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New to the forum an introduction and quick cuttings questions

I am new to Fig trees. I am located in NJ zone 6b. This year I planted two 5 year old fig trees and I will see how they do. I don't know the varieties, one white and one brown. I am also attempting to grow trees from cuttings. My wifes grandparents have many fig trees on thier property. He was trimming them down so he can wrap them. He has even gone as far as to build a house for some of them... He gave me a bunch of the cuttings. From this site and other information on the web. I am trying a few different methods to root them. I am trying the baggie method with and without roottone. I know it doesn't seem to popular, but I could not find any liquid versions and I am curious to see if it works. I planted some in vermiculite with and without rootone and some in dirt and some peetmoss with and without roottone. After all that I took a few cutting and just put them in a container of water. My question is do I need to put a baggie or something over the cutting in the water or can I just leave them in there and see if roots show?
    My second question is related to the other cuttings. The cuttings in pots I wrapped in plastic to keep in humidity. Do really need to be air tight? I just made a frame with skewers and wrapped it in saran wrap. Do they need to be kept at a perfect 70? I am keeping them upstairs which is warmer. Our heat goes down to the lower 62-64 at night and when we are not home, but it would be a warmer upstairs. I am also keeping everthing and especially the baggies near our heat source, which is water baseboards, so it doesn't get really hot, but it will stay warmer. Is this ok?

Welcome to the site. and first off good luck with the cuttings sounds like most of us you are experimenting trying to find a method that works for both you and the cuttings... I have heard of success with the water method mainly rain water though... The tented cuttings will be fine does not have to be air tight just enough to trap moisture from completly evaporating. Now the rooting hormone..I don't think rootone will do anything but rot the cutting. The only rooting hormone I have tried was natural Willow Water made from willow leaves and had mixed results from that.. I just prefer the baggie method and you do need to maintain the heat as close to 70 as possible to help start roots.Again Good luck and welcome to the adicting world of figs.

Thanks, Do you think I should put a bag over the cuttings in water. I might be crazy, but I think I see something going on with them already. One or two have something fuzzy looking on the bottom were it was a fresh cut. I don't know if that is something oozing out...

I have never done the water method I dont think you need to cover the container.. The cover is to keep the moisture in when using a low moisture high humidity environment.

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