I didn't get as much of a coating as you, I grated my fresh and had a light coating, still looks positive, we will see if they root or not.

Chivas, it will be interesting to see if you get as fast results as Aaron did...although I suspect the variety of cutting may something to do with rooting speed. Please let us know how it works for you.

I am worried about the growth above going faster than the rooting itself, look at those figlets popping up everywhere, such a shame. I also injected fresh mix of Cinnamon water into my Apple Air layerings, lets see what happens. :x

this was last night, I found out that tops are growing faster then rooting process, so, I washed the old Cinnamon away and re sprinkled Cinnamon only on the half of the group and re-wrapped them in new wet paper towels and zip-locked them... lets see which group does better.
* No sign of fungus for what's so ever ;)
 

I'm definitely going to experiment with this with some cuttings in Jon's Uline bag method. 

On a side note, ya'll seem particularly concerned about fungus gnats.  Are they a problem, or just annoying?  I've been seeing them on my plants but figured once I get them to the point of potting them and removing the humidity cover, they'll all die when the soil moisture dries up on the surface.  Should I be concerned?
Timothy

fungus gnat adults are annoying, but their larvae are a problem.  They will eat plant roots.

timmy2green, fungus gnats are a huge problem.  You see one, it could already be too late.  You definitely need to proactivly protect your indoor plants (including all growing fig cuttings) with BT.  If you water, make sure you do it with BT.

Aside from that, I'm going to get a huge bag of cinnamon.  I think Winco sells it bulk.  I'm sure Cardenas has it pretty cheap.  I'm going to try it on everything!  Edibles and non!  I hope gophers choke on it because I'm going to stick it down their holes also!  I need to re-read the thread because we have gazillions of snakes, and one is the rattler.  A huge one lunged at me last summer, but he missed, and I ran.  I surprised him.  They don't waste time.  The kings and gopher snakes do a good job killing rodents.

I love this thread!!

Suzi

Suzi, for snakes... hang bunch of garlic in corners of your property, 8 inches above ground. thats what we used to do in Cyprus. they never come into your property, i think they really hate the smell

Aaron, that could be difficult.  1.5 acres with various corners, and huge boulders with cracks where the snakes hide, not to mention all the gopher/vole holes and tunnels where they also hide.  How do you determine a corner?  I'm cool with the garlic.  I plant every clove with a green shoot.

Suzi

lucky you... i'm sitting only on 14,800 sf lot including the house ;/

So, if you water the recently planted rooted cuttings with some cinnamon water , will you get the leaves sooner?

Suzi, I know you're not advising to water my plants with Brown Turkey, hehe, but what is BT?  I may not be able to fix my embarrassment when I hear the obvious answer to this, but hopefully I can at least fix those dang gnats.  Time to go to war!

By the way, I had a moldy cutting last night and I cut off the top moldy part, ran under water and rolled in cinnamon and rebagged in same soil mix.  Let's see what happens!  I'll post pics as soon as I can get them off my wife's phone.

Out of several baggies of cuttings, I had 3-4 that were getting mold. Then I read this post and rubbed them all with Cinnamon. That was 2 weeks ago and I've not had any mold since. This seems to stop mold in its tracts!

Gene, you are right, Cinnamon=MoldBeGone :)

Armando, Cinnamon tee spray sounds much healthier then soap water :)

GreenFig, Cinnamon seems to give a strong boost to the growth and fruit, but... as I noticed and also this Orchid guy in the above vid clip mentions Cinnamon might also be a root inhibitor? Now I am starting to worry... look at my cuttings above, no roots yet green part all over and little figlets almost on every one of the cuttings.

Timmy2green, I think Cinnamon tee would work for gnats if you irrigate the containers with it then after an hr irrigate again with clear water so it doesn't harm the freshly formed roots, the gnads will definitely vanish. 

I take BT is a pesticide? why bother

timmy2green - BT is a commonly used organic pesticide, short for Bacillus thuringiensis, which is a bacteria that gets ingested by various worms, grubs, larvae, caterpillars and kills them by a natural chemical it produces inside their guts.

Usually as a home gardener you can buy BTK for worms and fungus gnats.  In the us you can buy Monterrey Garden Spray which has spinosad in it (also made from a naturally occurring soil fungus but this formulation is not done organically)  I haven't tried it on fungus gnats but it kills loopers and thrips (depends on if the thrips are resistant or not).  Check the label on the BT if it will control fungus gnats, some sub species are better than others, in the greenhouse we use Vectobac instead of Bioprotect (loopers) even though they are both bacillus thuringiensis, they are different sub species and have a bit more effectiveness on different pests.

Marianna,
Thanks for starting this Topic.
I haven't tried cinnamon, but have used Peroxide spray and Baking Soda spray as fungicides. I will be trying a simple controlled test to see if it actually combats fungus (mold) growth. Thanks again.

Greenfig, I was thinking the same thing of using it to produce growth where i have potted cuttings with roots but no top growth at all.

Anyone know where BT is usually sold?  Lowe's, etc. or retail nurseries?

Wow, great tip for rooting. I knew honey was a good one, but never heard of cinnamon for it. Just be aware though that the cinnamon usually sold in the US is not true cinnamon but is actually Cassia. They are different from each other. There are measures you can take to get true cinnamon (which works better on ants I've heard than cassia). BTW, most cinnamon STICKS are still usually cassia! You can look up the pictures to see the comparisons. Then again, cassia is related and has similar properties. Maybe these recommendations were unknowingly made while implementing cassia anyway!


Timmy2Green, you mean BT as in Bacillus thuringiensis, right? I've searched long and hard because of issues with fungus gnats, and it is very expensive to get a strong dose. I'll let you in on a secret though ; ). Look up this stuff called Microbe Lift BMC. You can find it for anywhere between $15 and $25 and it is SUPER concentrated. It is sold in the pond/water garden market to treat for mosquito larvae, so each tiny bottle can treat around 500 gallons! Literally, you can put just a few drops in a gallon of dechlorinated water for your plants.

Timothy,
BTi ( Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis) is the Active ingredient in Mosquito Dunks. Mosquito Dunks are available in most chain stores, including Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart. there are many subspecies of BT, the only one proven effective against Fungus Gnats is BTi.

http://www.summitchemical.com/mosquito/

Thanks Pete.