It's still in the chamber and hasn't had any nutrients added.  There are visible roots and was thinking about taking them out and putting them directly on a heat map and start feeding them.  What do you think?  And, are you giving them the Canna every day when they are taken out of the chamber?  Thank you Rich.

Got it.  Thanks.

Howdy Rich, I hope the weather isn't too harsh out your way.  Some areas have been brutal.  Anyway, our two grow shops here do not carry canna aqua vega but do carry a produce from Botanicare called Pure Blend PRO grow.  I looked them up but don't understand enough about aqua/hydo solutions.  Have you had any experience with this product?  I want to follow your instructions so thought I would run this by you.  Thanks so much.

Thanks for the info.

Rich, 
thanks for the intro to Perlite rooting.
I really like this method out of all I tried so far.
It's clean, fast and almost effortless.
No signs of disease, rot, mold, mildew or gnats.
From cutting to this stage 24 days.
This was done in our pantry @ 74 F, under sealing fluorescent lights.
Off it went to 1G nursery pot and kicked to the backyard. (uhhh, poor baby!, ToughLove!!)
Thank you.

 

Can you guys verify if the lights need to be on these twigs the moment they are put into the perlite and humidity chamber? even if there are no leaves or roots?

The other thing that I don't quite get is perlite - it doesn't absorb water does it? It just floats on top of water?

Thanks for this great thread Rich.   I really admire your patience in fielding every question so generously.  If you made a youtube video of this technique, I'd bet you'd get a lot of hits.  Although, it might be a serious blow to the vigorous market in fig cuttings.

Here's something many of us have thought: I wish I read your thread earlier.  

Gracious Maestro Richardo,

Tim

Rich,

I've been using your method religiously over the past year or so, success rate is super high, about 95% with 30+ cuttings.  It even worked with cuttings I abused.  But Ive run into a problem recently with the latest batch I bought from Harvey and I'm hoping you could shed some experience on me.  One of the being an expensive galacia.  

I've had them in the chamber and the humidity fluctuates between the mid 60-80% range with temps hovering 70-78deg during the day now. I started them at a range of 65-75deg.  One of the cuttings budded leaves the second day, and two weeks later they looked like what you see in the picture.  I'm in week 7 now and the picture hasn't changed, maybe a little more budding on some and there are no visible roots.  I lost a few leaves to leaving the bin closed one day but everything recovered.  My temp sensor is set to 81deg at the bottom of the cup. My perlite probe temp is ~78.  

I am worried that the leaves are turning yellow as if it has no nutrients and I have no visible roots. 

Am I just being impatient?


 



tk

Great info. Looking to start my first fig cuttings soon. Just need to get some cuttings.

You came to the right place, Ed. Also, you'll find lots of great info here!

Thanks Alan, I'm going to throw a hail marry and use a light hydroponics solution.

Using a hydroponics solution is a good idea. The cuttings can only draw on their reserves for so long before they need a source of nutrients. I start my cuttings in coir and use Canna Aqua Vega at half strength when they are newly rooted, and ramp up to full strength as they get more roots and leaves.

jkuo, alanmercieca,

Followup of what happened.  I was shocked, thought I was going to throw them away.  I uped my temps to over 75, added 50% hydro solution and the Rapidstart and they came back to life, actually they caught up to where they were supposed to be. The yellow leaves turned dark green and they grew 4inches of roots. I'm irrigating twice a day now. Crazy fast root growth.

So temp, humidity control and water is super important to this high maintenance method. 

Thanks again! your help is much appreciated. If their is anything on my list you like please PM me. I'll send you a cutting.