New to propogating cuttings

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mediterreanfigs

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Hi, everyone. New to this. Tried it once in past and at this similar state, I uprooted and the cuttings eventually died. Dont recall what happened last time, but this time am trying to avoid this. I have cuttings from a relative who has tree in ground. These are them so far, after month plus. How much longer, when you recommend to uppot? Keep as is or add heat. Its still around 60s in daytime and 40s nighttime here, but these are indoors anyway.

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Just throwing in my 2 cents...
One of the advantages of rooting cuttings in smaller, individual pots / cups, is that they will form their own, independent root-ball that you do not need to untangle (like you do when you grown multiple cuttings in a bigger container -> it's almost impossible not to loose at least some roots when untangling...). Also, The roots will form a compact root-ball instead of growing outward "all the way", making the root-ball more "stable" and easier to manipulate. A small "trick" that I use and that might be helpful: If I plan on up-potting, I stop watering some time in advance, so the root-ball gets dry (as in: light weight). This will prevent the roots from tearing off because of the weight of the substrate...
 
Oh wow thanks eveyrone. Do you think its too late to move it to their own independent small container or would that possibly disturb the roots too much and possiblly damage or kill them?
 
@mediterreanfigs

I could go on for a long time on this subject but one of the best guides I've ever seen on the subject was written here by @Inflorescence

You will find an abundance of solid advice here

Inflorescence

Post in thread 'How I Root Fig Cuttings Indoors—The Ultimate Guide'

CUTTING TIPS

▪️ Mother tree health and cutting quality can significantly impact your success at rooting. Things like method used to clean cuttings, storage, weather conditions the cutting was subjected to, etc. can all affect if a cutting will root or not. Usually, the fresher the cutting, the better the success. That said, fig cuttings are very easy to root generally and so even a poorer quality cutting can root just fine in the end. Don’t despair & don’t stress over this aspect, but be choosy with your sources. Keep in mind that you are dealing with natural...
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I think one of the most important considerations, over the technique... is quality of the cuttings. Good quality dormant wood will make life easier... but nothing is perfect....

Also, for whatever reason many of us seem to have a nemesis cutting variety. Some types of figs have just stumped me... while others have had no trouble with them and vise versa.... Don't know why. Only to say that at some points it will be frustrating.... and it may take a few tries before you dial in the best method for you.

Please do keep us posted on your rooting journey. As a community we all learn from one another.... from successes and the bloopers alike.
 
@mediterreanfigs

@TorontoJoe is absolutely right (as usual (y)): If you would read through @Inflorescence 's post (in my opinion: an excellent write-up!), you'd save yourself a lot of failure and over-all "discovery effort".

Now regarding re-potting: I can only share my personal thoughts...

I don't know where you live, but if you used lignified NON-dormant cuttings, you might have quite a bit of roots already (I recently had an over-achiever growing roots from a very fresh cutting to the wall of a transparent cup in only 6 days!). In that case (NON-dormant, lignified cuttings), I would probably wait until your roots have grown to the side of your (semi-transparant it seems?) container and have lignified (turned from white to a more yellowish/brownish color) at least to some extend. This will strengthen the roots / makes them less fragile and somewhat easier to manipulate. If, however, you don't think you have significant roots yet, you COULD replant them, but would probably rip off a lot of the small roots. If you decide to do so: be VERY gentle, support the roots/dirt with your hand when lifting out and moving to and lowering into pots/cups, and fill with DRY substrate (which is much lighter, and will not "push" on the roots as much as pre-wetted substrate), and water afterwards. At this stage, over-watering is your biggest enemy, so make sure to use well-draining substrate and pots, and water sparsely!

A much easier alternative: just let them be... Let them grow plenty of roots first (so you can loose some later on), and transplant when your container gets to crowded.

Again... just my 2 cents...
 
What you are doing looks similar to a type of pre-rooting and can work. Doing it this way, you usually just allow the roots to grow just a little bit to get started, just about an inch or less. To up-pot or re-pot them, don’t pull them out because the roots are tender and can snap off. You gently pull the entire mass out, lay it on its side and pull everything, including the soil, out together. Then gently move the soil off of the cuttings to where there is nothing pulling on the roots, you can take them out and place them right away into individual pots for full rooting.

If you wish to fully root them all together like that, let them grow for many months to where they are completely established and then you will have to carefully separate them. The more established they are, the more they can handle separation. I myself have just used a knife to cut the root masses apart, but I also don’t put as many into one container.
 
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