Originally Posted by alanmercieca
Fig cuttings sometimes they shed roots on purpose. Like I started an air layering, and I started soaking the cutting in water. All the roots stayed on except the root that was there from the air layering. Roots from water rooting are different than the ones from air layering. Since the cutting was being water rooted the fig tree lost the root that was created the other way. Yet when roots are good and strong they do not fall off that way. Our in ground fig trees have two kinds of roots. Some people say that the new roots fall off and new stronger ones take their place. I think different things can make the roots fall off. Yet if you take care of them and have patience there will be good strong roots as long as you know what you are doing.

With pomegranates a 2nd or 3rd season cutting at least as thick as a pencil is best, anything else younger, or thinner is way less likely too root successfully. I have had 1st season pomegranate cuttings root and the roots just died and so did the cuttings.