Hi  All can you help me ?? i was given some green wood fig cuttings the other day how do i process them ???do i plant them in compost without doing any thing to them ??? or do i treat them as hard  wood cuttings and bag them up ?? iv had really good success with cuttings but i have never had green cuttings before thanks

there are two types of greenwood cuttings. soft and hard. soft ones are the ones that just started growing and is very flexible. the hard ones are as hard as dormant cuttings, but has not turned color yet.

you can root both of them. or so i heard. however, i have no luck what so ever with soft green cuttings. hard green cuttings, you can just treat them like dormant cutting. but make sure there is moisture for the top so they don't dry out.

I have much luck with them. when I receive them I put them in a cup with lukewarm low temp. water, to hydrate them fully... if there are leaves, I cut them in 1/2, leaving some for the plant  to establish  and then follow this: 

http://www.greffer.net/?p=55


The difference of the dormant cutting, is that here you don't need to hide them from the light! in fact, light helps them take off. need heat at their bottoms.

here is more for google translation,

http://www.galgoni.com/FRA/Reproduccio/enverd.htm

Hello pieman,  I have had best success with soft green cuttings by just putting them into a good potting mix(which usually has some perlite in it already). I water them very sparingly, and keep them warm, and after a while they develop roots. You will know if they fail because the cutting will get a brownish color and get even softer than before.  As long as the green cutting remains green and firm, you can be reasonably assured that things are doing Ok underground.   Good luck.

Pieman

Here is a short thread from May on green cuttings.  I have plants growing under lights and plan on attempting soft green cuttings.  Some of my plants have lower side-shoots that I know will get smothered due to limited light.  Thought I might give one a try to see what happens.  Please let me know how it works for you.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Green-cuttings.-5866074

Hi All just like to thank all the members that gave me advise on the green cuttings they have now rooted and are potted up heres a photo of 1 of the cuttings showing the roots they had double the amount when i planted them

I had good luck with green cuttings this past summer. I potted them up in my regular soil mix (potting soil/Perlite/bark) and placed them under my larger bushes, so they stayed at least partially shaded. Kept them moist and voila!