Anyone starting cuttings now?

[TorontoJoe]

I've never considered wrapping plastic around a rooting cup - am I correct to assume there aren't any drain holes at the bottom of the cups?

There are some holes in the cups. The idea is basically to skip the first pot up and just keep growing them in there. Less risk of root damage and transplant shock. When it's time for the bag to come off... I that's their first pot.

 

[ktrain]

I've got a lot going, I'll get some pics after I get home tomorrow, so far so good.

 

[Jtbuster]

@Jtbuster

Here are a few. Roots are coming along nicely. Another figlet that will unfortunately have to go. I think these are about two weeks in.

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Looks great. You keep my winter enthusiasm up.

Be fruitful.

 

[Drew351]

@TorontoJoe your orange cat is eyeing you in the last picture and looks annoyed.

 

[TorontoJoe]

@TorontoJoe your orange cat is eyeing you in the last picture and looks annoyed.

That's Orion The Hunter. I came into the kitchen with the cuttings and he ran in thinking he was getting a treat.... When he didn't he started cursing at me in "cat"

 

[GoodFriendMike]

@Jtbuster

Here are a few. Roots are coming along nicely. Another figlet that will unfortunately have to go. I think these are about two weeks in.

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Is it just me. Or does the cat really not like figs.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Is it just me. Or does the cat really not like figs.

Not at all... they get too much of my attention.

Mostly he's into birds and mice. He went after a wild turkey once. That was pretty funny.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Not at all... they get too much of my attention.

Mostly he's into birds and mice. He went after a wild turkey once. That was pretty funny.

No video? My uncle had a big turkey when I was a kid.
That thing chased me across the yard. Glad they did not have Iphones back then.

 

[Drew351]

That's Orion The Hunter. I came into the kitchen with the cuttings and he ran in thinking he was getting a treat.... When he didn't he started cursing at me in "cat"

I bet he did! Great name too. I have an orange cat named Marmalade and his sister’s name Mischief. They are our dumpster cats, and we found them as kittens under a dumpster. Still fostering them 7 years later.

 

[Drew351]

Not at all... they get too much of my attention.

Mostly he's into birds and mice. He went after a wild turkey once. That was pretty funny.

That must have been a sight.

 

[ktrain]

Not at all... they get too much of my attention.

Mostly he's into birds and mice. He went after a wild turkey once. That was pretty funny.

When I was young I went after some wild Turkey myself, not long after I became a father. (Not of Turkey children) LOL

 

[TorontoJoe]

No video? My uncle had a big turkey when I was a kid.
That thing chased me across the yard. Glad they did not have Iphones back then.

Just a picture of the turkey

 

[Figless]

Oh my God that turkey is so big... it certainly looks like it could kick some Azzz.

 

[Vitooch1]

That’s a large count there pal wow! good luck. I’m going with a slight different approach this year. Only 1 fig tree in the list with 2 persimmon trees and cherry tree all will be grown in pots.

 

[FruitBrute]

Just a picture of the turkey

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Oooohhhh.... the rare and elusive Canadian Brown Turkey! Are you planning on making cuttings available around Thanksgiving?

 

[TorontoJoe]

Oooohhhh.... the rare and elusive Canadian Brown Turkey! Are you planning on making cuttings available around Thanksgiving?

The turkey had other plans!

 

[Drew351]

Here is a picture of my cutting set up this year. I took over the window area in the "piano room," which sounds fancy, and I force my youngest to play for my cuttings. I think it helps the cuttings root and grow, and it is a new method I am trialing (to be honest, it is not a cheap method between the piano lessons and feeding a kid). Roughly about 45 fig cuttings & 5 mulberry cuttings. I told myself I was only going to do a couple this year, and I failed. So far, so good, and I'm only concerned about one cutting that is probably not going to make it, but it is a thicker cutting that started to grow and then the new growth died (I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see if I can save it). The pitcher plant is from @Trustyfarms from the 2024 Fig Frolic.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Here is a picture of my cutting set up this year. I took over the window area in the "piano room," which sounds fancy, and I force my youngest to play for my cuttings. I think it helps the cuttings root and grow, and it is a new method I am trialing (to be honest, it is not a cheap method between the piano lessons and feeding a kid). Roughly about 45 fig cuttings & 5 mulberry cuttings. I told myself I was only going to do a couple this year, and I failed. So far, so good, and I'm only concerned about one cutting that is probably not going to make it, but it is a thicker cutting that started to grow and then the new growth died (I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see if I can save it). The pitcher plant is from @Trustyfarms from the 2024 Fig Frolic.

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At what point does a piano-room with fig plants become a fig-room with a piano?

I can't spot the pitcher plant in there...

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Here is a picture of my cutting set up this year. I took over the window area in the "piano room," which sounds fancy, and I force my youngest to play for my cuttings. I think it helps the cuttings root and grow, and it is a new method I am trialing (to be honest, it is not a cheap method between the piano lessons and feeding a kid). Roughly about 45 fig cuttings & 5 mulberry cuttings. I told myself I was only going to do a couple this year, and I failed. So far, so good, and I'm only concerned about one cutting that is probably not going to make it, but it is a thicker cutting that started to grow and then the new growth died (I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see if I can save it). The pitcher plant is from @Trustyfarms from the 2024 Fig Frolic.

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Pitcher plant? Hmm... Maybe that and Sundew would be good to grow inside during cutting season?

 

[Drew351]

At what point does a piano-room with fig plants become a fig-room with a piano?

I can't spot the pitcher plant in there...

Very true! This time of year it is the fig room with a piano, and in a month or so it will become the piano room when the wife has had enough of the plants taking up the room. The pitcher plant is in the bottom right of the picture in front of the tree pots.