Here are a few pictures of figs I have in my greenhouse. These were started in July from cuttings.  They are in 10 gal pots.  The background is a 4ft tall PVC panel, for scale.

In order: Figo Preto, Sultane, Valley Black, Wuhan, LSU Purple, LSU Black, Hollier, MBVS, LSU Gold, Stawberry Verte and Raspberry Latte attached at the bottom.

Fastest to produce figs, most productive, is Figo preto, tallest fig is LSU Gold, most bushy, Valley black, most beautiful leaves, Raspberry latte.   

Beautiful, healthy trees, Sid! Congrats, you're doing it well.

They look great Sid!!  I wish my climate allowed for figs to grow that fast.

Thanks. 

Sorry everyone, I don't have a revolutionary new rooting method.  I found I have the highest success just sticking cuttings into potting mix with a rooting hormone.  No humidity bins or covers, I'm trying to see how they do in different pot sizes.  Here are a few pics of cuttings rooting in 4 inch pots, 5 gal pots, 10 gal pots, 15 gal pots and 20 gal pots. And 12 Figo preto plants in 10 and 15 gal pots rooted and growing. :)  Soil mix is pro mix bx, perlite, coco coir, and coco chips.  1/1/1/1 mix.  Only rooting 600 cuttings currently(not all pictured).  I will root more when I get to taste some of my new figs and they earn it. :)  

 
 

 
 

Nice, wish I had your green thumb. They are beautiful. You've done a great job. Thanks for sharing.

I noticed the saucers there are sitting on. Can you tell me more about that?

I have water catchment only, so having the saucers saves every last drop for the figs, none is wasted. I did an experiment in 2014 and found figs grow up to 3x faster with a saucer, vs no saucer. The reason is the roots reach for the water at the bottom of the pot, vs circling at the top inch or two of the pot. I used much less water than if I just let it drain into the ground. I let the water sit in the tray for no more than 3 days, to make sure I don't get any mosquitos.

Another reason is leaf rust. When I watered from the top and got the leaves wet, rust got everywhere on everything. Some figs are much more affected than others, celeste, normal and improved have the most rust, hollier is also very badly affected. Alma has been the best at avoiding rust and peter's honey is very close to being rust free. I am noticing a link between rust and fuzzy fig leaves, I think the hairs on celeste and hollier grab the rust spores and that's why they get it worse. Alma and peter's honey are hard leaves with almost no hairs so the rust can't attach to the leaves as easily. Just my observations.

They look great. Heck when you live on an island, who needs to add humidity!
Thanks for sharing your pictures and results.

Hi Figgysid, your fig trees look great!! One thing about growing figs in HI is that there is some really amazing weather!! Everything grows REALLY BIG there! What island are you on? I lived on Maui for a few years.

Congrats on your nice inventory. I wish I could be there enjoying it all:-)

I have lived on Big Island 11 years, I was born on Maui, lived on Maui 10 years, Oahu for 9 years as well.

I'm going to mark the figs that I posted in these pics. I will predict in 12 months from now, the figs I posted pictures of will be between 8ft, at the smallest and 20ft tall at the biggest. I think valley black could grow 20ft a year, it's a monster. :) When you guys talk about cold, I can only imagine what that means. The closest I have been to living in zone 5, was when I was in a walk in freezer at Costco. :)

Sid:

Those do look very nice. You obviously know what you're doing.

Any idea of the humidity level that allows you to start cuttings like that? I'm trying similar but wrapping cuttings with parafilm due to very low humidity indoors in winter.

I see online it says that the average humidity year round here is 79%.

Here is a link with lots of data about where I live. 201.80 inches of rain... take that figs. :) If you want to know what figs do best in rainy conditions, I will find out.

http://www.usa.com/fern-forest-hi-weather.htm

Did you need to take a drive up Mauna Kea to see what our winters feel like! I am on Kauai right now and I am always surprised I do not see more fig trees around.

I tried to get up to the top one time and my car broke down.  I think I will be fine looking up at it from down here.  Here is a picture I took of Mauna Kea at sunset from just outside my greenhouse a while back. 

Awww, those amazing sunsets!  When I lived on Maui (Lahaina), I used to sit on my chair and look out my back door to watch canoes go by with a beautiful sunset backdrop.  Amazing!  I am feeling nostalgic, I must admit.

I forgot to mention what cuttings I'm propagating in the 4 inch pots. 250 Alma figs, 87 Peter's honey figs 61 Panache. I like Alma and peter's honey because they both have resistance to leaf rust, they are both very drought tolerant (very important when you only get 200 inches of rain a year.) They are last to lose their leaves in the winter and they fruit continously year round. Panache is pretty, that is all I know so far.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you  going to do with all of those plants?

I have a 3 phase plan I am working on. Phase 1 is collect figs, phase 2 is ?, phase 3 is profit. Currently stuck at phase 1, trying to figure out what phase 2 is, hoping someday to reach phase 3.

A power point presentation picture of the 3 phases is attached.

Saw this a little while back, looks like you are in the right place at the right time.

http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/survey-helps-gauge-interest-fruit-varieties

Sid: Its good to have a plan! When I started on this forum back in September, my plan was...

Phase 1) find great fig trees to grow, Phase 2) become successful at rooting cuttings, Phase 3) grow the trees and eat the figs!!

Now my plan has changed....
Phase 1) collect every type of fig cutting that sounds delicious (help!), Phase 2) Maximize my space to grow all of my cuttings and then add more, Phase 3) Find a way to finance this hobby because it gets very expensive!

Beautiful operation there Sid. Funny you mention moringa, I just brought some seeds home from Cabo. They are all the rage at the farmers markets and health food stores. Supposed to grow like weeds. Have you tried them? A very strange, super sweet taste that stays with you. Thanks for sharing all the fabulous fig propagation. Very exciting to see.

Yes I like plans, Step 1 of plan 1 is to select the best 2-3 of each flavor type. These are a few I am currently growing.

Green skin honey types: Peter's honey, Alma, Italian honey, Hollier and Excel.

Green skin strawberry types: Strawberry verte, JH adriatic, Panache and maybe Ponte Tresa whenever the dust settles.

Brown skin sugar types: Flanders and English brown turkey

Mt Etna berry types: Hardy chicago, MBVS.

Bordeaux Berry types: VDB, RDB and Petite negra.

Black Mission types:

Dark exotic berry types: Figo preto

Celeste types: Celeste, improved Celeste and lsu golden celeste.

Purple skin types: lsu purple, Wuhan

Yellow figs: LSU gold, LSU Scott's Yellow.

New seedling types: Raspberry Latte, Valley Black and thousands of my own I'm growing up, maybe more than best 2-3 out of this category, maybe pick top 100.

I'm hoping to find a market for the figs and use the profits to fund a Fig breeding program specifically for Hawaii. My goal is to breed a fig that can convert H20 into fructose, so the harder it rains the sweeter they get... Maybe not..

Sid,

You have a great sense of humor, I'm sure very useful when becoming a farmer.  

I'm currently stuck in phase 1.5 as well.  I hope you get to fig breeding we could all use some new varieties...

Is Alma that good?