Propagating Fig Cuttings

[swincher]

@Boizeau

Up here in the Puget Sound lowlands
it’s not quite warm enough to root figs well outdoors.
I use a heat mat and start them indoors.

I’ve had basically 100% success starting fig cuttings in the ground outdoors here in Seattle, even with our unusually cold spring this year. I posted in the other thread this spring after these four appeared to have rooted successfully:

Rooting fig cuttings

As promised, here are cuttings that I stuck in the ground about a month and a half ago, all of which still seem to be alive after a very cool and rainy April and May so far: [PXL_20220507_213139202] [PXL_20220507_213102919] [PXL_20220507_213047235.MP] [PXL_20220507_213024810] Thank you again for the cuttings, @etheth32992!

Here’s what they look like today (probably should’ve given them more fertilizer this summer), so some day this will be a 4-in-1 fig tree: