Thanks Frank...as for soil mix, the early rooted cuttings go into Pro Mix HP and Agway pine bark mulch 50/50 mix(no fertilizer at this time)...when they get uppotted again(about one month later), the mix changes to the following: Miracle Grow potting mix, Agway pine bark mulch(50/50), Azomite, Espoma Iron Tone, granular limestone, and Osmocote slow release plant food...I use this mix on both my inground and potted fig trees...they seem to like it.