I have learned so much from all the helpful members of this site and am very grateful .

The one thing I noticed is that there are many ways to accomplish the same goal .
I have tried different setups and these photos show what works for me . 
 Hopefully others can post what works for them so we can learn from each other.

PHOTO 1 - on the left is a an incubator I had that I set for 75 f and put
               my rooting boxes in. ( not a necessary step if room warm enough)
             - on the right is a little fridge I have for storing cuttings.

PHOTO 2  -I use plastic shoe/storage boxes ($0.89 each at HD ) filled with   
              sphagnum moss for rooting . I can root upto 12 cuttings in each or
               just 1 cutting . Never any molding when you use sphag moss.

PHOTO 3  -I use a 2 shelf greenhouse that you can  get at any number of
              places for $30 or so . This is great for humidity  and space saving.
              -the floor level is used for rooting in sphagnum moss
              -the first shelf is for rooted cuttings in the bags that Jon
               recommends ( U-Line  ) with  60/40 pearlite to HP promix.
               I have a 60 watt light bulb on this level which is always on
               and keeps the greenhouse 5f warmer than the room so final temp
               is around 75f. The light is shielded to avoid light on cuttings .

PHOTO 4 -When the cuttings are ready to be potted up to containers I use
             .75 gallon pots with 50/50 pearlite to hp promix and place under
              4 foot flourescent lights for plants.

     
PHOTO 5 - I use a clear plastic cup with the bottom cut out which helps 
               keep the bag open and cutting straight when filling .

                      I hope this info can be of use to someone.... 
                                   thanks  .... John
   

I used Encanto Farms new method of potting the individual cuttings in 2"x 8" plastic bags.
This has really worked out well.     Link: http://figs4fun.com/basics_Rooting.html

I call it the Bag and Tag method, as I simply use indelible marker right on the Bags and write the name of the cutting there.
I went to my local Box Store and bought a pack of 2"x 8" open end plastic bags. I cut the corners out of the bottoms of the
bags to provide drainage. The rooting medium is 80/20 perlite/potting mix. I take the cut bags and write the names on the
sides and place them with each cutting. Next take a cutting and drop it in it's bag and then fill it 2/3 - 3/4 full of potting mixture.
 
I used a large utility bucket that I had lying around as my rooting box. I took a nursery flat and traced the outline of the bottom
of the bucket on it and cut out a round mesh grid to place in the bottom of the bucket. I cut cottage cheese and yogurt containers
into 1" high spacers to set in the bottom of the bucket and act as supports for the plastic grid to sit on. Then I irrigated all of the
bagged figs and let them drain out and placed them in the bucket standing straight up. I was able to load 28 bagged cuttings.

I have reached about 90% success rate so far. I have only a plastic grocery bag draped over the top of the bucket and it is sitting
upstairs in my office where it's nice and warm. Plenty of foliage on cuttings and 34 days in roots are growing out the base of the bags.  

My intention is, once I get some viable saplings started . . I plan on taking cuttings and grafting them to other root stock so I can have
multi-varietal fig trees . . .I plan on trying to match similar branch/leaf/and growth structure . . well . . we'll see.

John,

That's quite a setup you have there and the pics are great.

noss

I went back to a simpler rooting set up.  First, the zip top bag with sphagnum moss.  After about 3 weeks, all had begun to form roots.



Then into the ground.  I tilled a six foot wide path into the ground.  Since I did not receive a package from UCD and all of my trees suffered significant top damage, the path was much longer than it needed to be. 



I buried the cuttings leaving only about 1-2" above the ground. 





Then they were water and mulched. 



I covered most (if not all) of the rest of the cuttings with mulch.  There are only two cuttings with more than 1/2" above the mulch.  Also, I used two mulches.  I had a pine bark (medium sized nuggets) that I put directly around the cuttings.  The pine bark dries out quickly and doesn't allow water to sit next to the cuttings.  I surrounded the pine bark with a shredded "hardwood" mulch which retains more water.  I anticipate I will water about every three days for the first three weeks then go with a once a week schedule for the rest of the season.

~james

Awesome photos James.

You guys in the south make me jealous.. Unfortunately there's no south in Canada :(

John......