Fig Pop Roots!

[Tjs5179]

I started some Fig Pops about two weeks ago. Today when I went out to check on them I discovered roots!

The only problem is, the roots are coming from the top node where I was expecting green growth. Should I bury the baby roots and hope for a new branch? What would you do? Thank you!

 

[GoodFriendMike]

When doing figpops. Always leave one node out of the pop. You can seal that node with wax, Wrap it in parafilm of leave it to the elements. I would let the section above the rubber band breathe and hope the nodes in the pop are producing roots like that.

 

[Tjs5179]

Thank you! Would you trim those roots?

I had tried to open the others when I saw condensation above but missed this one. My first attempt at propogating, so I'm glad I at least saw some roots

 

[GoodFriendMike]

They will dry and fall off on there own.

 

[SDO]

Is the cutting upside down?

 

[DavidNC]

Is the cutting upside down?

I see some callus swelling on the end there. They don't do that on the apical end, do they?

 

[SDO]

I see some callus swelling on the end there. They don't do that on the apical end, do they?

I didn't think so, but I'm still new to fig growing.

 

[ETXfigs]

If that was my cutting, at this point I might plant the whole cutting 1" below the surface of the soil horizontally in a pot or tub. The whole cutting covered with medium, or semicovered.