upside down cuttings!!!??

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rich

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Posted 1358089682	Reply with quote #1

This morning I noticed that I mistakenly put a cutting in the cup upside down. The cup is full of roots but the one bud that's beginning to swell and grow is clearly headed in the wrong direction! What to do? Will nature simply correct this and turn the stem and buds around to grow upwards or will I be picking figs out of the grass! __________________ Seekonk MA (just outside of Prov RI) Zone 6b WISH LIST -NIAGARA BLACK

rafed

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Posted 1358089934	Reply with quote #2

Oh man,,Your figs are going to grow inside out! Just kidding. I think you will be fine.

musillid

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Posted 1358090777	Reply with quote #3

Just a suggestion, but maybe seal the top and cut out the bottom and flip the container over? But most plants that grow "up and down" have a sense of what's up and what's down - gravitaxis. __________________ Dale non compost mentis in Zone 6a

barnhardt9999

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Posted 1358093584	Reply with quote #4

I did that on one of mine and it has done fine. The shoot will curve upwards towards sunlight. No worries. __________________ 8a

Tonycm

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Posted 1358094473	Reply with quote #5

I did the same thing to one of mine. It's righting it self now. Should have no problems. __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

rcantor

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Posted 1358094751	Reply with quote #6

I would flip it and plant it right side up. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

DesertDance

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Posted 1358095610	Reply with quote #7

I'm with Bob! A little plastic lid taped to the top with drainage holes in it and then flipped would set the world straight! No more worries! Suzi Rafed's answer cracked me up! I laughed out loud pre-coffee!! __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

lukeott

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Posted 1358099039	Reply with quote #8

Flip it. If not , a fig tree will show up growing in China in about 1000 years from now. luke

rich

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Posted 1358100407	Reply with quote #9

Thanks all. I re planted the cutting horizontally- we'll see what happens. __________________ Seekonk MA (just outside of Prov RI) Zone 6b WISH LIST -NIAGARA BLACK

cis4elk

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Posted 1358104601	Reply with quote #10

Quote: Thanks all. I re planted the cutting horizontally- we'll see what happens. That's exactly what I was going to suggest. Let us know how it works. Rafed, that was funny. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

Grasa

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Posted 1358105758	Reply with quote #11

It may turn out to be an awesome tree, cuttings that are upside down seem to make stronger roots. __________________ Grasa Seattle, WA

tylerj

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Posted 1358112789	Reply with quote #12

I did the same thing on one of mine. It had great roots but upside down :(. Planted horizontal now also hoping for a shoot to start. __________________ London, Ontario zone 6a Wish List: Martinenca Rimada, Genovese Nero AF, Galicia Negra, Brooklyn White

daveturpin

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Posted 1358136484	Reply with quote #13

Similar story with me here. Upside cutting that I "horizontalized". Now there are two stems coming out of the middle, with roots at either end! Don't know if it will make it, but hope so! __________________ Wish List - Cold Hardy like Florea, Lyndhurst White, Malta Black, Sal G strain, Improved Celeste - or others proven to be pretty hardy.

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