Just thought I'd share my 3 week progress on 24 cuttings I grabbed from my old house.  All but a couple have rooted so far.  And 19 graduated to the clear cups because they rooted so well!  This is my first time dealing with cuttings.  I know it wasn't the ideal time to do this, but it's more for experimentation, since I can get more cuttings in late winter.
I first began by wrapping the cuttings in lightly dampened colored newspaper using the baggy method.  Some rooted after just 7 days!  I then transferred them to various clear containers with drilled holes in the bottom, filled with perlite and sphagnum peat moss.  Some with perlite/potting soil.  I soaked them with water, then placed them in a bin with 2 grow lamps set to run 12 hours a day.  I used a clear cover to maintain humidity, which keeps the bin at about 74° (1° higher than the room temp).  I remove or tilt the cover every so often when I see too much condensation developing.  In fact, today I had to gently brush away mold on a few cuttings.  I used an old toothbrush and some antibacterial soap.
At this stage, since the roots are taking off, and I have some leaves sprouting, should I keep the lid off and continue with the grow lights throughout winter?  What would you do?  Thanks!

With roots like that I'd put them in a 1 gal pot uncovered as long as your soil mix drains fast. Mold is deadly so you need to keep them out of the high humidity. Once there's roots on cuttings without leaves you don't need the humidity anymore.

Other people would do things differently, of course.

and definitely use lighting over the winter to help them grow. Mine did best with 14 hrs on, 10 off, but that is dependent on the details of your setup. You should try different things to see what works best. I wouldn't give less than 10 hrs of light. Mine dried out too fast with 16 hrs of light. These are much to young to tolerate drying out so you have to be careful of that.

Very nice set up!!!

You done did good. I have to ask, what's up with all the alum. foil? Is it for ufo's and aliens?

luke

Does the foil help commercial TV programming, if it does, I'm doing it!!!

Frank,

I am too new to figs to give advice on them but do know about the lighting.  As the plants grow and leaf out you are going to come to a serious space crunch as overlapping leaves will not help as one leaf blocks the light from the next.  There is no need for expensive grow lights though as you can simply use 4 foot shop light fixtures and normal florescent bulbs.  I like to use one cool white and one warm white bulb per fixture.   That will give you much more room to space the plants out.  The only caveat is the bulbs must be kept very close to the leaves, just a couple inches is best. 

Frank,
Thank you for posting.  I really like picture number eight with the small fig leaf. It still seems like a miracle to me that you can take an almost dormant stick and see it transform into a new plant.  I have five cuttings in the early stages of rooting and will be placing under florescent lighting.  Your post has inspired me.