can't survive too much because of this problem.
    A way to revert the problem is cutting this roots that took the bad direction, including the mother root or the first big root , so it can continue growing in the good direction or branching in the right direction.
    Sorry for my english, I'm from Colombia but I have read many articles of this topic because I'm very interested in growing trees in the Amazonas.

  • @GayaHouseplant
    @GayaHouseplant 8 месяцев назад +1

    AMAZING ... I will try it also in my mini garden. Thanks for sharing this great idea 🙏☺️🥰

  • @RanchExplorerHQ
    @RanchExplorerHQ 9 месяцев назад +1

    Oh my goodness! Wow! Figs are super amazing! Great fun 🤩

    • @RanchExplorerHQ
      @RanchExplorerHQ 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hey Mike do you happen to know what type of fig bonsai you’ve got there?! Phat fig! Nice

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  9 месяцев назад +1

      No idea of the variety but it sure does produce great figs!

    • @RanchExplorerHQ
      @RanchExplorerHQ 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@MikeKincaid79 😂 that’s awesome thank you 🙏 for sharing.. the girls did a good job too!👏 YESSSS

  • @bidhanchandranaik7197
    @bidhanchandranaik7197 2 года назад

    Great tips man,it may be used for making quick forest,bonsai,gardening etc.Thank you all.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thanks! I intend to train this one into a bonsai.

  • @actontreadway1168
    @actontreadway1168 Год назад

    This is exactly what I wanted to know!

  • @nevaehdoesstuff1092
    @nevaehdoesstuff1092 2 года назад +1

    Oh wow!!! Amazing figtree cuttings!! Im excited for you!
    😁

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Melanie, this should be fun going forward!

  • @zgns145
    @zgns145 2 года назад

    Great video. Your shared experience and enthusiasm crowns you the Steve Irwin of Plant Propagation.

  • @user-de4rc1zk8m
    @user-de4rc1zk8m Год назад

    Unbelieveable! I gonna try this

  • @ironc5194
    @ironc5194 2 года назад +1

    Just found your channel and man I am inspired! Thank you for all your content and help with propagation!!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      That's so awesome! Happy to inspire. Thanks for hanging out here on the channel and enjoy the videos!

  • @stephenmalcome3797
    @stephenmalcome3797 2 года назад

    That's really cool. Glad it worked out.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thanks, yeah me too. I'll be doing an update soon.

  • @wildelapina5955
    @wildelapina5955 2 года назад

    THATS PRETTY AMAZING

  • @colinrice6865
    @colinrice6865 2 года назад

    I love your enthusiasm!

  • @hamidbenabbou6886
    @hamidbenabbou6886 2 года назад

    So great work !
    So proud of you
    Beautiful family !

  • @naturallynorthfarms6387
    @naturallynorthfarms6387 2 года назад +1

    Your positive enthusiasm is soo engaging! Nice to see you have two all star cultivators ready to take the baton!

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад +1

      Yep, training them up right! Thanks for watching!

  • @ramonarao5553
    @ramonarao5553 2 года назад

    Yes it was really worth the watch, I loved it Mike

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Awesome, thanks for watching Ramona!

  • @jasmynesartstudio
    @jasmynesartstudio Год назад

    Subscribed because your enthusiasm is amazing

  • @kingfishstacy
    @kingfishstacy 2 года назад

    Nice I have some figs I just trimmed, been wanting to plant more trees.

  • @denvernow7294
    @denvernow7294 2 года назад

    The most enthusiastic and wholesome commercial for rooting hormone I've ever seen.

  • @siov4279
    @siov4279 Год назад

    thanks for tips LITERALLY!!!! I just cloned my Chicago hearty fig tree, it was root bound and I finally was able to afford some extreme Mycos I also got a bunch of stuff cuz of all the sandy loam around here ! I have been composting. I got some perlite, azomite, biochar and activated charcoal and Bokashi compost starter for the smell from composting. got a long way to go though! I am looking forward to fresh figs I haven't had since 2002

  • @birgitjohnsen159
    @birgitjohnsen159 Год назад

    I found you while searching for growing mulberry trees from cuttings - and then this fig tree! Marvellous, and I myself even got both an enormous fig tree and a mulberry tree (little one, only 30 berries this first year). Just you and your sweet daughters.

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  Год назад

      Glad you found the channel! Enjoy the videos and your mulberry trees.

  • @AndrewFroude
    @AndrewFroude 4 месяца назад

    Well done! You are a legend. Your enthusiasm is absolutely contagious.

  • @michaelhertzler8711
    @michaelhertzler8711 2 года назад +1

    You are an inspiration! Congrats and well done!

  • @rickschulte8594
    @rickschulte8594 2 года назад +1

    Great work mike, I’m excited for you. I’m in there with you. Love it. Great helpers

    • @MikeKincaid79
      @MikeKincaid79  2 года назад

      Thanks Rick, this project was a lot of fun and there will definitely be more to come with it.

  • @heinrichvonofterdingen6789
    @heinrichvonofterdingen6789 2 года назад

    I really got excited seeing the development on this video, impressive.