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Hard to root fig cuttings

About 1  weeks ago I  took 7 cuttings which just were not doing well and moved them to the propagation bench. 
A week later I decided the mix was staying a little too wet and decide to re-pot with more perlite.
During the move I noticed a few had some tiny roots forming.
Now almost 3 weeks later I see green budding and some leaved.
In the case of sticks with leaves but no roots the leaves are growing and looking good.
The propagation bench mists the plants for 10 seconds every 15 min.  It is a very fine mist.
The picture shows the figs and behind them are various perennials that are being rooted.
Today I added my first green cuttings from an unknown fig.
The pipe in front of the figs is one of the misting heads. propagation bench.jpg 


@schaplin, do you own the nursery or work there? Looks like my dream place to be, haha.
Does this facility have a cover or is it an open-air place? Give us a tour of it please...:)

I had few of my own stubborn ones and they were starting to show some growth tip rot, so I got tired of waiting for the roots to show ...dumped them all in one "Christmas tree water platter and covered it with cup cake container cover and threw it outside under sunny corner with some shade from portable palm tree. LOL
this is what I got in 4 days...
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I notice a PH on one of your cuttings.  Pete's Honey?  Just curious because that is one of the seven.  One day I will give a tour.  I do not own this place and for me it would be a bit too large.  The propagation tables are in a heated greenhouse with side walls that open.  There are 4 or 5 smaller unheated greenhouses (25' x 96').  The cravo is huge.  It is heated but is more like an alpine house.  The plants never freeze but it is only kept at 35-40F over the winter.  Both the walls and roof open so the plants can get rained on, fresh air and sunlight.  If we have a lot of rain then it is closed so things don't rot.

yeah, I had left overs that became resistant to all the TLC I was giving, Peter's Honey, De la Senyora, Celest, Excel, Magnolia Logs, LOL
but looks like they have lurked up and willing. the light and heat did it!
Don't get me wrong those varieties I have them rooted and growing already, but for some reason these 10 or so sticks were stubborn. I was getting tired of checking on them in individual bags.

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