I check all my cuttings before I go out of town and pot up any that have roots.  The day I get home I check them again.   This isn't the norm but this is why I check every 2 - 4 days.  This baggie had no roots when I left.  4 days later, this is what I found



From another angle

I ck once a week for the same reason.

yupe. i take a look at them everyday. i usually threat them into rooting. cut off leaves here and there.. cutting branches off if they don't grow nice and thick.. if they have roots like yours, i might even hold back the water for few days :)

Bob, Nice healthy looking roots.
I check mine 2 to 3 times a week. I use to check a couple times a day til I got a little bit of patience, now I'm not so neurotic about them.

I check daily since I'm already opening the boxes for air flow/mold prevention.

I attempted to have little bags like that  and I got mold in all of the ones in baggies.. how you have such great looking roots?

I attempted to root in little bags last summer, killed them all with too much moisture. 

In the bins with sp moss, I check every day or two.  Last month when I started the process it was every day ;) Now I'm sure they won't grow roots and walk away - they will stay right there and grow where they are comfy.

Love 'dem roots Bob.  Use to check mine every 2 days(very impatient), now I check them once a week on Saturday morning.  Same with watering the cups(once a week, about 1 table spoon full)

Grasa, JoAnn, it's all in the soil mix.  There should be at least as much perlite as anything else, you have to have drainage holes on both sides of the bottom.  The cutting shouldn't touch the plastic, especially at the bottom.  The top 1/4 to 1/2" of the cutting should be in the open air.  With this setup you don't put the baggies in a sealed tub.  Water should drain out the bottom and flow away.  I keep mine in a perforated basket with air flowing through the bottom and sides.  The top is open to the air.  Underneath and on 2 sides is a heating mat, otherwise the baggie temp would be in the high 50s.

I look about every other day to every few days. but i only have a few in a plastic box the rest i root right in cups. got a few to work out of the box though so i must be doing somthing right.

I like your set up a lot!

very nice rcantor could you please give a little more detail on your rooting method, type of bags , soil mix ect?
thanks
Austin

every 5 days. My containers have vents

oops.. this reminds me.. i need to check on my baggies today. been so busy with cups, CP and puppies, completely forgot about the baggies.

love the spagetti roots robert

Pay attention to the dark types the other types you need not worry about. ; )

Naughty naughty...lol

Huge lol Martin.  

Martin waives hand: "These are not the figs you are looking for.."

it's Panache cuttings.. i guess they are light :)

I mix peat moss, dust from pine bark fines, composted worm casings, coco coir powder, whatever I have on hand.  That gets mixed with about 1/3rd floor dry or turface.  1/3rd to 1/2 that mixture plus 2/3rd - 1/2 perlite.  But I don't measure exactly.  I just make sure it drains fast.  I put ~2"pure perlite under the cutting at the bottom of the Uline bag and for 1 1/2 " at the top to discourage gnats.  On top of the perlite I put some long fiber sphagnum so that if I drop it nothing spills out.  The link above gives you more info and a further link to where you can buy the bags.

I check twice about twice a day.  Not for the sake of the cuttings but for my impatience.  I've seen a big difference in some cuttings (using the same method as Bob) in one day.  My mix is 90% perlite but is not as coarse as I'd like.  I need to find a local source for the coarse perlite.

Harvey, the only places I've found it are in hydroponics stores.  Sometimes it's called agricultural perlite.

thanks for the info Rcantor ......we are almost neighbors !

i have been thinking about this topic for few days since i found bunch of grey mold in my Panache cuttings. during the start of rooting season, i check my cuttings almost every other day, sometimes everyday. during the check, i would make sure the bag is ventilated, and that the cuttings are not sitting in a pool of water. 

Panache cuttings, and also i forget which one, but some cutting sometime ago were left in the bag for about a week without ventilation and moisture level. they both molded very heavily. 

i think, at least for me, checking the cuttings at least every other day and making sure they are ventilated, and moisture level is not too high would help with mold and what not. by the way Panache cuttings are coming around. i think i caught it soon enough that washing them off with AB soap helped. starting to see few roots pushing out. 

Congratulations on the Panache roots. It's a great tasting fig.