This will be my first time rooting figs. I have a few sticks in a damp mix of perlite and top soil.
As I understand, figs have a high chance of rooting even if I really mess up, but I want to maximize my odds
Thank you!
Yes to 2 and 3 but I’ve seen some experiments that showed adding rooting hormone actually decreased rooting chance, but not sure if that’s been “proven”
I would recommend the fig pop method, it’s well documented all over the internet
Are you using dormant, hardwood cuttings for the Jujube? Any roots yet?
I have a bucket of used sweet pdz (zeolite) that I use for litter under the roosts of my chicken coop. Anyone ever try this for rooting cuttings?
I got 100% rooting success with this method across maybe 20-30 cuttings and it was low effort so I’m going to keep doing this.
I had them in shade and on an automatic watering system in gallon pots. Some I had 2-3 sticks in one pot and some were just 1-2 sticks in a pot. I could have up-potted them a while ago (and probably should have) but I didn’t have the time to do it. Am doing it now as I get time.
Some I’ll give away to some friends and family that I’ve promised them to, some I’ll donate to an upcoming CRFG plant sale.
And then I will start a bunch more 
I rooted some tiny, green-wood suckers on my Black Sea jujube with pretty good success over the summer. They only problem is they’re such small pieces that they’ve had a really slow start. (Leaving them out in the winter didn’t help either). This is one of the larger ones I started:
Nice. Just what I need, yet another route to make myself more trees. lol
It turned out that the jujube leaves emerged and stayed green for a couple of months, but nothing was happening below the soil…just rotted out eventually.
That seems to be common with some plant varieties. The fact that it pushes leaves does hint that it’s possible. Was the soil sufficiently warm during the attempt? I’ll probably give it a go in the greenhouse this summer. See it very warm soil make a difference. I was able to root feijoa in a greenhouse when all other attempts failed.
They were on heat mats the whole time, wrapped in parafilm above the soil line…probably scraped or scored a bit near the end in the soil with the use of rooting hormone.
Roots visible on both my edible persistent 404-55 Capri Q-DFIC 126 caprifig cuttings. 100% success as it seems. Wanting to experiment with breeding a more cold hardy fig(s).
I havent tried that yet. Had my best success using mostly diatomaceous earth. Zeolite shouldnt be too far off IMHO.
We’re testing three different temperatures for rooting fig cuttings. This is our first time rooting figs, and are interested to see if one method works better/worse for us.
The batch inside the house at 70F is the first to pop buds. Not even a bud really, a breba fig. No idea if there are roots yet.
We’ve had these Chicago Hardy figs since 2020 and they have never made a breba crop before. Of course, now that we’ve gone and pruned back much the trees, this is what shows up!
I’ve noticed that when i set my heat mats to 80, they’re happiest
Anyone dealt with a cutting that’s gotten a ton of roots and two above ground buds, that look fine, but just aren’t sprouting? Can it send up a vegetative shoot from below somewhere or is it just going to sputter out eventually?
Is that 80F at the mat, or 80F at a temp probe in the rooting medium?
I’ve gone through that and eventually the fig just started turning red and dying/died. It sucks because normally the roots is the security. I wouldn’t give up on it.
I also have three that I rooted last fall and left out all winter. The wood is shriveled and dead this spring. I wrote them off but didn’t toss them and they suckered from under the soil.
Temp probe in the middle of the pot
I had that with VDB. 1 month of roots before any top growth but it did take off eventually.
