Had a dozen Dalmatie cuttings. I had forgotten about and a few were rotting. Stuck them in vertically, 1 month latter I find 3 rooted.

I will yank them out when they go dormant.

Figs really are very tough plants.

noss

Jose, yes they are. The basics were respected. My soil drains well and has a ph around 7.3 .. the straw keeps the sw winds and sun from drying it out. I also have some Rosso de Tranni cuttings that did the same.

Jose, is the relative humidity level of the air in your yard usually high or low?? That drip pipe along with straw will surely keep the relative humidity of the "air" just above that straw pretty high. Mine is consistently pretty high almost year round and I can get by with only an occasional watering to the cuttings that I root outdoors.  I'm just wondering if that straw acts as a relative humidity diffuser of sorts.......and helps keep the top portion of the cuttings from drying out.

FYI, last year my 7 ft. Dalmatie tree produced some figs for me.  It is a very good tasting, large fig......and it looks like it may do quite well in my rainy climate. So far I don't see any figs on my tree this year. Maybe it is not yet in its "normal" fruiting cycle.


Dan
Semper Fi-cus

@Dan humidity level is very low. Today it is around 8%. The straw helps retain water and keeps the ground moist. It is very dry here and very hard to keep anything moist w/o straw. Also the straw protects the cutting from our intense sun.