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25" Desert King cutting

Planted in a large pot, no cup rooting for this baby!

Thank you, Slavi!

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Great job Grasa. Pretty soon you will see an explosion of roots

Jennifer

That's a beauty Grasa...best of luck.

How many different types of figs are you going to graft on to it?

I am not grafting this one - not yet!  Agreed, it is a beauty- hope it continues to be.

Nice branch...er... cutting.  ;)

Very nice, best of luck

Grasa how did you do it?

I have a 4 feet and thick branch cutting, i put it in a 1gal water bottle
hopping that will root
Can you give me any tips please on how you did yours?

By the way, how does that desert king test like and will it grow
on zore 6b?


George


Thank you

George, I moisted color ink newspaper as many says that is good, I have no saying on it, just did, I crumbled the moist paper on the upper 3 branches and put a green inner plastic bag ( from Amazon) they send veggies in these bags, they are not totally air tight  then I scored and dipped in my powder hormone and made rolled about 4 inches of it in a thin layer of moist spagnum moss (making a fat pipe - like smoker's pipe it was about 1 1/2" in diameter with the cutting inside than, I wrapped in crumbled newspaper with moist, but just the sides, leaving the very bottom of the cutting exposed . The I put the bottom half of the cutting inside of another plastic bag from Amazon and  semi closed it to keep that limited moist inside. I put it upsidedown next to my other plants near heating vent ( my house is not that warm) I opened for air every 3 days or so, and put it upside down again, until I saw the tip trying to leaf, so I put it sideways for the last week or so  it rooted in about 2 and half weeks. 

I am happy with this, because not all my cuttings root, I have a lot of rot and gnats eating them - so, this is amazing and I am super happy w/ it

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Originally Posted by Grasa
George, I moisted color ink newspaper as many says that is good, I have no saying on it, just did, I crumbled the moist paper on the upper 3 branches and put a green inner plastic bag ( from Amazon) they send veggies in these bags, they are not totally air tight  then I scored and dipped in my powder hormone and made rolled about 4 inches of it in a thin layer of moist spagnum moss (making a fat pipe - like smoker's pipe it was about 1 1/2" in diameter with the cutting inside than, I wrapped in crumbled newspaper with moist, but just the sides, leaving the very bottom of the cutting exposed . The I put the bottom half of the cutting inside of another plastic bag from Amazon and  semi closed it to keep that limited moist inside. I put it upsidedown next to my other plants near heating vent ( my house is not that warm) I opened for air every 3 days or so, and put it upside down again, until I saw the tip trying to leaf, so I put it sideways for the last week or so  it rooted in about 2 and half weeks. <BR><BR>I am happy with this, because not all my cuttings root, I have a lot of rot and gnats eating them - so, this is amazing and I am super happy w/ it


Thank you, i will try that,
I will also try to find a desert king fig cutting, i hear that
it's a very tasty fig tree.

Wat is the reason that you put it upside down?

Last year I bought some grape vines and the seller told me to put them upsidedown, I researched and found this video:

  it made sense, so I started doing with some of my fig tree cuttings, I found that it seems to work the same way.  I don't get roots all over. I also trim the bottom cut just below a node - about 1/4".  I am not sure it is necessary, but seems to work. Good luck with yours.

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Last year I bought some grape vines and the seller told me to put them upsidedown, I researched and found this video:<BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcCfxSEsA6A" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcCfxSEsA6A</A>  it made sense, so I started doing with some of my fig tree cuttings, I found that it seems to work the same way.  I don't get roots all over. I also trim the bottom cut just below a node - about 1/4".  I am not sure it is necessary, but seems to work. Good luck with yours.


Very interesting Grasa

Thanks for the information, i will try that technique .

George.

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