Hi everybody, 

i rooted some cuttings in a bag, then replaced it into cups/pots with perlite only. First, the cuttings started to grow, but then, the leaves ends started to turn black and then dropped. 



https://postimg.org/image/mb89bmj2h/

Does someone know what´s the reason?
Thanks!

You either moved it too soon before having enough roots, or it totally failed to root and the leaves dropped.
You might still have a chance for it to take off, but moving it around does not help. The other scenario is that it exhausted all its energy and in the absence of roots it won't make it.

Classic sign of bark rotting from too much moisture. Lift cutting a bit and do the scratch test. If rotted cut all rot off till fresh and start over.

Agree with too much moisture..

Both scenarios above have happened to me and are definitely possibilities.... Could be either one...


Or....

I see you're in Austria. Not a damp climate....This may seem silly but what type of home heating do you have? My forced air natural gas dries the air so much that when winter set in and I started to heat more, the air became so dry in the house that the leaves on many of my cuttings began  to look just like yours. I covered them with a plastic bags and most of the new leaf growth has remained....

This is one example...It lost all it's leaves some weeks ago. They looked like yours...Today it's looking pretty good....


 

thank you all for your replies. 

@Torontojoe:

We do have a gas heating, but
i store my cuttings in a covered box: (click to zoom)



It could really be that there is too much moisture. 

I opened the box for few hours , is that sufficient? Or should i really check the bark, or change perlite? 

It's difficult to say exactly but even in a box like that, humidity can still be low. I wouldn't think it's too high as they can take a lot of humidity...it's direct water that is usually the problem. Your cuttings in the picture look pretty healthy. I wouldn't mess with them too much unless they really start to look sick.

The cuttings that dropped their leaves - how do they look otherwise? How do the roots look?

this is one of the bad looking cuttings



the bottom especially the left side looks bad, while the higher located roots looks good. i changed the perlite, it was indeed a bit wet.

i´ll keep you informed, thank you!

OK - I had a few recently that looked like this.... The shoots looked as though they were burned. Others dropped leaves - Although the leaves and went a bit brown.....See here:

 

 


I put this down to the house being too dry. After putting the plastic bag on they began to grow well again. The parts that didn't show burn were stunted and the good parts came back nicely.

Also - I believe it's less likely that your humidity is too high using only perlite. I really believe it's too dry...

I believe what you (we) have is something called "tip burn". Google the term. It seems to describe what's happening here. 

If you're fertilizing or use the fertilized perlite - over-fertilizing can also cause this (apparently)

I wish I could be more definitive...figs can be stubborn....If it were just some leaves I would just leave it alone, but you definitely have some root damage there...I'll keep up with this thread as I'd really like to have the root cause....

OH! At very least for now I would separate them from the unaffected cuttings...In the event it's it's sick you don't want it spreading to your healthy cuttings

When I root in Perlite I use #3,even that I soak in a 32 gallon barrel and
then rinse through a sieve.You should see the sludge.

With that amount of root I'd go ahead and pot them into what ever media
is available there.