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figs in a bucket

hey anyone ever try this ? i got my figs sprouting and then place them in 16oz.cup with dry peat moss and put them in a 5 gal. bucket and place plastic over the top of the bucket used tape to hold plastic over top of bucket.you can get 7 cup in one bucket place them a window and to my surprise they are growing great and i haven't lost any of them and had some that rooted but had know green growning looked like them was go to die that are doing fine now .how new figs in a bucket would work so well.

ho do want to add that once a week i take the top of to let me air.

I've currently got my figs in a large bucket . . doing very well so far. I used the 2"x8" bag method. I picked up 2"x8" plastic bags at my local box supply store. Notch the two corners in the bottom of the bags for draining. Use indellible marker on the bags to identify the fig cuttings instead of making tags. Drop the cuttings in individual bags, and then fill them 2/3 or more with an 80/20 perlite/potting soil mix. Add water and set aside to drain.

I have already cut a round grid from a nursery flat that fits in the bottom of the bucked . . and also cut 1" spacers from cottage cheese containers to sit in the bottom of the bucket and then place the plastic grid on. I just loaded all the Bagged and Tagged cuttings in the bucket and keep a large plastic bag loosely on the top of the bucket to hold in moisture but allow air some movement. (I have to peek at them regularly you know)

twigs are doing nicely . . even some (marseilles vs blk) that I thought were gonners that I had tried to root in a 1 gal container and had been dormant and rotting back for a couple of months. This method works quite well . . was able to salvage 3 of 5 of those bad cuttings so far. I'm expecting over 90% success rate.  (method found on Encanto Farms link)  http://figs4fun.com/basics_Rooting.html

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