Remember my wrong end rooting cutting

16 years ago

Well here's the outcome.

First I cut it in half and made two cuttings out of it. There was a sprout on both side of the cutting about 3 inches apart. There was no way I could pot it without burying one of the sprouts thus losing one. I laid both pieces horizontal and covered mostly with potting mix. Since I couldn't bury it deeply because of the buds, I covered them with sphagnum. Here are the results and pictures.

In the pot.

Under the sphagnum

Root also on under side.

Potted up.

The other half is still not showing initials.

From the cold cold bayou,

"gene"

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Comments (7)

thisisme
16 years ago
I tell you Gene you are a 10th degree fig rooting master for sure.
genecolin
Original Author
16 years ago
I don't know about 10th degree but I know what 22.5 degrees is and that's frigging cold. In fact I'm without water this morning. I sure hope nothing broke.

From the frozen bayou,
"gene"
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danab_z9_la
16 years ago
.........too funny Gene! Hope nothing broke too.

Dan
genecolin
Original Author
16 years ago
Well I wasn't so lucky, but then it was only a 30 minute fix and a trip to the hardware store. It was a line to the clothes washer. All's good now, flush all you want. Ha.

From the global warming cold spot on the bayou,
"gene"
Sandra Tran
16 years ago
Hello there,

I'm new to the fig forum and have been considering growing figs. My boyfriend's mom has a nice fig tree at her house and I was thinking about taking cuttings and trying to grow them. You sure make is look easy.

Do you have any tips for a newbie? Is this a good time of the year to do this? I'm in sunny SoCal with ranges between high 60's to low 50's.

Thanks and great job! :)

Sandra
danab_z9_la
16 years ago
Hello Sandra,

It is fairly easy (and fun) to propagate a fig tree. There are various methods by which you can do this. If you have access to the tree you can layer a branch by bending it to the ground and putting a bit of soil over it along with a brick to hold it down. The part touching the ground will eventually form roots. You can also "air" layer a branch in the spring. Many forum members are rooting dormant cuttings right now as pictured in this thread. Now is the best time of the year to root cuttings (branch tips). The tree may also have sprouts growing beneath it. In which case all you have to do is dig one up and pot it.....cut real close to the mother tree and dig deep so that you get some roots. Sprouts are a very easy way to get a new tree.

There is a lot of good information that has already been written and can help you. I suggest you perform a search on this fig forum. Type in "rooting" or "layer" or "propagate", etc. into the search box.......and read those threads that appear from the search. After reading, ask any questions that you might have for clarification and someone will gladly help you.

Dan
Sandra Tran
16 years ago
Hi Dan,

Thank you very much for the information. I'll check for sprouts this weekend. If not, I'll try the rooting route. I'm very excited and hope that it's as easy as you guys make it sound.

I'll post pics if and when it happens. :)

Sandra