For all those following along, here's a weekly update. First off, it's snowing, again. This sucks just like it did last weekend, the weekend before that, and so on. I'm debating adding bleach to my coffee and just end the suffering!

Now, back to the clones. A few things have leafed out, White Triana, and the variegated dog wood cuttings I took just to see what would happen.
 

Lots of stuff getting ready to send out some roots. Everything seems to be progressing except for the blueberry cuttings I have in there. They seem to just be sitting there.
   
 

 

 

Heres the bottom of one of the variegated dogwoods. A small root is starting to show itself. Japanese Lilac in the back corner is about ready to root as well.
     
Everything is progressing along, and I'd expect to start seeing some real roots like Harvey showed in the next week.

 

Under the light, and pretty much the only things green and growing anywhere in New England right now!

Back Left - CDN
Back Right - Petit Negri
Middle Left- VDB Orphan
Middle Center - Dauphine
Middle Right - CDG
Front Left - VDB Orphan
Front Right - Bryant Dark
Far Right - Cityline Rio Hydrangea
  

Ok How does a fig go from having no roots to having one about an 1" long overnight?

...how do you say "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." in Figese?
Jim

Here's an update on cuttings in my fog cloner.  Cuttings have been put in there at various times with the ones with the largest roots started 4 weeks ago on 1/24.  Maybe time for potting up the largest one?

 

 

Harvey,
  Are you hoping to get the roots out totally undamaged?
I think Sharon and Gloria were saying they left theirs in longer and the roots hardened off and became more pliable than typical roots on cuttings...

  I've got my bins and mister, and my netcups and collars are in the mail, so I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on this, too.  (But I keep reading good things about rooting in coco coir, so I'm second guessing myself...)
Jim

Jim, being the investigative kind of guy I am, I've already pulled these cuttings up before just to see how they would work out.  No damage at all with the biggest problem being getting them back in.  I'll probably wait, but am anxious to get the potted up.

Nice!

Thanks for starting this thread Sharon, I've really enjoyed everyones pictures and progress. 
Harvey, Looks really nice, glad your rat didn't get to those babies

Coop, I ended up moving all of my figs out into the greenhouse until the rat issue got "resolved" except for these in the cloner.  I have a tub covering them but I still kept watching just to see if the rat might be gnawing a hole to get to them! :)

Amazing roots Harvey. What kind of fogger do you have (size, number of discs)? I tested a single disc for an hour but the output was very low.

I ordered a set of rotating nozzles that are adjustable from 1 to 25 gph and an adjustable 50 gph pump to try. About $20 shipped. 

Been using the cloner since the fall.  Love it.

Here's 6 weeks of root development from last batch:

 

And this is the new batch:

 

I'm set up with misters.  How does the fogger work?  Can someone post more pics of it?

Hi Danny
Very nice roots and a very nice rig. Did you make that yourself? If so, you should be very proud of your nice work. Any discoveries when building it?

Thanks, Coop.

It was pretty straightforward.  Followed what Dennis did and whatever tutorials were on YouTube.
Didn't want to change anything so nothing new to report.

I was thinking about building a second one but I like the fogger idea.

Dennis gave me the green light to pot up that cutting with the most advanced roots.  Think I'll wait until daylight. :)

How's the top growth on the one's you're going to pot up?

I potted up one recently that had roots over a foot long, it had no shock at all in is growing like a weed. I have only lost one to shock so far and that one I just should have waited but I got impatient.

  This first one is the ones that are no longer in the humility bin
 
  These are some I have just started and few that you can see have been in a long time, I am running out of room outside of the bubbler so I am working on making room before I pot some of these up, but it seems they are not hurt by staying in longer.
  This is the first cloner I got, the other I made. So far I am very happy with the results I have had.

Here is my first cloner plant being potted up, 30 days after being started (others haven't done as well, this one is the best).

 

This one was started at the same time,  Slower to develop roots and wants to produce figs instead of leaves! I removed the fruit immediately after taking photo.

 

Now Harvey, be honest....how hard was it to process those cuttings? And where there any gnats? I'm glad I stepped out and tried the cloner and shared my results.

And yes, if you want, you can leave your cuttings in the cloner longer. I left some of mine in for 30 days and there was so much top growth that I could not keep the cutting vertical. The choice is yours.

Dennis, I don't usually have much in the way of problems with fungus gnats using ProMix HP to begin with.  For me, the things I like about the cloner are:
1. Don't need to water ever 2-3 days, worrying about getting moisture level exactly right.
2. I can know exactly how roots are doing.
3. I use a tub for humidity and that protected them from that dang rat!!! :)

Great work Gloria and Harvey, Dennis, Rafael and Mike
Love seeing the beautiful roots developed by these machines. 
I'm convinced, next year....

Harvey - I'm thinking about building a second cloner.  What type of fogger did you get?  After you installed the fan did you notice fog leaking out from anywhere?  Any nutrients?

Forget next year...  Do it now Coop  :)

Hi all,

Sorry to take so long to update.  Lots of things going on with the new house.  Mine cuttings are starting to root despite the cooler temperature.  A Nigara Black that was a gift from Marius has started rooting.  The one in front was from Driveway farm and is a
Scott's Black.  As you can see the roots are long and the tips are in the water.  I should have turned off the mister but I am too lazy to take another photo.  Many thanks to Dennis for his first post on using cloners.   

One other thing.  I like this method because I don't have to keep digging up my figs every day to see if I have roots yet.  My plants are not as far along but I think that is because I am growing much colder (~60 F)