Started to root a cutting exactly 2 weeks ago.  In the standard cup, perlite, ziplock bag.  

Leaf buds started to pop at the end of week #1.  A few days later, I trimmed an emerging fig to focus on root growth.  At this time there were no visible signs of roots, it was still early and I was doing my best not to disturb.

Yesterday the cup took a header and fell approximately two feet.  The accident scene revealed two roots on the cutting that broke off. 

Any idea on the odds it will continue to develop roots?  

Reasonably good odds.
You have to re-pot it anyway, low odds or high odds. It will be happy to root with another chance.

Pot it up, it should be okay, how much leaf growth does it have?

Pot it up. In the right environment cutting are really durable.

Knock a whole tray off a table and see how you feel? Your cutting should be fine! : )

I would never remove a swelling green bud from a cutting that I am trying to propagate.  My thinking is that the leaves provide energy via photosynthesis to power root growth (along with stored energy in the cutting).  I sometimes have cuttings with roots and no leaves so if you destroy a bud you might be increasing the odds that would happen.

I had three Gillette plants in one container. They fell upside down and did not recover. R.I.P. 

Rewton,

I think he clipped off a fig, not a fig leaf.


Andrew

Re. removing a fig vs. a leaf bud - sorry I misread.  What you did makes perfect sense.  Good luck with the cutting.