I got some cuttings and started them according to the information I learned on this forum. I followed everything to the letter and my cuttings grew roots in the zip lock bags. I asked on this forum when I should transfer them to the clear containers that have the special moss and perlite in them, I was told when the roots were at least 1/4 inch long. When they reached this length or maybe a little longer I transplanted them from the zip lock bag to the clear containers inside the clear tote container.
Since then nothing has happened, they had leaves when they were in the zip lock bags, now they don't have leaves and I can't see any roots inside the clear container.

What did I do wrong, I thought I had followed the instructions to the letter, but I must have missed something.
Do you think I have lost them or is there something can do?

Thanks,
Wade

Midnight57
There is some info missing here to give you an opinion.
(1) You did not mention the time lengths when transferred from the ziloc bags to the clear containers to know if it has been long enough,
(2) You did not metion the rooting medium in the container to see if you might have over-watered (or something).
Good luck anyway.

i've had very good luck transplanting my newly rooted figs to a 1/2 potting soil 1/2 vermiculite mix.  leave them in bright light, no direct sun until they start growing.  when they get a little leggy, then i start giving them 1/4 sun, working my way up to full sun, and watering every few days with very weak soluble fertilizer.

i tried both potting soil and vermiculite by themselves and got extremely poor results.

in my experience, once you loose the new roots on a fig, that's it for that cutting. 

later this year i'm going to give hydroponics a shot.

Just for reference, if nothing more...as previously noted, you give no time frames.

Typically speaking, when my roots reach that long in the bag, after I pot them in cups, it takes an average of 2-3 weeks before I see roots againts the side of my clear cups.  Sometimes I have seen it take a month or two (!!)

To boot, if there are leaves on a plant when in the bag, this is a 100% humidity area, almost.  When transferring them into the bins (60-70% humidity), a lot of times, the leaves will fall off.  As long as the tips don't shrivel up, there's no problem.  Sometimes that branch just rounds off and does nothing. 

Just hang with it and be patient.  As long as your cutting doesn't look shrivelled, and the green parts don't shrink up and go brown, you're probably fine.

have to agree about time frame I have several different varieties that rooted in bags placed into spagnum moss and perlite in cups. One variety has rapid root growth 3 weeks time to sides of cups. and several others are at 5 weeks with small roots just appearing. You want your cuttings to make roots..... leaves and figs come later.. just be patient and wait I find it hard to give up on my cuttings even after 2 months of no roots as long as they don't dry out.

I think I tend to have faster roots-to-side-of-cup times because I expect such high rooting activity inside the bag (1/2" or more, usually) before placing in the cups.

I received two Chico Strawberry cuttings from a fig friend in the last week or so, and they arrived with 3"-4" of roots stuck to the paper towels!  Put them in cups after soaking for a minute to free the paper towel without ripping all the roots off (lost some in the process), and saw roots against the cup in 4 days. 

Likewise, I got some other cuttings from another fig friend over a month ago with a Vern's BT, and it had great roots in the baggie in 5-6 days.  I transferred that cutting to a cup ~3 weeks ago, and still no roots appearing, but the leafing has continued, and I expect maybe to see some roots against the sides of the cup in 1-2 more weeks, if lucky.

It varies a lot based on the variety of fig, the cutting location (near trunk or peripheral), the cutting size and thickness, the potting matieral you choose, how much water, temperature, humidity.

I have one variety that half a dozen members can vouch for at this point - "Unknown Voiture 217" - it can take 2-3 months to set a root in the baggie, but when it finally roots, the thing freaking explodes.  You will have a pile of spaghetti on your hands before you see a single bud break.  Then you have varieties like a Latarrula I picked up from another fig lover which set roots really fast, but still hasn't broken bud yet, the complete opposite of my voiture Unknown.

I have had cases where cuttings will root in the bag, then you put them in the cup, and they do nothing but sit there for months, growing leaves but showing no roots and others that just "fizzle" out (shrivel/dessicate, usually the smaller/skinny cuttings).

There are a lot of folks around here with much more experience at fig rooting than I have.  These are just some things I can share from first-hand experience.  My logic is the same as anything else I've ever rooted, if you're showing a couple of strong roots in your prepping method of choice (in the bag for this case), then you know for a fact that rooting has begun and you can forego guessing about whether the cutting is rooting, which is something you always need to guess about if you direct-root to the cup (skipping the baggie).

Thanks guys for all of your replies.
Sorry I didn't put a time line in my post. My cuttings (unknown variety given to me by a friend in California) have been in the clear containers about 4 to 5 weeks. I will take the advice of one poster and look at the roots this week to see what is going on. I have began to water them, but if I understood the rooting system you are not suppose to water them in the clear containers because the water in the bottom of the plastic tote gives enough of humidity for them. At this point I thought that with the holes drilled in the bottom that any excess water will drain out.
I gave my brother in law some of the same cuttings and after they had roots in the zip lock bags we transplanted his into the clear containers and he started to water them, and his has roots growing inside the clear containers like crazy, although I told him my understanding was that not to water them, maybe I misunderstood the instructions.
I do appreciate more than you guys know all of the replies to my post from each one of you. I will be patient and give them all the time I need, at this point I have nothing to lose.

Thanks again to all of you and if you need more questions answered please reply and I will be happy to respond.

Wade