Have a stem cutting that is ready to move to the clear cup.  The stem is putting out roots on both end and in the middle. Know the bottom end of the cutting based on the leaf scar but wondering if most people plant the whole stem under the planting mix or still just the bottom end.

I normaly bury as much of the cutting as i can only leaving an inch or so out to grow.

As long at the top bud is above the soil line, you should be good.

Great question!!  My LSU Gold cuttings will root at every node, above or below grade, I plant to a depth that uses all roots, leaving a small tip above grade.  My thought is to never waste a root, LOL, I also will divide the cuttings.

Thank you for the replies.  The fig cutting is an unknown from NY and I have another from the same plant doing well in a clear cup.  My first thought was to plant the bottom rooted end and let nature takes its course.  Fig shoots would develop in the right environment and the roots above ground would just dry up. I'm now thinking that i am going to experiment with cutting into smaller parts to see what happens.  The experience may come in useful in the future.  Thanks again!

My opinion, but not based on a whole lot of evidence or science, so take it as just one person's opinion:

I have cut cuttings into 2 or 3 pieces in the past, but would not do it again.  Upon reflection, I can't see how it would increase your chance of getting 1 tree.  You're basically weakening each piece when you cut it.  Certainly it can work, and you may very well end up with 2 or 3 plants, but in my opinion, each will be weaker than the 1 you would have ended up with otherwise.  If you are OK with this, it is great to experiment and you can learn a lot. 

Another thing you could try is planting it horizontally, just below the soil.  I did this with a cutting last year that was growing roots out of the top and shoots out of the bottom.  The cutting did end up being successful, so I can't complain.  But I'm not sure it really helped.  In the end, the shoot near the bottom of the cutting ended up drying up, and one came out near the top after more roots had formed. 

I mean, think about it.  The plant tissues are set up for water/nutrients to flow in a certain direction.  So you can't really end up with roots above a shoot.  And if you do, they won't be feeding it, they will end up pushing a shoot at a node that is higher than them.  And when I say "above" and "higher" I mean in terms of the natural orientation, in other words, before it was cut.  If you plant a cutting upside down, then it might survive, but at some point the stem will have to make a u-turn.