I have been having issues with rooting the Pink Do I received. I simply cannot get the cuttings clear of mold. I have dipped them in 10:1 chlorine, then soaked them for 10 minutes also. Currently they are in green moss and none of the other cuttings are having this issue. I wonder if there is something else I can do. The cuttings look alive still, but I'm not sure what damage the mold is doing since I am afraid to scrub due to not wanting to remove initials. 

Oh no! Mine were problematic as well, and eventually totally rotted away. :-(

Aaron is pretty aggressive about  pulling off the mold manually, from what he was telling me.  Maybe he can give more detail.  I hope you have better luck!  On the up side, the original tree is regrowing nicely, so Pink Do lives, despite me and LA Dept. Water and Power.

I'm wondering if we aren't barking up the wrong tree by trying to sterilize everything and allowing the mold to grow opportunistically.  It was too late for my cuttings, but I wanted to test the theory that they might do better in an environment with other pathogens and materials around to keep the mold in check.  I saw an interesting presentation on mushrooms by a mycologist who said that almost all plant species rely on a symbiotic relationship with fungi for their root systems to work, and that disturbing the mycorrhiza is the main reason transplantation can be problematic.  I'm not a botanist, though.

Cheers

I guess I'm glad to know it's not just me. You raise an interesting point. I read somewhere here that someone had the best results by just sticking a cutting in the soil of an established tree. I am not sure in this case if that would help simply because I didn't try to sterilize the cuttings before putting them into the green moss the first time. 

I would still like to try. I have a feeling that new growth shoots might work better. Maybe there is something to having been growing in the LA aqueduct?

Hi guys, I have a question, 
are the cuttings smelling like fermented? if so, they are dead, toss them. That's why they NON-STOP molding.
Start all fresh with new cuttings.
Meanwhile, I wish to go find the same Dark fig with Pink inside...with McArthurPark's help... I really want to grow that fig, looks very beautiful, more I look at it from post #1.

I think I have figured out why all of the cuttings I received failed. I had also received some very large, mature cuttings from some other members and they all did the same; slowly die and rot. So, since the tree was cut to the ground but is growing back now, my guess is that the wood will be more readily rooted.