New rooting idea, or maybe a old one?

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pitangadiego

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Posted 1364435129	Reply with quote #1

From a friend: "I took a 4’x4’x2’ deep plastic tub we use for storing soil mix. Filled it with moist wood chips like the horse people use for bedding material. Upen slats on the bottom for drainage. I put the cuttings in the terminal bud down with the cut end up dipped in rooting hormone. Cover the last 3” to 4” of the cut end with slightly wetter wood chips. Cover with plastic and store in a shaded area . In about 10 days to 2 weeks the callus material will start to form . Plant in moist potting soil and keep moist. That is as far as I am. Friday is 2 weeks . So I will know more next week. A friend did the same procedure last month and his callused just fine . He planted his in a nursery row in the ground." I had previously had evidence that storing the cuttings upside down helped induce rooting. Never got around to a controlled study. __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

Ruuting

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Posted 1364435585	Reply with quote #2

I read (somewhere) that people do that with grape cuttings. By the way Jon I haven't killed any of the cuttings I got from you on eBay. Some of them are already potted up. __________________ Rui Southeast CT, zone 6B

bullet08

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Posted 1364436137	Reply with quote #3

not exactly what i do. but i don't really store my cuttings in baggies more than 4 weeks, roots or not. at 4 weeks point, they all move into cups. some have good callus, some don't. but they all root more or less. important thing at all point is how fresh the cuttings are. and how they were shipped. some moisture is great, but too much moisture will either rot the cuttings, or freeze them while in transit.. especially during the winter. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

rcantor

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Posted 1364498546	Reply with quote #4

Worked once for me __________________ 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.

OctopusInc

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Posted 1364499006	Reply with quote #5

Last year when I acquired my first ever fig cuttings I accidentally had many of them upside down. They rooted about the same as the rightside ups. __________________ Growing: Pipo, Sicilian Red, Picolla Negretta, Red Lebanese, Ronde de Bordeaux, Galicia Negra, Violette de Bordeaux, Black Madeira, Celeste, Jolly Tiger, Figo Preto, Cole de Dame Blanc, Cole de Dame Gris, Sal's Gene, UCD 185-25, Paradiso, Dark Portugal, White Madeira #1, White Ischia, Chicago Hardy, Want: Sumacki (bass's), anything that produces like a boss in Ohio! I am both Octopuslnc & EclecticBotany on eBay

DesertDance

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Posted 1364500681	Reply with quote #6

It's hard to kill a fig cutting! Or a grape cutting! My new job is roses. Figs and grapes want to live. Hard to kill! Suzi __________________ 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!

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