My first post here on the GWFF. I reside in Tallahassee Florida and I have been reading as much as I can to get smart on growing figs in pots. I love figs and found out that our children like them too. I hope to experience some of the variety and great looking and great tasting figs that I have seen on this forum. To date, it has been Brown Turkey and Celeste from our local farmer that have kept us fig crazy.

So why post? Well, I think *and hope* that I have my very first root initials!

Here's how: In anticipation of receiving cuttings of a handful of varieties from what will be a handful of different sources including UC Davis, last month I began to practice rooting (of some cuttings from a dormant tree at the Stallion Range Center in New Mexico and henceforth called 'Stallion Unknown') by several different methods: in sphagnum in a bag, in a cup filled with 50:50 perlite:Pro-Mix BX, and in a black trash bag outside by the compost bin. Today I think I see initials from the sphagnum in a bag method but I am requesting a sanity check from those of you who have more experience.

So are these initials (step 1 success) or imagination?

JD