This past spring I was very successful at rooting my UCD cuttings in a bag. They sent me 26 and I rooted 24. There were 2 that had several mold issues adding to the fact that they didn't look good from the start.

Since I'm not one who gives up easy, I took the dead sticks and plugged them in to my vegtable garden. Nothing special done other than my usual waterings. This weekend I cleaned out the garden and much to my surprise, one of the dead sticks was showing some growth (see photo). I started rooting these cuttings in March. It's been 6 months!!! I think this may qualify as the longest fig rooting experiment.

Too bad I don't remember what variety it was.

That's remarkable. I guess one shouldn't give up on cuttings that look dried out. I have a few of these that I am ready to give up on but now I must reconsider. Was the mold extensive? Did the wood seem like it was "mushy" from rotting? If you recall from March of course.

This cutting was never mushy.  This one, along with a few others did get fluffy with mold once.  I used peroxide and water to keep it at bay after that.  This one actually dried out due to a hole in the bag when rooting it.  I went out of town a couple days and when I returned, it was tough like leather.  I kept it bagged a couple more weeks and nothing happened.  That's when I plunked it in to the garden.

If you have a mushy one, try cutting off the mushy part.  I did this with an Alma cutting and successfully sprouted roots higher on the cutting.

I've done the same with removing part of the cutting. How successful have you been with the peroxide and water? I have used it for the white "fluffy" mold and it works right away but it comes back in a day or two. Any fear about hurting the cutting or leaves?

Tbucketer,
thought i would wipe the dust off this old thread and bring it back up.
How is that cutting doing that you cannot identify did it grow well or produce figs this season. Can you post any pictures of it if its still thriving?
Have not seen any post since this 1.

Much to my dismay, it died.  I worked very hard to keep it thriving indoors throughout the winter as I knew it would struggle coming out of dormancy.  It made it until April.

It did seem to thrive for a while.  I had it planted in a pot with no drainage holes (I watered it sparingly to not over-water).  Over the top I used a small plastic container which they sell as Beta aquariums.  It fit up to the pot very well.  It was like a miniature terrarium.  I kept the humidity up and gave it fresh air time daily.  I also used grow lights.  It actually put on some growth throughout the winter months.  I took better care for that tree than I did my kids ;o)

Too bad.  I hate losing a tree.