After 2 weeks in a shoe box with a damp coco coir, it is the time to move to a 26 oz cup and enjoy the CA weather outside !

It is a local El Molino/Patlican cutting, collected on a sunny side of the tree.
The sunnier side cuttings root about 2 weeks sooner then from a shade (~4 weeks).

I like it that the leaves wait until the roots are ready! That's how it is supposed to be.

The mix I came up with was 1-1-0.5 (perlite-floor dry-coco coir). I moistened it with a 1/2 strength diluted in water Dyna-Gro liquid fertilizer. Will see.

Good job rooting.  Why a 26 oz cup and not a gallon or more?   

Looking good, Igor.  Appears to be very strong.

Nice information!
I didn't know sunny side cuttings were stronger!
Thanks.

Interesting results! That cutting looks extremely healthy. I saw your post on the "El Molino" fig and it looks very promising...the pictures of the interior makes my mouth water!

I'd like to know how your new mix works out! Thanks for sharing

Thanks, guys!

I like the cup vs a bin. It allows me to move them wherever. Seeing I don't use any sort of a grow setup it's handy. I have a variety of cover cups with a variety of perforation to meet the needs of each plant.

Greenfig
Good work.

Looking at the picture; did you notice there was an effortless chance of cutting off a baby plant near the bottom left to pot separately.

Wow, nice roots!  Just 2 weeks?  I wish my cuttings would do that!

Congratulations, greenfig!  Very nice job, great roots!  I'd also separate that extra little plant.  Nice bonus.

Separate or not to separate, that is the question! :)

I think I will not. The little guy will have a hard time surviving even in the SoCal in December.
I against growing it indoors. Tried it last year, didn't like it. Too much hassle, gnats, too dry, etc.

I will leave it on, it may grow and I will have a stem for an air layer!

Have you set out newly rooted cuttings this time of year before? Do you get any frost at all? I've been afraid to leave them outside at that size. Maybe I've been worrying for nothing? I've also been potting them in at least 5 gallon once they are going to be exposed to either very hot or very cold, with my reasoning being that the additional mass will help protect the roots from extreme temperatures.

I have over 100 cuttings in my vegetable crisper right now that I would love to root ASAP, but I was waiting until I could either make space indoors with grow lights, or until I get my greenhouse assembled. If you say that you've put cuttings like this one out in winter temps (assuming you get occasional overnight frosts like I do), then I'm going to get started rooting this weekend.

Paul,

Thanks for asking!
I have had no frost over the past 10 years. Because of this feature of my local weather, I potted up the newly rooted cuttings and kept them outside last year too.
The only thing I protect them from is the rain (like we had yesterday), I move all the cups under a cover. The temperature these days hovers between 55 (night) and 75 (day).
After the cups, they go into 1 or 2 gal pots. I wouldn't have enough room on my property if I transplanted that many cups into the 5 gal pots.
The fastest growers move into the 5 gals some time in the summer though.

In my case, I rooted 1 or 2 cuttings out of all new ones I acquired now, that would be about 50 or so cuttings. The rest I sealed and put in a fridge until the Spring (if the current cutting doesn't make it) or to trade later.
I do not root many duplicates since I am still trialing the varieties for the ones I would like to grow in the ground.
If I like it, I keep it, if not (it doesn't mean the fig is bad, it simply means my taste preference is different), I give it away.

As I mentioned, I really dislike starting the figs indoors. Rooting is OK but not to keep gazillions of cups and fighting with gnats over them.

Congratulations!  May you overflow with plants and figs.

Aaron,
Free is only the cheese in a mousetrap :)

The cutting is doing good, I see no valid reason to stress it!
Besides, I potted it up already.
Do you want one?

Igor,
Look what became of Charlie's single nude cuttings :)
Great success.
I'm not familiar with that El Molino/Patlican variety.
Is it a Turkish fig?

It might be Turkish, I am not an expert on the Turkish figs.
Regardless of the pedigree, that is a very fine fig

i just read your thread on it, looks really good variety.
Yes I want one ;)

Igor, I enjoyed reading about this fig. PM'ed you just in case you have extras or cuttings in the fall you'd like to trade.