Here's the photo of the roots.

If you look closely, you can even see a new leaf that's starting to poke out.

Here's a picture of the tip... The big green tip was already there... The smaller green tip and figlet are new.

Congratulations, Dave, may you have many more successes with figs. Keep at it with your citrus, you will achieve success soon enough with them, too. What variety of fig is that?

Moses

I guess it's a bit of trial and error for me... Now that I know exactly what to do, I can repeat what has worked instead of going by what forums say which sometimes lack details. For example, now I know the roots come out of the leaf base... I thought they'd come out from everywhere. Now I'll take cutting where it has a double leaf node for higher success at rooting... Plus more humidity and heat!

I believe it's the "Hardy Chicago" that I thought was a Strawberry Verte until I saw the ripe fruit... Very good fig, that's for sure.

I'm going to grow a bunch of cuttings in a month or two... so I can have 3 or 4 of the same tree to experiment with. I'll plant 1 or 2 in ground and see if I can get them to survive without much work. Keep the main plant in a pot just in case none can survive in ground. I might give a few away as well. Pretty cheap gift that is of high value to others "Oh wow, a little fig tree."

Congratulations Dave ! Good looking roots you got there.

Did you root it straight in cup and soil or did you pre rooted it in something else, like water, coco coir or pitt moss ?

I put it in a plastic beer pong cup half full of soil and covered the cutting with a ziploc bag. I think the first week or two might have been write offs because I didn't have the ziploc bag on and I moved it to a much warmer location.

To add to the previous post, when I moved it 2 weeks later, I placed just above a heat vent. So every time the HVAC turned on, it'd blow hot air just below the cup.... heating up the soil. This is also the same time I covered the top of the cutting with a ziploc bag to retain humidity. In a month or two when I do more, I'll take photos and create a story line from start to end.

I am looking forward to your story Dave.

I use to rooted a few cuttings in pitmoss, it was easy to root but I always lost some cuttings afte transplanting them to a plastic cups.

Last rooting season I trayed to root a few cuttings using fig pop method, it was easier end more successful but still one cutting wouldn't root, I last my patient's and pushed that cuttings i compost bin sometime in June after about a month i noticed the buds started to swell so I left it there an another month and then transplanted it in container.

I didnt really looked at the roots as I tried to scooped as much c ompost as I could protecting the roots, it was a Dotato fig.

Any way that is my little story, have fun rooting, here is a picture of what I am traing now.

What a healthy looking bouquet fee ha !

Well done Dave !

Just yesterday was 3 weeks for my cutting in warm completely dark closet, I was trying for the rot first then the foliage and it worked, here is some pictures

So for three weeks rooting I thing I got pretty good roots, the buds are just starting to open.