Has anyone used an Aeroponic Cloner to propagate fig cuttings.
I just built one, and will be testing it on new growth next season (I am told that they have successfully cloned fig cuttings and grape cuttings of current season growth)
They could not tell me of any success with dormant cuttings, they only suggested to mist less, and air more in between cycles.
For those who haven't seen an aeroponic cloner, an example can be found here.
The concept seems to address many of the rooting issue problems that I have read in the forums.
Any comments?

I believe Martin, "Dieseler" has built one of these?  There is a thread about it around here somewhere.

are these threads related:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3649806&highlight=bubbles

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4612618&highlight=bubbles

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4709007&highlight=bubbles

I bought an aero cloner and used it but with very little success.
Them pot growers must be experts cause i seen them in pictures useing system.
But for me after tearing system down and restarting everything to no avail i sold it on ebay .
For me personaly there are much easier methods with higher success rate for me that is.
But i tried and it was fun either way.
Others im sure can do it's just not for me.

Martin, I know I've probably already told you this, but your penchant for experimentation is admirable.  I've learned a lot from the little off-the-wall experiments you carry out here and there.  I'm glad you share with everyone else all of the wacky ideas you have.

Thanks everyone, it seems that for dormant hardwood cuttings, it may be difficult.
I am going to give it a try with new growth that is pinched off, and see how it takes in the spring.

I have built and used both hydroponic and aeroponic cloners to use in some fig propagation studies. Aeroponic cloners work much better. IMO it is not worth the trouble for novices to use in rooting fig cuttings. You will likely get a lower success rate unless you know how to optimize the system.  Other fig rooting methods work just fine.

Thanks Dan, and everyone else for your comments, I built it now, I will find a use for it!

Hey Robert, I do have an aeroponic Cloner thats been in the box for almost a year now and think it too will be up for sale soon. I find there are  much easier methods of rooting hardwood cuttings for me any potting soil & perlite works wonders and after Jon posted the new Improved baggie method Its been working so well that I dont plan on using any other method. 

I've been thinking.....I've seen several pictures of fig cuttings that have been rooted in water.  It looks like the cutting roots very well right at the water line.  Might that be the cutting's way of getting oxygen, having those top rootsstick up out of the water just a tad?

That's one reason aeroponics works better at getting oxygen gas in the rooting  zone. A well designed aeroponic system will only deliver a mist of a certain particle size. However, it is important to keep in mind that the "TYPE" of roots that form on those cuttings in an hydroponic or aeroponic environment are not the same type of feeder roots that form in soil. In other words, IMO there is NO ADVANTAGE to the novice rooter in using one of these systems for rooting fig cuttings because the cloner roots will have to change "function" in the soil mixture. One can lose plants in that process. Fewer plants are lost with other propagation methods.

But it sure is fun experiment. My mist generator also has a RED light which colors the misty fog red......real neat looking when it is running. It is a pleasure to watch that thing running and the cuttings responding......it just is not needed for those easy to root fig cuttings.

Dan

Hi Noss,
you can refer to this thread if curious about fig rooting in water i mention .

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4905146&highlight=roots+water

The roots created in water are not as tender as one might have thought once they grow a little and they have taken in my potting soil mix i use with no problem , i did recall as posted in that thread my grandmother rooting them this way and seeing the vases filled with roots as a child.

Anyways it has worked for me and yes some do root right at the water line and some do not , some root faster some take there time . Just like rooting with other methods some take faster some no.

I might mention for me and me only it worked and im growing some that were firm green sticks to begine with as seen in the thread.
Its fun if you have a few pieces to spare to try .

Meantime i have some plants indoors growing while we have several inches of Snow on the ground . Yes i said snow its winter.  ; )
Keeps me going thru winter thinking and enjoying fig plants till i can pull the adults ones out of storage.