Darcy..
hmm,
 i have not done that one yet but cant say i never will!

wow, will the nature of the plant allow water to flow backwards. that is interesting who know you may discovered  something that will have value. just like those tomatoes that grow better upside down

Hey there Darcy,

I'll just bet that ain't the first time that has happened, it might be the first time someone has owned up to it! (I like that)

Being as you rooted the cutting "bass akwards?" how do you plan on ingesting the figs, please tell us, ya don't plan on eating them "bass akwards>>>>>Just joking, keep us posted on that and your other plants!

Been there, done that. Really funny because I just found one yesterday that I had put in upside down. Don't have the pictures ready yet. I manage to get one or two upside down every year,

I love this!  Though it has to be a bit stressful now, I see the only room left for roots on top is not much!  Can it keep going upside down?  Wow only figs, lol.  What are you going to do with it now, I would keep it going. Good luck with it, its a cutie!

Darcy,
if that plant is special you can always transplant into another pot and put stick lower in soil to bury that green stem sideways with small piece sticking out and it will root and you cut off and have plant growing the other way this year. 
It is a conversaton piece though!

Dan,
I goofed also years ago. The photo shows my mistake in all its glory. A friend of mine visiting here saw it after it had grown some. I gave it to him and he wrote me later saying that the tree did bear ripe fruits. I have only his word on that.

Later he wrote me that it died because he left for Europe
and told one to water it so he said when he got back it had dried up. He had growing in a container.
Lou

I was looking at my potted fig cuttings and 3 out of 72 are of the Downup variety.  I will dump them out, get em the right way round and replant.  When dormant cuttings arrive and top and bottom are about the same diameter, and both ends have been cut, what are some good polarity clues, as many cuttings will root from almost one end to the other?

Yeah, me too! Recently I noticed one upside-down twig, but luckily,
I caught it before it rooted or sprouted. Then I re-potted it with the right end up.
Now it is doing fine.

How can Darcy's cutting be salvaged?

If it was me, and it is a precious twig,
I'll re-pot the whole thing in a wide pot, at an angle
(say 30 degree to the horizontal), with the "base" as the lower
end. The new green sprout seems to be long enough.

If it is of no value, I'll probably discard it.

Or maybe use it as an experiment/curosity of some kind?

A while back, on the other FF, somebody had asked a question
how to know which end is which. Again, here is the picture I had presented.

Bud ABOVE leaf-scar (just in case the pic somehow vanishes!)

Jon, you are welcome to use my pic (somewhere) in your great and
recently uptaded [fig] "Growing Tips". Experienced people, do occasionally
slip, and may not need it;  but some newbies might.

Also, the standard of preparing NON-TIP cuttings, is to cut at right-angle
(relative to the twig) at the BASE (bottom), and at an angle of 45 degrees
at the APEX (top; to simulate the natural tip). Of course not all people
do that (including myself -too much of a hassle for me).

So far, I have not encountered anybody (including myself) that managed
to pot a NATURAL-TIP cutting upside-down!?!....that would be something!

Thanks gorgi for the clear pic with description and the advice.

Kim, I think I would try planting it on its' side, with the shoot point up. Fig cuttings can be rooted horizontally, anyway, so that shouldn't be a problem, I an experimenting with some one-node wonders done horizontally, currently.

Gorgi, a pix of the correct orientation of the cutting was one of the things on my to-do list for the "Growing Tips" page. I wa reminded of that when I found my upsidedown cutting yesterday.

I am with you, cutting the angle is too much hassle, esp. when cutting a longer branch into pieces, because that means making every cut twice, once to make the angle, and then again the square it off for the opposite end of the next piece. The practice of cutting the angle allowing the person doing the potting to correctly judge the top and borttom ends with ease and not too much thought, esp. when they are being propagated in bulk and speed is of the essence.

Glad I'm not alone in getting things backward. I did the same with one last year. It rooted at the middle node and wasn't paying attention when I planted it. It grew a bud and branchlet that grew until it hit the soil. It later failed.

Pl. refer to a new GW/FF post 

Thanks Gorgi, I saw that one and his response. Seems to be consistent with everyone's experiences.

You guys are too funny!

Dieseler - don't worry, you will get a chance.  Some day you will get a scion that has grown healthy roots at the top and buds at the bottom.

xgrndpounder - The golden rule is: all figs must pass over the taste buds first.

monkey546 - I think since the fig has righted itself it should be okay. Jon probably knows what will happen..... When I transplant it I will just cover up the original scion, and tilt it so it starts growing straight up.

Jon - if you want to use this photo for what not to do in your "Growing Tips" you may.

Darcy,
im know im no expert but it wont happen on my watch unless i have to much vino one day and look at things backwards.  ;  )
Im sure Cecil could use a bass akwards fig though for a taste test.   ; )

I got started on a page on orienting scion at http://figs4fun.com/More_Info_Cutting_Direction.html

Coincidentally, the last picture demonstrates that cuttings can and do root anywhere along the cutting.

Great thread Darcy! Great info Jon! This one will be revisited by many Im sure!:))