Cuttings Propagation

[ETXfigs]

I know y'all are probably getting tired of seeing these plants. I just like showing them off and documenting their progress so next year when I propagate, I can look back and see what I did wrong and what I did right to help improve the process next time. Another one is probably a goner. Olympian was rotted and I dug it up while it still had some good wood left in the cutting. I cut off what was rotted, then I put what little bit looked good back in a Solo cup, but I doubt if it will grow. So that leaves 8 out of the original 12, but I have confidence in these 8. I have given them Alaska fish fertilizer and that seems to have boosted the growth.

 

[Figless]

I will definitely chime in on this propagation Journal just to give all y'all my bent on it. I will add at this exact moment two things , one that those cuttings look very healthy and you should be very proud of your accomplishments. That being said number three peralite will allow a good amount of aeration in the medium, and will not take the water table up Beyond its level.

Inflorescence does not use does synthetic's. I use MG when rooting cuttings and find it helps give them a little boost.
But it is not needed and I don't use it after they root. After they are rooted and up-potted I switch to granular.

That's a reasonable position. I like to use synthetics until the up potted trees reach about a foot in height from the top level of the pot. After that it's merely a matter of preference but before that synthetics due to the nature of how they work tend to give a boost in propagation production. Of course as I've stated many times @GoodFriendMike is much more experience than I am in propagating fig trees.

 

[ETXfigs]

I will definitely chime in on this propagation Journal just to give all y'all my bent on it. I will add at this exact moment two things , one that those cuttings look very healthy and you should be very proud of your accomplishments. That being said number three peralite will allow a good amount of aeration in the medium, and will not take the water table up Beyond its level.
That's a reasonable position. I like to use synthetics until the up potted trees reach about a foot in height from the top level of the pot. After that it's merely a matter of preference but before that synthetics due to the nature of how they work tend to give a boost in propagation production. Of course as I've stated many times @GoodFriendMike is much more experience than I am in propagating fig trees.

Thanks. This has definitely been a learning experience. First learning the right level of moisture and battling fungus gnats. Now they can take as much water as I give them. I am now figuring out the right amount of sunlight. It's blazing hot here, so I give these little ones a break during the hottest part of the day. I still keep them in the wheel barrel so I can put them in the shade for 2 or 3 hours in the afternoon, and also when there are thunderstorms. They are in regular potting mix and I just give them fish fertilizer.

 

[grasshopper]

Most of these look pretty good which means you have been taking good care of them.

From experience, cuttings don't act the same way. Some grow quicker and are easier to take care of than others, don't mind extra water or less water or sunlight. Others can be a bit more fussy.

Once you figure that, cater to the needs of the individual cuttings, you would improve the odds of rooting them all the way.

 

[ETXfigs]

I have news about the rooted cuttings that were propagated from the cuttings I received from the forum. One of them is growing figlets. I just noticed that Mavra Sika has a few figlets and continues to push out new growth. These are figlets I'm not going to remove early. The success rate for the cuttings is 8 out of 12.