Sigh.  Remember when I got 4 beautiful cuttings that took a month to get here?  I received them April 17th.  REALLY important cuttings to me.  So, instead of doing my usual "root them in the ground," method I wrapped the tops in Paraffin Tape and split them into two parts.  THESE CUTTINGS MUST LIVE!

Part one:  Each cutting in a punctured water bottle with slightly damp coarse perlite and potting soil.  These were placed on my potting bench where it's shady in the day, and cooler than a sunny spot.  I gave them a splash of water every couple weeks.  Today, one shows a green shoot pushing out of the tape and I checked for roots.  YESSSSSS!!  The other has no roots or growing shoots.  Same batch.  Same treatment.  It's still viable.

Part two:  In a baggie with damp sphagnum moss.  Moss is still damp.  Cuttings are viable.  No roots.

I may break down and put one of the part two batch outside in a trench in ground and see if one will root that way.  Most cuttings do.

So it's been 6 weeks.  I guess that's normal.  Unlike me to worry so much but these are Baud's Sucrette.

Suzi

It seemed like almost all the cuttings were eager to root and grow January and February. Then fewer rooted in March. By April, there were fewer still that rooted. By May, it's a real challenge to get anything to root, either in cups or buried in coir. I'm ready to give up on cuttings until next year, will only try air layering now and the few cuttings still sleeping in the coir box. 

Yep...same variety, same treatment, yet they behave differently sometimes.  I feel your pain.

Suzi I'm growing that variety too and it is in its 2nd year.  I'll be interested to hear how it does in southern California.  It is in a 5 gallon container.  Out of all the trees I have this one seems to have the longest inter-nodal distance.  I suppose this means it wants to be a BIG tree.  It doesn't seem to be in any hurry to start fruiting.  It set no figs the first year and hasn't responded to pinching yet this year.  Axier seemed to think that it would be a good variety for areas that don't have long, hot summers though so I am assuming it is not a long season variety.

I got a 97% success rate using rich's method starting 8 different varieties this year.  His " from twigs to figs in 120 days" string on F4F has detailed instructions.  You start by planting them into cups of pure pearlite. It is very efficient.  I had no problem with mold.


My only problem is finding spots for all these trees.

Thanks again Rich!

Cheers

Tim Zone 10a Santa Barbara

The two Sucrette cuttings I have from Harvey were started the first week in March. Both rooted quickly, are now in one gallon pots and have five inches of growth from the original cutting. 
All the eBay cuttings which took weeks to get here died, even though they were alive when they arrived, were well packaged and some with green sprouts. One or two even developed roots briefly, look like they were going to "take", then died. All of these I started in April or May, so my guess is that it was too late in the season for them. Or perhaps they didn't survive possible "death rays" of the California postal processing? Or the rooting hormone which worked great Feb./March had expired and had a toxic effect?  
I feel your pain, because these were some really special varieties.

Mara, at least I have ONE fully rooted.  I really want the others to follow.  Mine came from Axier, and had a one month delivery ride.  The cuttings are all green and viable with no signs of mold.  It's been weird weather.  Foggy AM, burns off to sunny afternoons.  June Gloom.  Maybe a little too cold for rooting.  Gonna give it my best efforts, and will transfer the one rooted cutting to a larger container and put it in partial shade outside on the drip system. 

Now I'm curious if Baud's Sucrette will be aggressive and huge or not so much.  Time will tell!

Suzi

Interesting reading  above.   I have many cuttings sitting in sips like dumb stumps.    Had some extra cuttings   dropped them in a wendys cup with some water and stuck them on the mini greet house shelf.  Ignored and forgot. wow   roots and now leaves.  what gives.  It seems the more you want or pay for cuttings the worse they act or just die.   But one thing the hotter it is  outside the less they do.   Joyce

Desert, instead of potting soil use coca coir 50% and perlite 50% .then put them in a clear large plastic cup and a Baggie over top.keep them in a warm low light place. Also, some types of fig cuttings take longer then others.get a plastic storage box with egg crate on the bottom and keep the lid on. I tried potting soil and it barely worked but, I got roots in my cutting in a week and a half with coca coir and perlite. Zone 6B. Philadelphia.

some are just not strong enough to push out the roots. not enough stored energy. some just not in optimal environment for whatever reason even if we give them the best. if they show any sign of life, and root sooner or later.. i count that as a good sign.