Greetings All

i wanted to seek some Forum advise on the next step for this wild Carini cutting that I have going. Just a few weeks ago, I received a few Carini cuttings and promptly put them in moist perlite, in a humidity chamber, in the dark on a heat mat at about 70 degrees F.

Roots appeared pretty quickly, a baby figlet popped, a new leaf shoot, as well as roots at the very top of the cutting! I ve kept it like this for another week, and roots, leaves, fig continue to grow.

So, I'm seeking some good (free) advice on my next step with this out of control cutting!

Here are a few pix where I hope you can see figlet, roots and new stem growth.

I 'd cut the figlet! prepare the pot you are transplanting to. Soak the cup oil very well with warmer (+) water, as those roots will stick to the cup and will break on removing.  move the mass out of the cup slowly and plant in the larger pot with soil mix/perlite. Do not water the new pot too much, as the initial cup soil will be very wet and the cutting needs to not be too damp. Also, it will be a bit colder in the new pot and the water makes it even colder.  put it on a sunny window or under lights (watch for gnats! and don't allow them in and you will have a fig tree in no time). Good luck.

First I would remove the fig to avoid it killing the cutting. Since it has roots and is growing leaves it would need to start being adjusted to growing outside of it's humidity chamber, slowly. Give it a little fresh air by opening the gap just a little and see how it's doing. If all is going well then each day open it a little more til you feel it's safe to take it off completely. If it's not in strong light then you would have to intro it slowly to avoid sunburn. Hope that helps.

Grasa, Tony, many thanks for the quick responses. Definitely taking the fig off. :-(. I'm wondering if i should just top it off with additional growing mix to capture that nice set of roots growing out right below the figlet?

Quick Update: figlet has been removed, :-(.

I would plant it at a diagonal so the shoot is above the soil surface but the roots are below, if possible.  If not, the bottom roots are sufficient.  Another option is to cut it above the shoot and make 2 cuttings out of it.

Love seeing the cutting so determined.  Good advice above!

Thanks FiggyFrank,

You of all should know!! The cuttings appear to be doing well.

Here's a sibling of your cutting.  ;)

Wow! Really nice, thanks for the photo!!