I like to let my fig pops get to the stage of the last one you potted with lots of roots to hold the soil and keep it from falling off. I killed cuttings in the beginning because the soil fell off and broke the roots off with it. Another tip, i use zip lock snack bags. Cheap and readily available in grocery stores. Open it, lay it in your hand, fill it with your mix, and then seal it. Turn it so one side is up and with a knife slit an opening the size of your cutting in the middle. Push the prepared cutting into the slit, squeeze it a little to ensure contact of mix with the cutting, and set it up in your flat. If it needs water through the rooting process, i use sissors to snip off one or both of the bottom corners and set it in a container with 1/4 inch of water to soak up some from the bottom. When you are ready to up pot, open the zip lock and lay it open side up in the palm of your hand. With a knife, cut from the slit to the opening. You can then gently peel away the zip lock and gently plop it into your up pot. I think these are a lot easier to get out of the bag than your method, as the whole side can be easily opened without cutting the roots. To up pot, I use quart deli containers with drainage holes made using a soldering iron in the pattern like nursery pots. A little hole on the bottom and then up the side so they get air. At this stage, i put wood chips in the bottom for drainage, and then mix, and then mychoriza. I like this as i can still see through the container and monitor the roots. When full of roots, I then uppot into a 5 gal nursery pot or into my orchard. I would rather dig a hole for a 1 quart container than a 5 gal container. You can use larger zip locks for larger cuttings. I do parafilm the tip to keep the cuttings from drying out as i don't have the humidity dome you have with the longer bags. I really enjoy your videos and hope you will try this method.
I like the 17-5-11 because of the slow release and the results of gotten using it. It's really the best of what I have available to me for the nursery. I only use this in container plants for resale. You can use anything slow release though. As soon as they go in the ground I wing them off chemical fertilizers and use whatever organics I have available (chicken/rabbit manures, coffee grounds, comfrey tea, weed tea etc). Another really good organic if I had to purchase is anything by Espoma. You can find those in any Home Depot, Tractor supply or Lowe's reasonably priced. Good luck and thank you for watching.
I like to let my fig pops get to the stage of the last one you potted with lots of roots to hold the soil and keep it from falling off. I killed cuttings in the beginning because the soil fell off and broke the roots off with it. Another tip, i use zip lock snack bags. Cheap and readily available in grocery stores. Open it, lay it in your hand, fill it with your mix, and then seal it. Turn it so one side is up and with a knife slit an opening the size of your cutting in the middle. Push the prepared cutting into the slit, squeeze it a little to ensure contact of mix with the cutting, and set it up in your flat. If it needs water through the rooting process, i use sissors to snip off one or both of the bottom corners and set it in a container with 1/4 inch of water to soak up some from the bottom. When you are ready to up pot, open the zip lock and lay it open side up in the palm of your hand. With a knife, cut from the slit to the opening. You can then gently peel away the zip lock and gently plop it into your up pot. I think these are a lot easier to get out of the bag than your method, as the whole side can be easily opened without cutting the roots. To up pot, I use quart deli containers with drainage holes made using a soldering iron in the pattern like nursery pots. A little hole on the bottom and then up the side so they get air. At this stage, i put wood chips in the bottom for drainage, and then mix, and then mychoriza. I like this as i can still see through the container and monitor the roots. When full of roots, I then uppot into a 5 gal nursery pot or into my orchard. I would rather dig a hole for a 1 quart container than a 5 gal container. You can use larger zip locks for larger cuttings. I do parafilm the tip to keep the cuttings from drying out as i don't have the humidity dome you have with the longer bags. I really enjoy your videos and hope you will try this method.
Thanks for the information. Definitely interested in trying the way you described. Sounds very efficient. I do appreciate it.
Dave - STAND STILL FOR A MINUTE LOL
Agreed. 🥴🤢🤮
Great video. Keep up the good work guys
Do you prefer a certain brand of fert? You mentioned slow release 17-5-11 Thanks for the great videos
I like the 17-5-11 because of the slow release and the results of gotten using it. It's really the best of what I have available to me for the nursery. I only use this in container plants for resale. You can use anything slow release though. As soon as they go in the ground I wing them off chemical fertilizers and use whatever organics I have available (chicken/rabbit manures, coffee grounds, comfrey tea, weed tea etc). Another really good organic if I had to purchase is anything by Espoma. You can find those in any Home Depot, Tractor supply or Lowe's reasonably priced. Good luck and thank you for watching.