Wow G, you are doing something right. I just put them outside to take these pics so you can see how bad they look.....no diff than when I got them. Some tips are light green but won't do anything. They are in half peet 1/2 perlite (more perlite I think). Not dry - not too wet None have roots started.







Most have no green at all. SB, the 2 or 3 nicely rooted ones I sent you were branches cut off & stuck in same pot outside - full sun - no rooting hormone. Go figure!

at this point, I think im just going to stick to seed-grown fruit (thanks Patty for the Naranjilla again! its so cute!), huckleberries, and strawberry blite this year.

cant win em all.

SSE has a great list of figs, FYI. theyre not free, but theyre from other enthusiasts.

What is SSE?

Patty,
SSE is the Seed Savers Exchange: http://www.seedsavers.org/
It's a non-profit group promoting seed saving, heirloom varieties, and seed exchanges. They have a commercial seed catalog that's open to the public where they sell some very popular heirloom vegetable seeds; then they also publish a yearly catalog in Jan/Feb for members only that lists what all the various members have to offer to other members. There's a still a fee to request seeds from another member to cover postage and handling. Also there are two sets of prices, one for members who are currently offering something in the catalog, and another set of prices to members who aren't (slightly more expensive). When one orders something, it's highly encouraged that one grow it out and then reoffer it in a future catalog. In addition to seeds, some members offers scions of fruit trees like apples and figs, etc. In this year's catalog about half to 2 thirds of the fig offerings are by Jon (aka pitangadiego on the GW fig forum). He has a large collection that he's gathered from UC-Davis and elsewhere that he's offering for the first time in this catalog. SSE is a very good organization, and I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from joining -- but if it's only figs that you're interested in, I would suggest hanging out a bit on the GW fig forum because quite a bit of trading goes on there behind the scenes.

Thanks Gene, I do remember hearing about Seed Savers Exchange a while ago. I saw (read) Jon's huge collection of his figs, but I will not go on GW as many here will not do either.

Patty, I remember my dad rooting figs-- someone had told him when to do it and I certainly don't remember, but he took cuttings from our trees sometime in the fall-- the cuttings were branch tips about 12 to 15 inches long (without leaves)-- he tied the cuttings up in a bundle and buried them in a trench about 6 inches deep for the winter. In the spring--again I don"t remember when, but it was after last frost, he dug them up. Every one of them had a white callous ring at the base where it had been cut-- he planted the cuttings directly in the ground and pretty much every one of them grew.

All I know is that I rooted figs winter, spring, summer, fall, & they all were fine. I think these fig cuttings from Davis were bad cuttings - due to the frost they got or something else.
Eyecker, you must be lucky!
Does anyone think that if I cut some of bottom off & start over, maybe they will grow??!!
Where is Anton? I know he got a bunch of cuttings last year. I think I will PM him. Want to know how his grew.
SB, do your cuttings look as bad as mine? (hope not)

My cuttings don't look very good at all. They are all under tents and in shade with bottom heat. I don't have my hopes up.

OTOH, I have many nice little 1/4"-3/8" figs on my established trees! Thanks, Patty!

eyeckr does have the green thumb. Good for you! Mine do not have any roots yet. Some of the ends are even shriveling/ drying up. Not a good sign. The leaves on the panachee looks very different from a typical fig leaf. I'll keep you all posted if I see any changes.
I do have 2 cuttings in water that DO seem to have roots. Maybe about an 1/8" long. The thing is that I have noticed when you root in water, these roots are very weak & break right off. Vinny

Oh Vinny, I would not root figs in water,,,at least I never have. I tell ya - Iv'e jus stuck cuttings in soil & it worked fine. Good luck to you.

SB...I'm so happy yours are doing well! You can let the breba crop ripen or you can cut them off (like Eyecker said). I cut mine off... leaving more room & time for the REAL crop to come. I had good luck with this last year. .. many ripe figs in Sept!
My breba crop never came in other years.... never ripened, or fell off - so it's best for us Northerners to clip them off to give energy to next (main) crop.
Eyecker, you have the right idea to clip off those Breba figs that are started now. That's what I will do ( on my main crop). I don't think any of my new cuttings will make it...don't know why.

Thanks Vinny! Stressbaby it sounds like you got the right set up w/ the bottom heat and all so I don't know why it's not working. My "propagator" is a simple clear storage bin with a heat mat and florescent light that I attached to the lid. Whenever I water the cuttings I leave the lid ajar for a day or two to let out the excess moisture. Otherwise its snapped closed which keeps the humidity levels high. I keep the light on about 12hrs day or more on a timer. This little contraption has worked well for many different types of cuttings including citrus.

I think I'm giving up on my cuttings. They all look the same...DEAD!

Patty, I know how you feel, let down to say the least! Less than half of mine are not yet wrinkled and dried up like the others . Besides the 2 in water, I have seen no roots yet. This Saturday will be 4 weeks. I usually see something by 4-6 weeks. Good luck. Vinny

Vinny, I just now pulled about 7 up & put them in water since yours are rooting that way. It's a last chance to save some. Well, at least they were free!

Yeah, at least it was for free. Hey, look at it this way. If none take, then you won't have to worry about that fig mosaic virus effecting your other babies . Good luck. Vinny