Often people use the thin ends or 'left overs' of their cuttings for trying to root 'one node wonders'. You know, the ends they just don't want to throw away ...and they see them sadly sitting/drying on the table - and just stick 'em into something.... And these often do grow slower because they weren't grown from the prime ends or treated as lovingly.

But if you start with really nice cuttings consisting of just one node, it's been my experience that once you get good roots and a nice leafy shoot, they grow just as nicely as initially longer cuttings. I'm not sure you get the same high % of rooting as from larger/longer cuttings with greater stores of energy, but you can get very nice,  healthy plants from one node wonders.

So... (Using easy numbers) if you get 70% success from longer cuttings, and 'only' 40 or 50% from shorter or one node wonders, if you start with 100 long cuttings you'll get 70 plants ...vs 80 to 100 plants from cuttings that have been cut in half (including one node wonders) and with a lower success rate.

Of course your mileage may vary - I don't advise this for anyone who is a novice at rooting cuttings.

I can root things well enough but i guess you can say im that guy that just didnt want them to go to waste. so i tossed them into a cup of water and got to thinking about it. they have been in water since monday. i bagged them with moist mix today. mainly celeste, maybe some brown turkey, desert king, and purple magnolia in there as well but mainly celeste. i figure they might be a great way to get my frinds and family into growing figs. i dont know anybody that grows figs here. 99% of people i talk to dont even know what a fig is. thats somthing i want to change with a line of cooler climate figs.

Amazing! Marvelous!

WOW! Thats amazing!!! I going to try and get every cutting to grow from now on. No matter how small.

thanks for starting this. I was wondering how small it could be to root.  know its  time to have a little fun and try this out .