SB. They send out unrooted cuttings. Figs are not too hard to root. As far as the other cuttings they offer, I'm not sure if getting them to root is easy or not. I usually just stick the end in rooting hormone & stick in a well drained mixture & keep moist. You mentioned some kind of dip. I'm not quite sure what that is. Vinny

Thanks, Vinnie. I was thinking also of researching some of the pomegranates to see if any are dwarf varieties and how well they might root. SB

I have heard about cuttings from UCDavis for few yrs now. Anyone can order them -- I just did! LOL
They send unrooted cuttings - probably green. Put them in a moist well drained medium and preferrably on top of a heating pad, your pc monitor or anyplace w/ some bottom heat. No direct sun, and maybe cover with a plastic tent. If I'm wrong, then someone correct me.
15-16 months ago, I cut a branch off & stuck it in same pot & it rooted right away--no bottom heat.
I remember people on that 'old' fig forum saying they got their fig cuttings from UC Davis --around June. You can get either winter or summer cuttings. Winter ones are shipped in Dec. I mailed my order yest.
Now,.. where am I going to put them? Hmmmmm
Patty
Thanks again Vinny!

I'll research the kiwis and pomegranates and see if any are suitable for indoor or container culture and if easily rooted. If so, would you like me to post back?

(Anybody who knows already is welcome to post here and save me the trouble!) SB

Yes, post back & let us know what you find. Thanks!!

Here is what I've found...

Pomegranates. There is Punica granatum 'Nana,' the widely available Dwarf Pomegranate. Apparently tis not very tasty but a nice dwarf variety to 3 feet. I found that dwarf "varieties" (plural) are available, but deep into a Google search I have yet to find any sort of list of them. One source said that none of the dwarf poms are good tasting. Now for the good news: apparently several good-tasting poms get only to 6 or 8 feet in height, they are easily trained to a lower height with pruning, and most can be kept in containers.

On the propagations of poms, I found that cuttiings root easily BUT the best way is to use dormant winter cuttings with bottom heat...so I won't be putting any poms on my list this spring...perhaps best to submit another request for dormant cuttings before December 1st.

Kiwis can be propagated from cuttings, but of course they are dioecious so you have to have male and female trees. The most popular Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward' (the only A. deliciosa cultivar available from UC-Davis) is a female with a long chilling requirement of 800 hours below 45*F. This won't sit well with my Lychee 'Brewster' I'm afraid. Failure to meet the chilling requirement means retention of leaves and failure to flower or set fruit. There are cultivars with a lesser chilling requirement but these are not available from UC-Davis. SB

I have Punica granatum 'Nana' and sell it as a ornamental. (I have a few others as well). They root easily as hardwood cuttings and as greenwood also. I normally do the the green cuttings under mist, but I think they would root in any sort of improvised tent, such as a plastic bag. The fruit of the "Nana" I have tastes ok but is small - maybe as big as a plum. Also, the fruit is interesting looking and most people would want to keep it on the plant for it's ornamental value.

I was told that Nana is easy from seed and blooms early. I have started some as a experiment and they are doing fine so far.

Ned

Hey, thanks SB & Ned. All very interesting stuff. Makes me want to grow them except I have no room LOL.
Maybe someday!!
Patty

Vinny, IBA is a hormone used to aid rooting in herbaceous and woody cuttings.

I went ahead and put in requests for Alma, Celeste, Excel, Flanders, Genoa White, Ischia Black, Ischia Green, Osborn Prolific, Panachee, Verte, and Calimyrna. Why not? Lets report back in June/July with whatever we receive and rooting results. SB

Hi Ned. Thanks for the Russian Giant you left with me. We will see how it does. I planted it out back in the corner with the Early St. Anne & Changsha...

Hi Laaz, are the first 2 you mentioned both figs? I never heard of them, but then I never heard of half of what I ordered LOL.
Here's what I ordered:
Alma
Black Fig 1
Giant Amber
Celeste
Excel
Ischia Black
Kadota 1
Kalamata
Mission
Monstrueuse
Nazarti
Persistant Capri 271-1
Santa Cruz Dark
Violette De Bordeaux
White Texas Everbearing
and a hybrid called 'Selection 315-1
Anyone ever grow any of these or tasted any? Thanks,
Patty.....can't wait till June!

Hi Patty. No the Russian Giant is a Pomegranate. The other two are Mandarins.

Thought I'd check the roots on my biggest fig tree (6ft) now before all the buds leaf out. I don't have a bigger pot so because it was root bound--- had to cut off 8-10 inches. Roots were 2 1/2ft...pot is 13x13x13deep

It's now comfy in same pot. I potted UP on all other figgies.

Patty, that looks like some healthy roots. Lets hope you get rewarded with a nice crop of tasty ones this year! Do you usually get 2 crops out of your plants? Vinny

Are there any other use of fig tree fruit other that eating them fresh?
EZ gave me one and it is a prolific bearer and last summer I transferred it to the ground. It is getting much bigger and I know it will bear a lot lore fruit more than I can handle.