Use a 'Sharpie-pen' to mark the actual twigs themselves,
asap, as you cut/receive them! Use codes (#'s or colors),
abbreviations (e.g. first 3 letters; BRU = Brunswick)
or initials ( LW= Lyndhurst White).

Doing that saved me quite a few headaches...

thnx for the tip gorgi!

Yes Frank:They perform very different depending what cultivar it is.
My understanding is that different cultivars require different dormancy periods.For example:
adriatic,needs only about one month dormancy while brown Turkey needs two month.
If this dormancy requirement is not met,when you try to grow the cutting it will not grow.
It will just stay there and if you water too much trying to make it grow ,it will rot,in the container there and will never grow.
An good surprise is the unknown brown fig from you:iAll five cuttings were planted in one 1 gallon container,and all are alive and grown about 5 inches.I put them,there on 1st of February.
Others different cultivars posted the same way,the same time are doing NOTHING,and just sitting there.
I have enough experience not to get frustrated any more.
Figs are very very different and you can never,know them all!!!!

Glad to hear it herman!!!

I hope it does well for you this season. IMO, just watching how slow my black mission and petit negrone is growing (altho its probably cuz its indoors) I think the rapid growth of my unknown will surprise you. It should see 6' by September easily.

Speaking of unknowns, do you guys ever decide to give them your own name if not identified?
I ask only cuz if it doesnt get id'ed this season since I sent them out to about a dozen of you fig experts....;)

Im thinking of naming it after (in honor of) my father.

I have a couple sultane cuttings I'm trying to root in a plastic bag . It's been about 18 days and they show no signs yet. I was going to let them sit another few days and put them back in the refridge. Do you think this would help?
Herman mentioned some need a longer dormant period. Bill.

Well Fortissi:That is the best name to give your tree.
I was bringing cuttings from My father tree,and named them after him.It is allready spreded in the fig world.It is called Florea.
I do not have it anymore because i did not like the taste as grown here.
But is growing strong in USA with no winter protection at all here in New Jersey and no die back ever for the seven years it was planted in the grownd.
The taste here is watery,and inferior to the taste it had in my father garden.
Bill :for you ,do that ,refrigerate some and try to continue to grow only one cutting,this way you will strt at different times,growing them.
The end result is tu succed growing to maturity at least one Exemplar.
I killed all Mission,Texas Ev.,Barniotte,Zingarella,Desert King,and other cuttings i had,completelly,so i am no better than anybody.

hi!

I'd like to share my method of rooting fig cuttings(and others).
I use willow-water as a natural rooting agent. to make this just put cutted willow twigs(the important substance is in the bark) in water for about a day or two.
after I putted my fig cuttings in the ready willow water they immediately started to get green buds. of course you cannot watch it, but it starts growth quite fast. I left the cuttings in the willow water for about two days, not completely, just the half or 2/3 of it.
after potting them in fine textured soil(no perlite) every cutting is fine - and growing! I also put an opened plastic bottle over it(the small part cut away)to hold humidity.

the substance in the willow bark is called salicin acid. it is widening the vents(?)of the cutting's bark. so it can absorb water more quickly and start forming roots.

@herman:
I also wrote you an email, but it seems the GW emails arent arriving sometimes. so here again my question,sorry for the inconveniences.
would you like to trade cuttings of the florea fig?

Thnx for sharing quinoah. If I ever get my hands on a willow I might have to try that.

UPDATE: The two cuttings that I placed in a zip lock bag on Feb 22nd is definitely forming roots. I just checked them last night aside from the growing amount of white bumps I see one root starting to push out. :)

I have a question that I believe I asked already, the cuttings I have in vermiculite are enclosed in a 2liter bottle to keep the heat/humidity up.

A few weeks ago I asked if I should remove the top once it starts leaving out. I did as I thought someone recommended and the few leaves died within a few days, so I covered her back up and its beginning to leave out again. Soooo basically all I wanna know is when would you guys think its safest to uncover? Wait till the weather breaks into the 70's outside? What?

to put a bottle over it is a good idea. but don't uncover the cuttings too fast, this would be a shock for them.
I would wait until they are grown to some inches or so(=when roots are formed and able to "feed" the leaves with water). it's better to uncover them slowly. cut off a piece of the bottles bottom and see what happens. make an even bigger hole,....

in addition to my rooting method here two photos:

nice thnx for sharing!