Hello All,

Expecting some cuttings off an actively growing tree to arrive within next few days via mail.  These cuttings are highly important/sentimental to me. 

Question - what would you think is the best method for rooting success given time of year (I'm in PA Zone 5) and active growing status of the tree?

I was planning on doing the "moist paper towel wrap in ziplock bag" method to establish roots, then pot up in 2/3 perlite 1/3 vermiculite, keeping in large plastic storage container to maintain humidity - this method has worked well for me with cuttings taken this spring just before bud break.

Thanks in advance,
Joe 

To be on a safer side, I would also pot some right now the old-fashioned-way.
Cut off all the leaves, pot, cover with some dome (for humidity) and somehow
maintain  a good air-circulation/humidity combination to prevent mold
(not an easy task!). Maybe one way to do this is to remove the dome,
at least once a day, mist with water, and after (say)15 minuted, put the dome
back. Also the dome itself should have some vents. Some kind of a fungicide
may also help.

Good luck,
George (NJ).

P.S.
These are considered as "green" cuttings, as you said non-dormant, aka alive
and active. Depending on the space/size of dome available, I would also consider
keeping a half (trimmed) mature leaf (in some cuttings) to help contribute some
energy/food for the twig to produce (essential) roots. If the conditions are
right, this will help, but most likely, it will go into shock, and just drop off...

 A friend brought over some fresh brown cuttings about 6 inches long from Bari Italy no leaves on them. I recieved 1 stick.When i did get it was wrapped in paper towels and somewhat still moist. I put the stick in our small desk top fountain and would turn the fountain on for about 8 hours a day, it created air circulation and the stick basically floated,sometimes i would move it around but for the most part it just sat there. About 30 to 40 days later i was shocked on day when i looked at it and saw a green bud forming,it started getting roots and i took it out and stuck it in some Light potting soil and put in semi shade. This is the 3rd year now i have had it and as we speak there are small figs on it,i don't know what type it is or the actual color of the fig .Hopefully this year i will know how they taste and if its a dark color or a light variety. I since retired from the job and i have found out mine is the only one that made it. I can't wait to actually taste the fig,i hope its one that is self fruitful as i was told there were more of these tree's in that area next to each other. My italian friend has no idea what type it is, but his sister one day gave him some other figs that she had cut slightly and put an almond in it roasted it somehow in oven and then dipped in chocalate. Oh my was that ever so good.
Anyways this worked for me to get a rooted cutting ,i by no means no what the heck i'm doing when it comes to rooting a fig but it worked.I did last year cut a branch from another type of fig and just put it in potting soiland a small cup,sprayed it with water, covered it with a small dark plastic bag and it started growing .Repotted it and gave it to my neighbor,it now has figs as this variety is very productive for me,last year alone i stopped counting at 150 figs on this one tree i keep about 5 feet tall including the big plastic pot it is in.It came from Edible Nursery and supposedly is a Sal's tree.
Good Luck
Martin

I have 3 cuttings from what I'm going to call unknown #1
 
They were as you can see very much "green"
 
I washed them in dish detergent, then dried them with paper towel, then dunked in 10% Clorox solution.
 
I bagged them on 7/5/08 as you can see, the roots have begun :)

                       

I another forum a mutual friend of Jon and me (Joe R.) mentioned something recently that I thought made common sense and I don't know why I didn't think of it myself.  He rooted some dormant pomegranate cuttings late in the season and wrapped the all of the portion sticking above the ground and maybe a quarter or half inch below surface with Parafilm.  He used no dome or misting and got a 100% take.  It would also seem ideal for green cuttings.

My biggest problem with misting is I end up getting things too wet and they mold.