These days it's so rare to find people like yourself that have this much needed skill to self-provide. I truly admire it! As for the advice you were given on the 2-3 year old wood, I have better success with younger wood, but that is from my first-hand experience. I should do a side-by-side test on 1st year to 3rd year cuttings! Take good care.

I covered my fig tree with a garbage bag but a frost (about 28 degrees) killed the green tips and leaves. Before the next freeze I`m getting cuttings. Lower smaller branches closer to the ground still have leaves. Only my mustard greens survived and new seedlings of frost tolerant radishes, more mustard, and turnips. I brought my potted tomatoes, basil, lemonbalm and mint inside to save some things to transplant into hydro growers for winter so I don`t have to wait on seeds to grow. My mint patch around the fig tree wasn`t harmed by the frost. Armadillos hate the smell so it keeps them from digging there. I like to walk by and eat the mint tips too and dried some for winter tea. It`s easy to grow inside in hydro solution without soil though. So is watercress...a superfood. @@FigGrowersSociety

Yea, we've also had a few hard freezes in VA already too, which killed my fig tips. Those cold spells came earlier than usual. Warmer weather this week but the cold is definitely coming.

I`ve had really great success rooting figs in water and other times no success from the same Celeste tree we had. I gave them to people so they could grow them....anyone who wanted them and I asked people I met if they wanted trees. So I don`t understand why some refused to grow roots. One difference was...I used root hormone the time I got 100% failure...so no more of that stuff. My aunt taught me to put cuttings in a jar of water in indirect light in a window. I decided to try a Brown Turkey here first. I saw one with giant purple figs on it once so I decided to plant that first then order a few Celeste trees. Those do well in Louisiana. I may try Chicago Hardy and Olympian too. @@FigGrowersSociety

I bought many fig cutting varities and other kinds cuttings online via Ebay. They are selling old, brown woody fig cuttings, perhaps and few year old cuttings, not the green cuttings like in this clip. For my general rooting cutting knowledge, younger, greener cuttings would root easier, since they have more resin and phlome which can help the rooting process. Unfortunately, fig sellers don't sell young cuttings, so I have to resort to buy small fig plants with higher prices, and when they got to my hands, the leaves usually fell off, so they look like small sticks ( the sellers said they were going to go dormant in the winter, so no worry). I have rooting my fig cuttings just over a week, and still have about over a dozen cuttings to go, that's why I got here. I'm also rooting forsythia, mulberry, Crepe Myrtle, grapes cuttings which I also bought online. I'm not too confident about the fig cuttings as they look old and dried. However when I scratch the wood, I can see the green underneath, so there's a little hope. The sellers said they can root old cuttings that were left in desk drawers unprotected for months though. I'm not sure about that as I'm new to this. As the moment, I'm rooting and have small plants of some common fig varieties like Black mission ( they are suitable to California dry climate), Olympian, Yellow long neck, Beers black, Celeste, White Ischia, Latterula, Chicago hardy, VDB, and two darker, unknown red inside Italian varieties. Will see if they root, since I used peat moss and perlite in plastic nylon bags with heat matts. The perlite were in the cactus pot mix that I left dried in the sun for several seasons, so I assumed they are sterile ( !). I bought many 4 cf perlite bags over the years, most of them went to my raised beds and pots, so I thought I can reused some of them, instead of going to the store at the moment. I hope I'll have some success, at least a few cuttings/ each varieties to justify the money I spent on those cuttings, lol. I'm heading to the HD to get some coco coir to try this method though to feel a bit more secure on the cuttings. Thank you for showing this rooting method.

Thank you for your sweet comment! I'm glad it was helpful.

I have not, but that sounds like a very natural and pure way to do it. I'm not surprised it's successful! Thank you for commenting!

I would say gently moisten them when needed. He also mentioned one could pre-moisten the potting mix prior to placing the cutting. Don't drown your rooted cuttings. But don't let them ever totally dry out either. Find the happy medium.

I've never tried sand, however, I've used perlite successfully. It's much lighter and retains moisture. I would definitely bury the cutting so it it's surrounded by moisture. Laying on top would not work or would maybe grow weak roots in my opinion.

I have a video for that too. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqhdh9metNCnfaM.html&ab_channel=AllAboutFigs

It provides more aeration and lessens (not prevent) the chance of mold.

@@FigGrowersSociety thank u so much for sharing this vital info, 🙏

@@robertng4286 You are very welcome! Thank you for the kind words.

Yes, absolutely. Use the most recent branches for better success rate. They will be more viable. Good luck!

@@FigGrowersSociety awesome. Can I propagate them using CLONEX gel and seed starting peat pellets? I keep seeing people post videos of propagating fig cuttings using sand but I have mulch compost, perlite and seed starting pellets at home. And I’m too lazy to go to Lowe’s to buy sand.

@@medi8057 I have used Clonex and it works for fig cuttings. What you have should work fine. I would opt for a perlite/soil mix over sand. It keeps a good balance of breathability and reduces the chance for mold. Not sure about the pellets but I'd advise you allow at least 2" of space around the cutting to allow enough room for roots. Hope that helps. Happy to answer any other questions you have!

@@FigGrowersSociety thanks a lot for your advice. I will try that. Do you usually plant the cuttings into the ground or do you lay them down onto the soil? I’ve seen people lay the cuttings flat onto the soil inside a plastic Tupperware and just spray some water on them and keep them closed. While others just plant them into the soil like any other plant. Sorry for the million questions. I usually do a lot with plants but I have never done anything with fig trees.

@@medi8057 I simply put them in a bed of mix and monitor moisture. Just like you mentioned, I'll spray with water if the mix starts to dry out. This video is my method. As they get more roots, they transition to pots and sometimes into the ground. You can certainly lay them in the ground and they'll have a good chance of growing too! They're very forgiving once you know what they need. I'll be more active with posting new videos this year which should be helpful to new growers. I have a video I'm almost done editing that should be published in about 2 weeks. Again, happy to help anytime!