This is my second year rooting cuttings. I am off to a way better start then last year and avoiding the same mistakes I made last year. This happened a bit last year and I didn't think to much about it, but I have noticed it more this year. After the cuttings are potted up and start to root and put out growth some of them will drop some leaves at the slightest touch. The leaves will look pretty normal they are usually small started leaves, but it seems like they are just on there by a thread and if you touch them or even disturb the cup they flal right off. The plants seem to be fine and they just keep growing, but I am curious if this is something I am doing wrong.

If all the leaves don't fall of... Don't worry about it.

I haven't found it unusual to drop an immature leaf or two or three. It happens in nature also, you just don't notice. If you lost half the leaves or half of them... Be concerned....

Watch for the new stems to be wrinkling up or becoming limp. That is the time to worry. I have had cuttings drop all of their leaves and die back a the ends of the new growth. Then, the buds on the new growth has sprung to life and grown out producing many new healthy leaves. Figs are amazing.

Could be normal. Have seen it many times. Leaves are a trailing indicator: that is they tell you about the past. They show the results of conditions that existed, a couple days ago, or maybe even a week.  Generally, when assessing plant health you want to know what is happening with the new growth. As long as new growth is healthy, not to worry. If new growth is healthy and normal, then you have moved on from what was happening days or weeks ago.

I used to observe new leaves drop (or just hanging on weak and falling with touch) when I used to place the rooted cuttings close to glass windows in deep winter months. I suspected cold radiation from the windows because I did not notice it on new plants away from windows but the plants not showing these signs were also in plastic storage container so humidity may also be a factor.

I was looking at the rooting information on the Figs4fun site and was thinking that perhaps the leaves may out grow the roots of the cutting. Could it be that the cutting drops some leaves to slow this problem down and balance the roots to leaves ratio? Just a thought. I have seen a lot of cuttings that tend to have an explosion of new leaves but very slow root development. I think they may just get out of balance. I am also rooting in my rather dry house so humidity may be partially to blame as well. For those of you who root their cuttings in a green house do you have a problem with leaves dropping off of your cuttings?

Thanks guys, I didn't think it was a big deal. The plants all look healthy and keep growing. If anything I was thinking like afigfan. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't doing something that was setting them back.

I have had many drop ALL leaves, only to see new ones appear later after a week or two.