I am in israel now on an unexpected visit, as my grand mother passed away couple of days ago. 

I just took a little walk this morning around the house where i am staying, and i was shocked on the amount of fruit trees that are all over the place. almost every property has some sort of citrus fruit (saw many lemons, clementines, oranges and grapefruit) , pomegranate, loquat. Palms full of dates and olive trees are all over.
and yes my friends, i have already spotted 2 fig trees just around the corner. figs, dates, olive and pomegranate are among the seven species the land of israel was blessed with, as per the bible.

i dont know much about the fig varieties or the taste. one huge tree i saw has a dark fruit but it wasnt ready to taste. another had no fruit on it at all nor did i see much of this years growth- so i dont know much. i will try to catch a local person to find out more about these trees.
i am also suppose to meet later on this week with a local fig dude that hopefully will provide more details about fig varieties in israel and hopefully cuttings as well.

my questions for you are the followings:

if i take cuttings from the fig trees i just found which are not dormant

1. do these cuttings need to be rooted as green cuttings  as per dan's method or could they be placed in the fridge for a while and be rooted later on next spring as dormant cutting? ( there for should i cut them at 6" or longer at 12-14")

2.  do i want to try and take only sections with this years growth or any part will be ok?

3. do i need to wash the cuttings with the bleach / water solution right away or can be done later on say next week when i am back at home and should i wait to take these cuttings closer to my departure date ?

any advice will help

thank you, eli

Oh Eli...I am sorry to hear this news.   Let me know when you get back home.  Take care, don't overdo.

My thoughts and prayers are with your family at this time.
Sara

i am sorry for your loss. thank you for beautiful pics.

luke

Eli, you may want to ask the owners/locals if those trees require fig wasp for pollination. If they do, I would not bother taking any cuttings.

1) I would keep them in fridge till next Spring to propagate them. Rooting them at this time of the year requires too much patient and TLC. They can be any length, the standard is 6-8 inches. But it can be shorter or longer.

2) Last year's growth is better.

3) 1:10 Clorox bleach and water solution after they have taken off the tree. Close to your departure date.

Good luck.

sara luke and navid  thank you all so much

Hey Eli

I found I've had better success rooting 8-10 inch cuttings . And the more nodes the better .
Sometimes you get only 3 nodes on a cutting , other times many more . I find the ones with more nodes do better and that's usually on older wood ( last years ) .

John