Green cuttings

[ChicagoFigs]

I know for the longest time I heard and many of you as well, green Cuttings just aren't worth it. They won't root, they do very poorly if at all.

Wanted to share my experience rooting Green Cuttings taken a while back, sat in the refrigerator for about a month.. Maybe 5 weeks. Got them going...used sand, water, dip n grow, heat.

See the results :

 

[NYC_Fignetic]

I have had 85% success with green cuttings so far.

 

[ChesapeakeFigs]

You can get just about anything to root in a very high humidity environment. The trick is getting a viable growing plant out of it. With very green cuttings that success rate is usually less, especially if the green cuttings are less stiff

 

[TorontoJoe]

My experience has been that green cuttings root ok… however they don’t store well. I think freshness is much more of a factor.

I know of some people who swear by aeroponics as an ideal method for green cuttings

 

[snarfing]

yes, it was my impression green cuttings root great, you just cant store them in the fridge at all, gotta immediately start rooting

 

[ktrain]

They definitely root better in high humidity environments.
I didn't have a whole lot of luck doing them like hard wood.

 

[ChicagoFigs]

yes, it was my impression green cuttings root great, you just cant store them in the fridge at all, gotta immediately start rooting

Idk about that.. These were sanitized and stored for at least a month in the fridge

 

[Figsee]

They don’t store forever but you can get a few weeks out of them. I think they actually root better if they are chilled for a few days. My thoughts are that the fresh cuts on green cuttings allow for room for rot because they can absorb too much water. I’ve been rooting my green tips and trading my better cuttings. I haven’t seen any difference in rooting success between them and lignified cuttings but I am only rooting green cuttings from my trees.

 

[Higueras]

Idk about that.. These were sanitized and stored for at least a month in the fridge

There’s different types/levels of green cuttings. Some cuttings can be green and quite solid (almost semi lignified). Also there’s green growth at the very ends of the branches that will wilt very quickly and is bendy soon after being cut from the mother tree.