So last week I decided to put six of my fig trees in-ground.

Then it started raining several days ago. Hasn't stopped and will likely continue for a while to come...  I have about 3" of standing water in my yard and I can just feel the trees a'drowning....

My Brown Turkey and Green Ischia, both in the ground for a couple of years (over a decade for the BT) are drooped over and suffering...

Wondering if I should take an emergency cutting or two off of each one in case I lose the trees. Is this something feasable at this time of the year?

Have a few more in pots. They are going to stay in pots. 

Bleh.

Rain Rain go away. 

Hi James
That's something you should do every year for a backup, you never know what can happen over the winter? Good luck.
Vito

Grasa was nice enough to give away a bunch of fresh cuttings recently, and they are rooting like champs, so I say take some cuttings while you can!

Hi NativeSun,
Hunt for root-suckers - that is if your trees are not grafted.
Else try airl-layering or rooting green cuttings.
If you feel that the trees won't make it, definitively propagate them before it is too late .

Dang, sorry to hear that.  You guys in north Florida have been getting hammered by that stalled front.

Can you trench and drain the water away from the trees? Since they are inground only a week I'd pull them back out and pot them quickly if you can't trench. Next time mound up the dirt a couple feet (raised bed) and plant in the mound. Make sure its planted a couple feet at least above the high water mark.

Thats Actually what I did (took them back up). Ill be working on a French Drain this weekend. Im hoping the trees will be ok but I took two cuttings off each one today and started them on their way to being baby trees just in case