Hi all! I thought I'd make a grow journal of my first try at growing fig cuttings. I tried growing in bags of long-fibered sphagnum moss and also the paper towel method. I was a bit impatient and waited only for the hint of initials before I stuck them in 1 gallon pots with 50/50 soil-perlite.

So far I started Hardy Chicago, RdB, and one Hunt cutting that I received from Mario (Willofig) on 1/16-1/17. Then I started Strawberry Verte, Negronne, and El Molino from Igor (greenfig) on 2/9. The ones from Igor were automatically put in the 1 gallons without the initial baggy process. All cuttings were scrubbed down with soap and water then dunked in a 1:10 bleach solution for a few minutes prior to baggy/pots.

I think so far so good. Here's my set up:



I also have some Unknown (probably plain Red) Mulberry growing in there, too.

Temps in my enclosure are usually:


And the root zone ranges from 74-82F. No heat pads used.

I'm expecting Saratoga/Chico Strawberry cuttings from Sue (svanessa) once this horrible frigid weather gets a little better. I want to say huge thank yous to all the informative contributions by the many folk on this forum. Also, it's incredible to see such generosity via the sharing of cuttings and how openly people are to help out. Hopefully this project will be somewhat successful so I can help contribute, too.

Very nice photos!  Congratulations on your rooting success, and good luck in the future!

Suzi

good luck looks like a good setup!

Looking good!

It looks nice.  As someone who uses similar lights I want to let you know that 2 rows of 1 gal pots won't get enough light from one shop light.  Two shop lights side by side will give enough for 3 rows  of pots.  Walmart has the cheapest shop lights (T8s) and Home Despot has the cheapest bulbs.

Alma,

Thank you for the update and the photos!
You have a nice setup!
I assume the El Molino is the cutting with the largest leaves, right? :)

They are not the fast rooters, please be patient. I will replace them in case of failure but all mine have rooted fine and I hope yours will be similar!

Igor, those actually aren't the El Molino. I started your cuttings on the 9th and am playing the waiting game for visual action. The ones leafing out before rooting are the RdB and my single Hunt (all one month of growth so far). I'll keep updating you on the El Molino here. I'm staying optimistic that I won't kill much and have high hopes for massive growth from your cuttings in a month :D

Thanks again, Bob. I'll have to rig something up as supplemental lighting (or wrap everything in mylar) and hope for the best. If I had the cash, I would have gone for 4-tube hood :/

Alma, looks like a good set up to me. The plants seem to like it and thats what counts!

Nice looking set-up you have there.

Alma, congrats on your new plants! Looks like you know what you are doing...Love that setup, looks like mine..Good Luck ; )

Really nice looking! Can I ask, did you have the light on them even when they were just sticks in the 1-gallons? (Meaning they had no roots or leaves...?)

Thanks Alma, I ask about light because I just started some a couple day ago (my first time) and don't have any light on them...
I am in zone 7a and we have winter heating on indoors. How are you achieving those high temps and high humidity in your 'chamber' without any heating pad? I have a heating pad under my storage bin chamber and its still only 73degrees in there...