Those of you who have dormant cuttings - are you waiting for later winter to start rooting or are you doing it now?  If you are doing it now, what are your plans for handling them in Dec, Jan, and Feb?

I tried the bag method over the summer with terrible results, I was very disappointed.  I have purchased some clear plastic cups and solid cups to hold the clear cups.  Aside from putting a baggie over them for the greenhouse effect, what else should I do to get the best possible results?   What temp would be best?  70-75?

I have been growing things all my life with fairly good results.  As resilient as figs are, I guess it is more AFTER they grow not getting them to grow, or maybe with me they are resilient to growing in the first place lol.

By the way, I think I will have a few figs ripen this week!  At least this tree is growing well!!

I do a rooting batch now after the leaves have fallen and the weather has been cool/cold, then any trimmings from the trees I place in cutting form and store in the fridge to root in Feb.  The ones I start now stay in the bag for 4 - 6 weeks at least, then are migrated over to cups, then 1G or 2G plastic nursery pots later next year depending on progress and size.  The winter months are the plastic pot stage so tend to be easy to take care inside.

I am going to wait until i get about 3 weeks of hard frost before i take my cuttings. though i must admit i am getting impatent and probly wont wait that long. as for handling them. I got these tree pots nine inches deep and use newspapper plastick bags as liners. i put in some moist potting mix. lightly run a knife in down the bottem third in one swipe. not all the way to the bottem though. and treat with dip n grow. i have grow lights set up in my bathroom for other plants and the shower adds warmth and humidity. they root for me this way in about 3 to 6 weeks. by april they are almost root bound in the pot then they go outside or up for sale. i have about 90% root rate doing it this way. but there are other options out there. i never had any luck with the bag method i must say.

hope this helps
Dave

Dave, I don't quite follow your explanation, what do you run your knife through?

i found buy scaring one side it allows rooting harmone to enter the tissue better and 9 times out of 10 roots form in this scar befor the nodes se out any roots. and i have found it increases my sucsess rate of rooted cuttings. somthing i tried on a fluke that has worked very well for me. in most cases i have had you see the onset of roots from the scar in as little as 2-3 weeks. the 9 inch deep pot allows more surface area to root as well. and not moving the cutting from pot to pot i am less likly to damange roots and kill the cutting. i did 35 desert king cuttings this way in april this year. 30 rooted. i kept 3 for myself and sold the other 27 in under 12 hours on ebay.

Ok, thanks!