Calliope's Red Greek Fig unk.

Kearny NJ Black Fig unk. with young figs

Kearny NJ Green Fig unk.

"Recipe for success for propagating fig cuttings"

1) Put the cuttings into a quart clear deli containers with holes cut in the bottom . One per container. The bottom of the cutting should be 1-2" off the bottom of the container.

2) Fill with 100% perlite that's well saturated with water. Lightly pack down the perlite around the cutting and water with 2-3 baster fulls of water.I get my perlite from Home Depot

3) Put them into a closed clear humidity chamber (clear storage box from Ikea) 

4) Keep on a heat mat (Hydro Farm) with the thermostat (Hydro Farm) set at 80F (measured in the perlite, close to the middle and half way down to the bottom) The air temp will be equal to the perlite temp. There should always be a little water on the bottom of the chamber. The sides normally are wet with condensation.

Most times I get a lot of roots before I get buds by using bottom heat. Leave them in the chamber until you see a lot of roots and leaves

5) Keep under a 4 bulb T8 fluorescent fixture light turned on for 14 hours

6) As soon as they get leaves (1/2-3/4") and roots I can see on the bottom and/or sides put them on a tray on the heat mat.

7) After they have been transfered out of the chamber soak I them with 2 part hydroponics solution until it flows out of the bottom once a day . 2 squirts from a turkey baster in each container. I'm disposing of the flow-thru solution.

I use Cana Aqua 2 part mixed 5ml/gal I purchase from Hydro Girl at the Grow Room in Nyack NY. I alternate 2 times plain water to 1 time hydro solution.

8) When there are many roots and big leaves I move them off the heat mat to a table under lights again for 14 hrs/day. They get 1-2 cups of the same solution as above daily. 

9) When they are extensively rooted I cut the container down the sides and I transplant them to a #5 pot that I fill with 90% MG potting solid and 10% perlite.

If you can follow these directions you can have the same results as I have had.

Thanks Rich, I'll give that a try.

You have beautiful results.    it looks so easy,  i don't know where i keep going wrong.  thanks for sharing.

Rich

Really nice tutorial Rich, thanks for taking the time to share your technique.

Wow, I am amazed! Thanks for sharing. They are lovely

Healthy looking plants. Great job.

Hard to argue with those results, Rich. Thank you for the well done step by step tutorial. It is very helpful.

Gary

Rich,
Thanks for sharing the pictures and your method.

Hi Rich,

Awesome!  So it was only 120 days from putting the dormant stick into the pearlite in the humidity bin to trees with over (looks like) a foot of new stem growth?  Man they look fantastic!

If they try to produce figs this year will you remove them, or is the tree strong enough? 

Thanks for sharing your technique!

Phil

Hey Rich so you use 2 heat mats, one for the chamber and one for the tray? Thanks for your info.

Excellent job! Thank you for sharing because you have definitely mastered this process!

Thanks for sharing. The roots that you're getting out of your cuttings are so nice!

Thanks for the great contribution, Rich!  You're plants look terrific :)

That's very impressive, and the lack of soil completely eliminates fungus gnat infestation.  Good job! 

Suzi

Your plants look wonderful. I'm going to try this since I haven't been successful with sphagnum and damp paper towels..
Thanks for sharing this technique.

Rich, awesome job, please post more pics later in the season,
Peace, chad

Thanks for sharing Rich. I am jealous, seriously.

Norhayati

Hi RichinNJ,
You've got good results in Step one. Soon time for step two:  Time to get them outside .
Good luck !