There are cloning machines out there that claim to have high success rates with cloning of cuttings. Has anyone on here tried using a cloning machine to propagate their figs? Has anyone tried tissue culture?

I just ended my first experiment with a bucket cloner. I put 5 green cuttings in it and no action after 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the remaining 9 cuttings I put in moss are all rooted and now in cups. I could've left the cuttings in the cloner longer, but they were good cuttings and I wanted them to live, so I transferred to moss.

I will try again when I have cuttings I don't care about.

did you use any rooting gels or solutions?

A cloning machine with similar soil , enviroment etc would yield much more consistancy.
I think snaglplus showed he built one himself in one of his posts.

In my case for now i like the old school way of rooting cuttings ( ala paper bag method).
at least i get to play  some hide and seek with the gnats.

My experiment with a DIY bucket cloner FAILED MISERABLY! 

Most rotted. The few roots that did develop were weak and spindly. 

My current favorite rooting method of coir  is infinitely more successful.

Eli can you describe your method for me a little bit. I'm trying new methods and I would appreciate any insight.

Frank can you describe your coir rooting method for me a little bit. I'm not familiar with coir.

TBG as i see it now its all karma.

Paul thanks for sharing your experience. I'm gonna have to rethink my approach about this for a while.

OMG i wanted to delete that post :)

Henry,
Dennis, (Snaglpus) started a topic describing his success with cloning fig cuttings, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=7023364 .

After reading his post I started a trial with a DIY shoe box bubble cloner and built a bucket bubble cloner for rooting green fig cuttings. The trial is still on going.
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2 of the original 8 have been up potted, 1 died and 5 of the original are still in the bubble cloner but are being fed with Flora Nova Grow nutrient solution, current rooting success rate at 90+ %

I have tried bucket clone systems, areoponics, and mist table system. Really like the mist table.

I wanted to follow up and clarify that when I said mine failed, I just meant they failed the head to head challenge with sphagnum. I put some green cuttings in baggies with damp moss on the same day that I put the others into the clone machine. After a couple weeks, 100% of the cuttings in moss had ample thick roots. The ones in the bucket had none. If I had left them in the bucket longer, I suspect they would have eventually rooted. It just seems to me that if the bucket is not as good as moss, it is a failure, even if the cuttings would have eventually rooted.

I just checked the cuttings that were transferred from the bucket cloner to moss. Two of them are showing root initials. So, at least the bucket cloner did not kill my cuttings.

This is so awesome.....I'm going to invest in a cloning machine now just for the heck of it....thank you Ascpete....I had read so many success stories on cloning machines, but I wanted to ask the community before I made any big investments in an expensive cloning machine....I will post the results as soon as I get my own cloning machine. To tell you the trough I struggle a lot with moisture control while the cutting are in the moss and after I plant them in soil.....That is why I want to give cloning with a machine a shot.

Thanks again ascpete for sharing...those roots look amazing btw. :)

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Originally Posted by ascpete
Henry,
Dennis, (Snaglpus) started a topic describing his success with cloning fig cuttings, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=7023364 .

After reading his post I started a trial with a DIY shoe box bubble cloner and built a bucket bubble cloner for rooting green fig cuttings. The trial is still on going.
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2 of the original 8 have been up potted, 1 died and 5 of the original are still in the bubble cloner but are being fed with Flora Nova Grow nutrient solution, current rooting success rate at 90+ %

Will have to set the most table back up in spring to get more pics here's the post.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/mist-table-propagation-6116748?pid=1276416655#post1276416655

Glad to hear the cuttings are going good for you. Wouldn't mind seeing rooting pics

Henry,
You're welcome and thanks.
BTW, the cloner was only used for rooting green "summer" cuttings and the cuttings have to be transplanted to a growing medium once rooted. I've also had much better success rates with 2 Liter Soda Bottle mini SIPs with a Perlite and or Coco Coir mix for growing out both summer, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=6868363 and dormant cuttings, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1280977480&postcount=17 . I decided to try the bubble cloner as only a test.


Paul,
The original cuttings were placed in the cloner on September 6, 2014, and the start info was posted in another linked topic, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1284197705&postcount=14 . Roots started to form within 14 to 21 days.
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Thanks Paul really cool stuff! :)

Oh sorry yeah...haha. I'm using my phone and the script is so small. I get confused easily.