Well, my Mom is sending some cuttings from her tree!  I should get them this week.  I am not sure what I'll get but I'd like some opinions about the best way to start them off.  The tree is actively growing.

I don't know what kind of tree it is except that it is about 80 years old or so, and has small purple figs.  They are the figs I grew up with and fell in love with and now I will be able to grow my own from it and keep the line going - hopefully!!

I know from your prior posts that you have been after this one for a while so congratulations. I hope they root for you!

I have got some active / green cuttings recently also and following advice I read here I just stuck them in potting soil, watered them well, and set them in the shade of my lattarula. It has only been about a week, but look fine.

Aaron

Jo-Ann

A fig collector named Ray Givan  takes green wood, and essentially sticks it into a growing medium, and covers the cutting with a clear, large soda bottle with the cap on, making a temporary greenhouse.  When the cutting starts to leaf out he removes the bottle cap and continues to grow the cutting until it is well established.  I would do this in bright shade, away from cooking heat.

He also has a video on you tube that shows this method of propagating from green cuttings.

Good luck with the heirloom tree.

Frank

if it's greenwood cutting. important thing from what i have heard is keeping moisture on the top so they don't dry out.

with my green cuttings, i have put them into a bin and keep it closed most of the time. so far so good. green cuttings, if your mother is sending it in a ziplock back with moist paper towel or newpaper in it, will more than likely start root initial while it's getting to you.

treat them like hardwood cutting, just make sure the top doesn't dry out.

greenwood cuttings move very fast. i have full set of leaves on the ones i started about week and a half ago. usually when i see leaves coming out, root will following soon.

pete

I just put 40 greenwood cuttings in mini greenhouses, some with older wood and some all green. Which roots fastest?
Suzi

If you don't have a greenhouse, you can make do with direct rooting into 1 gallon or smaller pot AND placing a plastic bag over the pot. Keep it in partial shade. It should do well. Key point is keep humidity high. If needs be, have 2 tiny holes on top of the plastic bag. Good luck.

As Frank mentions, look up Ray Givens Youtube video to see what he does. it si very simple to do and the success rate is pretty good. Suzi, greenwood roots much faster. Having said that, if one of your old wood cuttings jumps out first, that wouldn't surprise me either. 

All of my cutttings have at least three green nodes, but a few are attached to older parts of the branch. It will be interesting to see the growth difference, if any!
Suzi

Some people recommend rooting hormone for green cuttings.  Congratulations on obtaining the cuttings.  Even 1 node can give you a whole new plant.

Here's the video cued up to the start of the fig segment.

Bob, thanks for the link, for some reason the sound isn't coming through!  speakers are on with volume, volume on computer is on all the way and the volume on the site in on full :{ 

Spoke with Mom today - she didn't send them yet - she took a cutting last week and never sent it so she threw it away, and now it's raining so she doesn't want to go out there till it clears up.  No problem, they will come when they come...

Ha!  By the time you get your cuttings, you might get the benefit of my first venture into the fresh green cuttings.  They are supposed to root fast.  We shall see!  At least you'll be prepared!
I hope you can see the pictures on that video even if the sound isn't working!  It really helped me a lot!
Good luck Jo-Ann!
Suzi

Had to uninstall and re-downlaod and install flashplayer and it worked!

So, stick 'em in dirt, water, cover and wait.  Sounds pretty simple! 

Now, I just need the cuttings.........

Suzi, when did you stick yours in dirt?  Any signs of new life?

I stuck them in dirt 5 days ago.  They are in their mini greenhouses.  I'll check on them on Friday/Saturday when we go back to Rancho Bernardo.  Important to me that they live, but sometimes too much fussing is not a good thing. 
Suzi

That is so true!  Kill'em with love = over water!  I've done that with several orchids over the years and labeled myself "The Orchid Killer".  Last fall I learned to treat them more like cactus - now I have three.

Hopefully I could keep the cuttings alive (if they ever get hear!! lol)