As a lot of you may know I was ill this year and neglected a ton of cuttings I had set up. I found a way that seems to work when trying to salvage these poor cuttings. 

OK first - I am by no means an expert at rooting cuttings. This year I experimented with 4 separate methods, but as I became to ill to follow through these aren't really important. What is important is I have found a way to keep from throwing away cuttings I would never have kept before.

These cuttings; the ones with bad cases of fungus, that were kept so wet at least part of the bark is loose, that were kept too dry and the ones that were kept in oxygenated water until they just seemed to give up and start to shrivel have a new home now and it seems to be helping. Many of these cuttings are springing back to life. 

One picture is my little grow room from one partial angle and the other is my container of salvaged "hopeless figs".

All I did was dry out the figs that got too wet for several days, soaked the cuttings that seemed way too dry, and cut off the parts affected by fungus and treat with a fungicide.

All these things I've done in the past and after that point nothing seemed to help.

The first few years I rooted figs they were much harder to come by as I was not aware of the value of a forum like this one and I tried my darnest on every single cutting. I didn't give up until things had gone way past the point of no rooting.

Anyway now;
I put these cuttings in cups with a 50/50 mix of perlite and good quality topsoil and then placed under a very bright 6400k grow light. I mist them a couple times during the day and again at night before I cover them with a lid. The difference this has made is impressive. I can see life in 25% of the plants already and none have continued to go down hill.

I'm using a 125watt grow light I bought on Amazon for $45 delivered. The fixture will allow me to upgrade to a 200 watt bulb if I desire.
Here's the link;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UV6P9I/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00

Thanks for telling us! Hope they all bounce back. Are there holes in the bottoms of the cups. How long is your light on for each day?

Bob,
I took a drill and made 5 holes in the bottom with a 1/8 bit and then drilled 4 holes on the sides about 1/4 inch up from the bottom. The container has a screen (wire closet shelving) that is held off the bottom of the container by 3/4 inch by pieces of trex - a plastic decking board. The cups sit on the screen so I can over water if needed. I also installed a small plastic faucet so if I need to drain I can -- but this is really not necessary. The plants get 12 hours of light per day. BTW my other cuttings are also under strong lights and doing better then I've ever had cuttings do in the past.

Are they the bulbs with the pin end?

What I ended up buying off Amazon was a set of two screw in type photography bulbs,
works in common light sockets, 105 watt CFLS for 18.00 for the set of 2 + postage,
They are the 6500K (daylight) bulbs, 22800 lumens between the 2 bulbs.
Huge too! 12" long and 6" wide, 1.5 lbs each! works great in a clamp on type spotlight fixture.
And, it beats stringing up 10 to 12 of the 26 watts 6500K CFLS,
I was using to equal the same amount of light.
My little trees love them!

Dan,
I'm sorry but I don't understand what a pin end is.
These bulbs will definitely not fit in a normal light socket.
It's a huge heavy light buld that bought alone costs $35.

Michael, they look great! 

Pin base CFL