If you asked 20 people how to root fig cuttings you'll get 20 different methods and I believe what works well for one person may not work so well for the next I started using coco coir and I will never change my method 

I started these cuttings roughly 3 weeks ago and here's what they look like today all I do is put a little coir in the bottom of the cup dip the end of the cutting in Clonex put the cutting in the cup and fill it up with coir then I water it with the sprinkler in the kitchen sink let it drain off a good bit put it in the plastic tote leave the top of the tote cracked sometiimes changing the paper towels in the bottom of the tote if they get saturated I open the top  everyday still leaving it cracked never fully closing it and this is the result after 3 weeks and they still don't need water this is my third year using this method 

       

Dave, the roots look great! I think it is a great medium to use.

I have yet to try coco coir... What brand do you recommend? Looks like it works well for you. Congratulations

This is what I used just because I have a Roots CT store in my town "Hydroponics store" I read some where I don't know if it is true you need to buy a good variety as it will have the salt washed out more than a cheap variety ??? 

 

Good to know. It's on my list thanks. Chad

Great Job Dave! Those cuttings have beautiful roots! Oh yea Dave, when do you put the lights overhead on them? Thanks for posting! : )

Yeah, coir is something else! I think the issues with salts in coir have been mostly resolved by the industry. I usually buy it in bag form from my local hydroponics place. No need to deal with re-hydrating whole bricks of coir at once, and since I'm only using it for rooting, I don't use much. 

Today at the hydro store they showed me their used-coir collection. Big pile of garbage bags. Apparently growers drop off their used coir, sometimes still in the fabric pots - and they offer it free for the taking for good customers. I doubt i'll chance using it with cuttings, but I'll certainly add it to my raised beds!

Exactly my method.

Hey Frank Thats on the list for tomorrow once the leaves pop it's time for the lights 

Hey brian hopefully it will work for those nasty cuttings I sent you LOL 

Loving the Coco over here as well!

Nice.  Looks like a sound method.

Coir takes the prise. So b people have said it rots their cuttings. Its all in the prep. Once you learn how to hydrate it then squeeze water out a handfull at a time... you will only use coir. I like the kind you use dave but i am cheap sometimes so i go to pet smart and buy a 3 brick pack for 9 dollers. How much you pay for the good stuff. Pet smart coir is more grainy.

I am not sure you can sterilize this it catches on fire very easily  maybe a microwave? 

I've not tried this method.  Your roots look fantastic after only three week.

My local hydro store has been selling Cyco Platinum Coco Peat 50L bags for $14 I believe. I mainly use Coir as a rooting medium, so the convenience of a uncompressed pre-moistened product (it only needs a little water added to it to be perfect) to be quite compelling.

I think the grainy stuff in Petsmart (Zoo med) coir is probably ground up shell. It does not expand quite as much as other types I have tried.

Chuck how much are you looking for? 1 brick goes a long way 

Just kidding buddy my wife tells me I have a bad sense of humor 

My son visited me last night who had just gotten into the fig hobby and wanted some coir for some cuttings he got I sent him out to the shed and told him where it was so he could fill up a container for himself well when I went out to get some to do some cuttings I have I had a surprise he wiped me out so I went down to the Hydroponics Store any more blocks of the coir he said he had it in the bag and he said it would be the same as the blocks 1 bag filled 2 sheetrock buckets filled to the top the bag was a little pricey $25.00 but it was an emergency