After trying several other methods of rooting fig cuttings, I've settled on using ProMix HP as my favorite media. This material retains adequate moisture but has good porosity and drainage. The exposed portion of cuttings are wrapped with Parafilm (or similar film) to prevent the exposed portion of cuttings from drying out. The pots I use are the TP49 Short One found at I'm using the TP49 Short One at [ Ссылка ]

You can root cuttings pretty much any month of the year if your temperatures are suitable. If rooting indoors, this is much easier to control. If cuttings are dormant at time they are pruned or purchased, they can be stores in refrigeration for several months if you wish to root outdoors and need to wait for warmer temperatures. However, if the cuttings are fresh green cuttings from trees that were not dormant, they should be rooted within a week or two.

I usually root cuttings in a room in my shop that I keep heated to about 75F. If you root in a room cooler than that, you cuttings would probably benefit from the use of a heated propagation mat with temperature set somewhere between 75-85F to speed up root development. My growing room has some exposure to daylight and typically has some grow lights running on other cuttings started earlier. Once leaves start emerging from cuttings, I will run grow lights for 10-12 hours per day with an oscillating fan running in the room to disperse heat from the grow lights.

WATERING:
When I first started rooting fig cuttings I found that many times they rotted on me. Sometimes this was because I had to water quite a bit to get water to get to the bottom of the pot where most of the roots were and I saw a lot dead cuttings had rot on the upper portion of the cutting that had been in soil. So I started bottom watering young plants. Usually I use 4" x 9.5" pots and they set in trays that hold 12 pots so I will usually water the entire tray at the same time to save time, though it's best to water each plant based on its individual needs. The added benefit of watering a pot individually is that you become accustomed to what a pot weighs when the soil is moist (not saturated), a little dry, too dry, etc.) I will dunk these pots into a tub of water that is 3-4 inches deep for anywhere from 5-10 seconds for newer cuttings to 20-30 seconds for plants that are well on their way to being ready for being up-potted. I've had much better success with this.

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