Fig cuttings are rooting!

9 years ago

One of my favorite GW friends sent me these fig cuttings and I have been babying them all winter indoors. Four of them (2 varieties) are rooted and send out new growth and one is being a little stubborn, but I see green peeking through on the buds, so it won't be long. The other plant is a begonia this friend also sent.

Once all of these root, I'm going to share a couple with a dear friend and his wife, who has been fighting breast cancer for several years. Luckily, she is doing better now, so she'll be around to get some fruit off of them. She loves figs, so now she she'll have some of her own to grow.

I'm always hesitant to identify people who send me seeds and plants,
because I know they usually then get swamped with requests, so I'll just
say thank you. You know who you are. <3

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fawnridge (Ricky)

9 years ago

At some point those plants are going to produce fruit. My advice to you is to keep them protected. I had two turkey figs in the garden. One had to go because of bugs. The other one produces figs every year, but the birds, squirrels, and raccoons get them long before me. My figs come from Publix and I rush into the house and hide them in the pantry before the critters can get at them.

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whgille
9 years ago
Wow! congrats! you must be working pretty hard with the cuttings, I am happy for you and to your friend my best health wishes!

Silvia
oldmangroot
9 years ago
Very nice! How did you root them? Water or soil?
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Original Author
9 years ago
I just stuck them into the soil that my friend lovingly provided for me. I kept them moist but not wet through the winter indoors, in a bright but shady spot. I knew they wouldn't root until it warmed up a bit, so my main goal was to keep them from rotting. I didn't even use rooting hormone, because I couldn't find mine. Just stuck them into this great soil (I think it's ProMix HP with mycorrhizae, which is probably why they rooted w/o hormones).
oldmangroot
9 years ago
Hmm. I've never rooted anything successfully in soil. It either drys out or rots. I don't think I've been able to find the happy medium,
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Original Author
9 years ago
Well, you will love Chaya then! All you have to do is stick it in the ground for it to root. Some things I have better luck in soil, some in water. I find woody things usually root better in soil.
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Original Author
9 years ago
Oh Ricky, you always make me smile. I'm going to grow one of them in a huge terracotta pot I have in my courtyard, and protect that one with my life. I'll put a couple outside and let the birds and "critters" go to town on them if they want. I had a huge fig tree in SC, and it gave me and the birds all we needed. The chickens used to roost in it and fertilize it, and of course, they ate a few too. I still had enough to can and give away. I don't ever expect this one to get that big, so I'll guard them with my life.
Glenn Jones(9b)
9 years ago
What kind of fig are they DG?
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Original Author
9 years ago
Glenn, this is what I was told.

Marseilles VS - dark purple - this is the one slowest to root

Adriatic - Light green w/ red inside

NOID Heirloom fig that is sort of like a "Celeste."

My research says the "Adriatic" is best for containers, so that will go into my huge terracotta pot when it gets large enough.
Glenn Jones(9b)
9 years ago
I have a Celeste its a great fig last year i was very happy with its production
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9 years ago
I was told the "Celeste" type NOID was a great producer that everyone loved, so I'm excited about that one. Too bad it doesn't do well in containers, but Adriatic is a good fig too.
Glenn Jones(9b)
9 years ago
If the noid is anything like me Celeste you will love it. I had a Brown turkey but it didn't compare to the Celeste