Here is a picture of some cuttings from another Salt Lake tree, that the owners enclose in a plywood box for winter. It seems like it's leaves did curl up during a light frost that left the other trees around town that I know of undamaged. The figs from this tree are larger than those from the hardier unknown white, but are quite similar in sweetness and taste. Yellow skin, amber pulp.

I wonder why there are so many little white fuzzy spots and no real roots yet, after about 2 weeks.

Not sure, but the fuzz might be mold...

bluesguy I'm glad you asked that question. A while back that topic came up and I don't remember anyone coming up with an answer. I started some new cuttings on Monday of this week and on 2 of the three of one type have the same thing. What ever it is it is soft and mushy. The cuttings were cleaned with dawn dish soap and then treated with bleach. I don't remember if the other person that ask for help in identifying ever posted the end result of his cuttings as to weather they rooted or not. I hope someone has an answer.

Actually, the three cuttings in the picture are the second group of these fall cuttings that I have tried to root. The first group had 4 sticks, and one of those is definitely rooted, while a second probably is and the other two still might. I don't see or smell any sign of mold. The one that rooted for sure (showing on sides of clear cup) had these fuzzy soft root initials on it too. So did some of this other kind of fig cutting for about a week, and then real roots showed up and now 3 out of 4 of them show roots in the cup.

I'll post some pictures of the rooted ones soon.

Tom, thanks for the info, it encouraging. I let you know the progress mine make.

Tom, the same thing is happening with 3 of my cuttings I started about 3 weeks ago. Lots of nubbies/ white stuff but no real roots yet. In all of them the buds started to open. Yesterday I potted the one who had the biggest bud. The other 2 I left them in the bag. I'll see what happen.
Pat

bluesguy,
I have noticed that some of my fig twigs acted like that too.

The whole twig seems to be covered with little popcorn fluff.
The skin/bark splits and the white stuff bursts open.
It is NOT mold. It later turns an ugly brown.
Some roots may develop, but not from all.

I am not sure why, but I recall that it happened on certain
fig varieties (did not happen on  others started under same
conditions), and it tends to be more pronounced if the
twig is on the more "green" and/or "very-wet" side.

[BTW, the top node part of the top twig, seems to be rotten
for a totally different reason.]

These are the pics of my cuttings. The one I potted up doesn't have roots just buds.