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Fig and loquat cuttings started

Last weekend I got a bunch of fig cuttings started on the rooting process.  Some were ordered from forum members, some from my trees, and some from a friends unknown variety tree.  The loquat cuttings were grabbed from a tree in Dallas. Not pictured is the Paris, Tx unknowns and the flat of fig seeds prepared, that I had sent to me to try germinating.

There is still about 100 cuttings left of the unknown variety that I may split between here and another forum, with them being for trade or donations to the forum's website upkeep/charity.

 celeste fig
 Hot springs, AR -unknown fig
 Dallas, TX -unknown loquat
mix of figs
Paris, TX -unknown figs
midway through the job
last somewhat ripe Black Mission fig of the year.
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Good luck. Lots of fun rooting them and watching them grow ! Remember do get them wet or them will rot in those cups. ! Lol. What does the unknowns fruit look like. ?

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Looks great!  The luquat are growing nicely!
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Originally Posted by figpig_66
Good luck. Lots of fun rooting them and watching them grow ! Remember do get them wet or them will rot in those cups. ! Lol. What does the unknowns fruit look like. ?


The cups have a bunch of holes in them on the bottom and sides, along with the totes having bottom drainage holes.  I did some Celeste cuttings this summer the same way and got about a 90 percent success rate. Hopefully it wasn't beginners luck and I can get a similar rooting rate with these.

The unknowns looked slightly green with brownish splotches.  The fruit size was a little bigger than a quarter and had been at my buddies grandparents house for approx 20 years I guess.  Tree size was about 15 ft tall.  I'll try to find some pictures of the leaves later.
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Have tried loquat before without luck. 
did u use rooting hormone?

if the loquats survive pls post results..
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  • Tea

Following!

I have (1 each) baby Arctic Satsuma, Nagani Kumquat, and Indio Mandarinquat trees. I would love to turn that into >1 each starting with an air layer on the satsuma once it is a little more mature, but would be delighted if I could root cuttings also. I haven't heard any success stories from hobbyists on rooting citrus like I have about figs, so I am eagerly awaiting your successes. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by elin
Have tried loquat before without luck. 
did u use rooting hormone?

if the loquats survive pls post results..


For the loquats I scraped the lower 3" or so lightly until the green cambium layer showed then dipped them into Dip n' Grow liquid rooting hormone for about 5 seconds.  They were put into clear solo cups that had air holed drilled into the bottom and sides. The soil was Bruce Miller pro-lite (?) potting soil, which seemed to work really good this summer on fig cuttings.

I'll update in maybe a month or two and hopefully my beginner's luck holds up with this latest round of cuttings, haha.
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Following! I have (1 each) baby Arctic Satsuma, Nagani Kumquat, and Indio Mandarinquat trees. I would love to turn that into >1 each starting with an air layer on the satsuma once it is a little more mature, but would be delighted if I could root cuttings also. I haven't heard any success stories from hobbyists on rooting citrus like I have about figs, so I am eagerly awaiting your successes. Good luck!


Those trees sound interesting! Do you leave them outside year round and how would you say they bear/taste? Also what zone are you in?  

I have a Satsuma Mandarin and I believe a Cara Cara or Red Navel orange tree that I keep in 55 plastic gallon drums cut in half. They grow pretty decent and put on 5 or 10 fruit a year but I have to put them in the greenhouse for the winters. On one of them I have a few suckers sprouting from below the graft, if you want some of those cuttings to practice rooting citrus just let me know. :)
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