I read about this  on the forum and gave it a try with 50 cuttings, out of the 50 I had 6 figs that made it to cups, so its back to the moss for me. Rex

Hope you have better luck the old way.

Zone 8
South West TX

Yes, I get about 90 % with toots in the moss, but lose 10% that I put into cups, Rex

Hi Rex, that's too bad. I'm having excellent results with it and am not inclined at this point to use any other method. I used the Clonex Gel on most of mine and also used none on others. I find the clonex treated cuttings rooted two weeks faster than without it. What do you think went wrong? Did the cubes dry out or something? I've had to remoisten the cubes fairly often.  Are you saying you got o roots at all? After two weeks in a dark place in the house or when I see roots growing, I moved them outside to the greenhouse and shade them a little. If they are too wet looking, I open the vents for a while until the moisture on the dome drys some, then close them back up. When I get root growth,through the cube, I cup them up  in 1/2UPM & 1/2 Screened coarse perlite and put them in bins until the cups are full of roots. I have already weaned some out of the bins to full air. I set one tray outside in the sun for about 40 minutes today and they never wilted.

I especially like the fact that there is no transplant shock when they go to cups. I know some are going directly into gallon pots, but I'm chicken and take things slower.

I wonder what kind of luck others are having?

Hi Tim and Rex, I've had very good luck with the Root Riot cubes. I didn't count but out of fifty cuttings I know I got at least 45 rooted. I lost a couple that dried up, bad cuttings, and one had mold, other than that the rest rooted. I'm on my second batch and have moved about half of them to cups also. I've decided that this is the way from now on. I used a root hormone call Hormex. It is a liquid and I soak my cuttings for 30 second at full strength. I also mix 1 tablespoon of Hormex in a half gallon of water and use that in a spray bottle to moisten them as they dry.
''gene"

Have not tried these as of yet on fig cuttings. However have been using these for flowers, veggies, bushes and other trees with good results.

Figs do seem to have a problem with having too much moisture around their bases when rooting. Verdict for me is still out there, but a lot of people are reporting good results with these plugs. 

This moisture concern is something I will evaluate later this year after the main propagation time and cuttings are done with. 

I have had very good success with RR cubes. Out 100 cuttings I had 10 that did not root and I attribute those to bad cuttings. I have
had three that I moved to one gal pots that did not make it for what ever reason. There appears to be no transplant shock. I use straight
one hundred percent UPM when potting them up. I do not moisten the soil but very little with a spray bottle and I spray the cube before
potting it. The majority of the  cuttings have leaves also and on a few I have used a 16 oz cup for a humidity dome for a few days.

One of the real advantages that I find with the root riot system is that they have a lot better tolerance to over watering...in previous methods of rooting I lost many rooted cuttings to even slight overwatering...whereas with RR they seem to thrive on an abundance of water after uppotting...maybe it's because they were 'hatched' in a very watery enviornment(not full hydroponics, but close)...so they are used to the water, and are not overpowered(drowned) by frequent watering and misting...have not lost one uppotted plant to overwatering yet(almost 75 uppotted plants at this point).

I haven't tried this method.  When you stick the cuttings in the tray, do you cover them with something to retain the moisture? It seems like a lot of exposed wood and I don't think that would do too well in my extremely dry, gas furnace always on, in freezing upstate ny home.  Is there already a thread on the technique for using RR for fig cuttings?  Don't know why but whenever I use the search function I return 0 results.  Must be user error!  Duh
Timothy

Thimothy, yes you need a cover. There is one made for the root riot base that has vents on top or you can do as I did and use a clear tote and cover.
"gene"

Timothy,
The cover (humidity dome) is absolutely necessary until the cuttings have rooted, also sealing the exposed cut ends increases the success rate.

Forum member Rafed started a Topic on his success with Rootriot.

I posted on a similar method using Coir Seed Starting Mix instead of the Rootriot cubes and documented my success.

Good Luck.

Timothy, something like this is what I have      http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-CK64081-7-Inch-Vented-Dome/dp/B003Y3E55G/ref=pd_sim_lg_3

Thanks Gene, Pete and Mike!