I found some good information on the LSU fig.

http://figs4fun.com/Info/Info_LSU_Purple.html

Some other thoughts. LSU Purple is not patented and I will be trying to take some cuttings this weekend.

My Lemon fig may be a Marseilles.

We just cut a branch and stuck it in some topsoil in a pot and left it in the garden all summer. The funny thing is that I brought it inside around Boxing Day to show a friend and left it under the dual 6w LED grow lights and the 13w LED grow panel (used for keeping my Key Lime indoors in the winter) and the bare wood started putting out huge leaves (over 6" in diameter) and a baby fig has been growing for a couple of weeks. Its now about 1.2" in diameter and growing.

[quote="SeaHorse_Fanatic"].....a baby fig has been growing for a couple of weeks....{/quote]

You should remove the fig and let all the energy go to root formation.

I use a technique called air rooting or layering. Once the tree has some leaves and is growing for the season, I take a cottage cheese container and drill 1/2'" holes about 1/2"from the bottom of the container opposite each other.

Then, I cut a slit down to the holes. I put the container on a low branch that has leaves, new shoots, close to the ground and close to the branch it is coming from. Then I scrape the bark from branch, add a few slits (in the direction of the branch, and sometimes I put a rooting hormone on the branch.

Then I slip the container onto the branch and use duct tape to close the slits on the container. So, the container is surrounding the branch with the sliced bark. Then I add my potting mix and in about a month, the container is root-bound and time to remove.

Cut the newly rooted branch close to the trunk (or branch) leaving a branch with a cottage cheese container attached. Remove the tape and remove the container. I use 5 gallon buckets with 3/16 holes in the bottom for drainage and let the cuttings grow in the bucket for a full year, wintering over in a protected location.

I brought 4 cuttings in 5 gallon containers from NJ back in April and transplanted them in August. They did not go into shock as I expected them, but maintained their structure until the weather got cold. The just dropped their leaves about 4 weeks ago. In the spring I expect them to be fine and start to push out new growth.

mcsincnj,

Thanks for the post. Please update us next Spring.

Nothing is more easy to root, than a fig !

Just take any part any time put it into soil and it will grow.

Even green parts during growing.