Hi.  I am new to this forum.  Have been hanging around for awhile, reading and learning.  Everyone on this forum seems very knowledgable and full of good advice.  I've never propagated a cutting before coming to this site.  Thank you everyone for your help in getting me started!

I finally took the leap and began to propagate cuttings a few weeks ago.  Took a bunch from an unknown White growing on Staten Island, NY which came from Italy 35 years ago.  The tree is large, extremely healthy and produces large figs that are delicious.  It never gets covered in the winter.  Also took some cuttings from my own tree which is an unknown dark.  It is about 5 years old and finally gave some edible figs this year.  The mother tree is in my neighbor's yard.  It is about 30 years old and the largest fig tree that I've ever seen.  This tree is extremely healthy and produces small or medium dark figs that are the best I've ever tasted.  Bought a dozen or so Brown Turkey cuttings from toma*sgarden on eBay.  Also got a few cuttings from johnsvmf1 on eBay (Hardy Chicago, New Brunswick, Desert King), after purchasing a Violette de Bordeaux fig tree and a Sal's Corleone fig tree.

        

Most of the cuttings are in large Glad containers, covered with damp Sphagnum Moss.  A few are in regular, gallon size, Ziploc bags, wrapped in damp paper towels.  

   

Almost all are showing initials.  Some are starting to show roots.  All have been in about 2 weeks, give or take a day.  

     

My questions are:

1.  Should I begin to transfer to clear cups with initials or wait for good root growth?  Some, like the Hardy Chicago cutting in the pictures, are almost completely covered with initials and have no rooting.  Others have 1 or 2 roots and some light initials.

  

2.  There are differences of opinions on the type of media and proportions to be used for transfer into the cups.  I have bought perlite, vermiculite and MG garden soil.  Was going to use a mixture of 1/3 each.  Is this okay?

3.  How can you tell which side of the cutting is up?  Didn't think to keep track of it when cutting.

I've reviewed "From Twigs to Figs" and it is fantastic!  Any help that can be given is greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Welcome to the forum!  For help with orienting cuttings right side up see this thread:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/freaky-roots-on-my-cuttings-help-6535428?pid=1279643229&highlight=upside#post1279643229

Re. the soil mixture, most people don't include vermiculite because it holds too much water.  Beyond that, there are a lot of different soil mixes that people use and there is much discussion on the forum on this topic.  I would think 2 parts of perlite to one part MG would be ok but others can weigh in too.

Danny: Welcome to the Fig Forum. Nice trees, thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

 Hello Danny.  Oh what fun!  .. figs make good roomies.    I wish you good luck

Soni