Does anyone have a method to offer that they use to revive dead fig cutting?

We have 20 or so various cuttings that either were too dry or too wet and didn't root. They had been in soil for a couple of months. 

Had no problems getting most of their brothers and sisters to throw roots with the new bag method in the spring but as soon as the temp picked up my sun room becomes too warm and I just could not get the heat/humidity/water stable enough.

I think the first step would be to equalize the humidity so I took all the cutting out of their bags, labeled and washed then with a 5% bleach solution and they are drying on my counter.

Barely moistened sphagnum in a darkended plastic tote with ventilation was my first thought.

Or is this just the % that doesn't make it and I call it a day?

Before you even start, I would see if they are still viable. Score with a finger nail and see if green and sap runs.

Why waste your time.

I took my cuttings out of the fridge in May and just put in dirt in a pot. A few in Moss were doing nothing and I did the same.

I had a couple of cuttings last year that I was sure were dead.
Even so I stuck them into the soil of a potted fig plant.
a few months later I saw one dead stick there, and  I pulled it out, only to see it had roots. I reburied that one, but it was dead for sure now.
the other one I left and it eventually put out roots and leaves.
I now have an unknown, hopefully Hollier.
sticking it in the pot with an actively growing fig will ensure it gets watered, but not too much.

Grant

Makes sense Dominick, I'll try the scratch test first. No green anywhere means no shot? Maybe I am over thinking it.

Some have ends (top) that are completely dried and hollow. Should one cut the end of the cutting down until I see (if I see) green or just leave as it or wax them?

Looking at the more hardy looking successful ones that survived and jave been moved to 1 gallon pots a few months ago, many have the end waxed/sealed.

I have rooted cuttings with only two nodes.

Cut or nip above the node below to check. These guys are hardy suckers. It takes extremes at both ends ( too wet/too dry) to kill them.

I tried all techniques " to revive dead fig cutting" and the best technique I found was to replace them ASAP with better one.
If one is trying to revive it just for the fun of it then it is fine otherwise keeping hope in that small probability could be a bit distracting from other hopeful ones.

I have held onto cuttings for months in hopes of a sign for life, only rarely do I see it. It did happen to me this past season with 2 very good cultivars, CDDNoir and Maltese Falcon, and a more common Petite Negra. This was out of maybe 50 or more sticks

Thanks Dominick, I'll try that.

@Ottawan - Yes, these are for fun. I already have 3-4 of these varieties well rooted in 1 gallon pots so I had some tinkering time.

@BLB -  A couple of these stragglers are RDB. If they also root then all the better.

Vince, you've got nothing to lose except a little water and the space they take up

I'd cut off the dead ends.  Almost all of mine root from the bottom, not a node.  One thing I've tried is a 5 min soak in apple juice in hopes of giving them a fructose boost.  No idea if it helps, hurts or does nothing.  You might try it on half your RDBs. and let the other hald go without to get an idea if it makes a difference.

Just got back in the house and am all cleaned up. Out of 33 one gallon pots I have 11 candidates for resurrection. I unpotted them one at a time in my wheelbarrow, set the label aside, clipped the end. Most just crumbled in my hands but where I felt firmness in the cutting I clipped to see if there was an inkling of green life. 

Common denominator? Well, they all went into those pots with roots and some came out but I believe it was too much water as the soil felt heavy compared to the ones that are doing great.

I added more perlite to the soil before repotting and did not water the 11, I think the soil was damp enough.  <- on guard about overwatering, lesson from Jason I remember. Another plus is I now have a wheelbarrow of soil soil to use, maybe will pot up something else tommorow.

Happy with the 11 saved, will post results in a few months. Thank you all for the advice, feeling much better now.