Hmmm. I was wondering if that fishy was aimed at me. No, nothing fishy. Just looking for an opportunity to show off my little trees.
Just so there's no question that these are current pictures of my rooted cuttings, with the correct date stamp, here they are with the three Green Ischia plants grown from cuttings (in the lower portion of the picture). The one on the right was grafted onto one of my trees just to see if it would take. The plant on the far right is a Longue D'Aout rooted cutting. The Ischia Green and Longue D'Aout were cuttings received from one of the members here in March. The other varieties received from this member aren't totally dead, but they are very slowly coming along.
Since showing off got me here, here's my successful first attempt at grafting a fig cutting. Ischia Green on top of unknown grown in Chicago.
These cuttings were taken out of the refrigerator on May 1, 2016. Today is June 11. Of course they didn't come out of the refrigerator with roots or leaves. When do you start counting how many weeks old a plant is? If you start from the day you start the process, then these are approximately six weeks old.
I've read through a lot of the posts on this forum in addition to digesting lots and lots of internet information. I've got three varieties of cuttings purchased from Ebay each showing signs that they will be successful. I've only had one set of cuttings that failed where every single cutting rotted.
I really have no reason to lie, and whether you choose to believe me is totally up to you. At the end of the day, they're just plants. Its fun and satisfying turning sticks into plants, but they are just plants.