"Finally" is a curious choice of word. Two weeks is very fast for a cutting to root. Figs are very quick and easy to propagate. I would leave the bag on for the time being. I've rooted figs outdoors here in summer and when I removed the bags some leaves shrivelled.

Cuttings look healthy but, how do you know the cuttings have roots ?

@bluemoonlight The two upfront had a lot of roots - I just covered them with soil, so they can establish and grow better or faster, I guess. The one at the back-left, I'm not so sure. But intuition tells me it may have some roots.

@floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK You're right that it's a curious word. I didn't want to go on about my past experience with them. Because, with other cuttings, I had them stand in water and they rotted. I had them placed outside in a container in morning sun and again, they rotted. But then these cuttings seemed to root indoors underneath a plastic bag. Hence "finally". Or finally, I found the right technique to root them.

And yes, it did take them around 14 days to root, surprisingly. Must be the consistent high humidity and springlike warmth in my bathroom?

I wouldn't place them on window or outside wait until they have more leaves.

Meanwhile just keep them ininside the room where they don't get hit with sunlight.

Some cuttings can root in two weeks but they are not so strong that they can support the cutting yet, they are very valuable just like baby in incubator

If they have new growth similar to this one down ⤵️ you can slowly start introducing them to sunlight start with 15 min a day and increase it dayly.

@bluemoonlight Thanks for the pic.

The leaves have now grown a bit more. The plastic bag is still covering the container. Now the question is, when can I remove the plastic bag so they can be used to some natural light?

You can keep the bag on as you harden them off to outside. Eventually you'll remove the bag and in due course they'll lose their leaves for winter.

Thanks. This is how the plants look now after 10 days. I can see more roots forming below.

Good looking fig treelets 🙂 well done.

Is this in bathrooms with no windows ?

If it is bring them in the room with window but don't put them to close to the window.

Remember do it when you are at home and as soon as they start wilting shade it or back to the bathroom.

I never rooted cuttings the way you do, I am not saying that iit isn't good.

Keep up the good work Groeg.

I'm surprised nobody has said separate the cuttings. The bigger they get, the more intertwined the roots will get, most likely killing the other cuttings. I don't see anything good coming from multiple trees, root systems in the same pot.

I very much doubt they'll 'kill' the other cuttings. Multiple cuttings in one pot is standard practice for space saving. I wouldn't worry about separating them until they're well rooted and are ready to be potted on or planted out.

This post is older and I don't remember if they are different varieties in one container don't know what are the plans fofor it.

I would separate it but I would rather wait a little longer with long blade scissors or knife

Cuttingt it like cake,

but not tear it a part !

@bluemoonlight Thanks for the advice. The bathroom has one big, south-facing window that brightens up the whole room. I have a few plants in the bathroom (on the bathtub), such as Ficus benjamina and Pachira aquatica, and they thrive pretty well there. My cuttings are placed near the bathtub on the ground, where sunlight doesn't reach. And I have taken the plastic bag off from them for a few days now and the leaves are still not wilting *cross fingers*.

@TheyCallMeDave Funny, I was actually going to mention that. I am now worried about separating them, because yes, the roots have probably intertwined and this may damage one or the other cutting. But I have heard multiple figs can grow as one big tree? (At least from this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inosculation )

🤔 hmmm I know that but never thought of joining two cuttings let them conjoined and train it to two leader tree.

Gues what my next project is Dave !?

They need light, just not direct hot sun to start with, so get them out from under the bath!

Do not worry about separating them. It won't hurt them. That's a red herring. They'll be fine. Or alternatively grow them as a clump. They'll be fine that way too.

My problem with growing multiple different trees in 1 pot is.... whichever tree is the most vigorous will take over with a bigger root system, taking more nutrients and space in the soil. I had a "cocktail citrus tree" Meyer lemon and Limequat both in the same container. They did poorly compared to my single tree pots.... and by the time I wanted to seperate the trees, it was way too late, roots were tangled up with eachother and massive damage was done. Long story short, they both died.

Let me know how the project turns out Moonlight but It's not one that excites me.

There's a reason why all the experts and farmers grow trees with spacing requirements.... They know the best way to grow trees. I'm not saying they can't be grown together... just saying they'll grow less compared to separate pots.

My understanding was that the OP has cuttings of a single fig cultivar. Also striking multiple cuttings in one pot is not at all the same as growing multiple trees in one pot nor the same as growing 'cocktail trees' which are several varieties grafted on one rootstock, not several separate trees grown in one container. Cuttings are routinely started as multiples to cut down on space requirements. That does not mean they'll be in the same pot forever and I don't think anyone has advocated that. There was just a reference to inosculation as a concept. However, on further thought, since figs do well when root restricted to discourage excess foliage, I would have thought that making them compete might be a good strategy.

Dave,

You are right about stronger vigorous roots will win, not just roots but the vegetative part of the tree.

I grafted into Paolo's green fig which is a strong vigorous fig Yellow long neck.

YLN nearly chocked green fig.

Green fig from Paolo is very similar to Hardy Chicago last season it produced tiny figs likr 4grams but tthat grafted YLN produced 24 figs weighing from 140gr to 183gr.

Thanks for your input floral_uk.

I do agree that figs do well when roots are restricted.

I grafted YLN on 3 different fig trees, they are all in different container sizes, the one that was in smallest container produced the most figs with heavier figs on it.

Will see how they do this season.

@floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK I have to slowly make them used to light. I took off the plastic bag a week ago or so. The new sprouting leaves wilted though, but the lower larger or older ones are doing fine (and still are, as of now). I'll see how they go, because they're doing fine now without the cover, and then I will move them to a brighter spot soon.

@TheyCallMeDave Yikes, this is now discouraging me to separate them as I can't afford to lose them (they're three cuttings, if the photos are not so clear). I just want one fig tree, really. Can I grow them as a clump? I'd rather have them compete with each other (as it's likely one cutting will survive), than me potentially killing them all from separating them with their tangled roots.