Through your discussion, I learned more about fig winter care:). Thanks all for the inputs.
I am trying to figure out the best place/temperature to root the cuttings. I don't have warm places especially at night. Will low rooting temperature around 55F be OK/preferred to reduce mold? I can accept a little longer rooting time... What about light for rooting at 55F? I wonder if it would be beneficial with some LED light ( not much heat at all).
Am I too crazy or on the right path? Thanks.
-- Xiaojing, zone 6a, NY

If you have a southern facing window, I would recommend trying the 4 cup method on rooting cuttings.

Doug

Just an update: I got cuttings from Chuck on his newbie cutting offerings and I potted them up last night using the 3-cup method. I put most on my east facing window, a few on one of my very warm bathroom (not much light though).

Thanks everyone for your kind inputs and encouragement! Now I just need to monitor and wait patiently :)

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Xiaojing
zone6A, NY

just curious -- which variety or varieties did you choose?

Good luck!!!  The start of an adventure.

As my first batch, I decided to try most varieties that Charles is offering :
Green Ischia, Longue d'Aout, Croatian
- Lattarula (White Marseilles)
- Osborne's Prolific
- Desert King
plus " Improved Celeste" from eBay.
I am polishing my rooting skills cuttings, getting ready for more varieties!

I am also thinking more varieties, like hardy chicago, Ronde de Bordeaux, etc.

Sounds great.  Note that Desert King is a "San Pedro" type that will not produce main crop figs without fertilization by the fig wasp, which I understand doesn't live in the U.S. outside small parts of CA.  The unfertilized main crop figs will grow then shrivel and drop without ripening.  But it does produce a great crop of tasty brebas, so it is likely to be your first ripe fig each season.  For that reason alone it is worth growing.  Just pick off the main crop figs when they are small so as to save the fig's energy for more productive uses like growing branches to bear next year's brebas.

You should also get a smaller but decent crop of brebas from LdA and Lattarula.

Be careful of E-Bay sellers.  Many are fraudulent.  You can find lists of reputable sellers in the forums.  

If you're open to "unknown" varieties I would highly recommend you contact ADelmanto on forum. He has cuttings for some vigorous and hardy trees.

Hello Xiaojing,
I live in the Hudson Valley and have about 60 types of fig trees. Only 5 trees are in the ground, the rest are wintered in my unheated garage. In ground types are Hardy Chicago, Celeste, Condria, Italian Everbearer, Brown Turkey. These types seem to grow well given the proper location and proper protection. If you would like a rooted cutting, I have some I could give you if you could pick them up. Let me know.

Hey Freddie! I see Bass fishing is another interest of yours besides fig growing... any good spots you recommend on the Rockland side of the river? I have fished trout in most of the NYC reservoirs on the Rockland side and many of the pothole lakes but most bass fishing has been on my side of the river close to home...

Nice, just sent you a message!

Thanks Joe!  I took your note about each variety.

And thanks for the ebay seller warning.  It is AFTER my ebay purchase that I read more in this forum and realized it is not a wise decision :(...

hi I just have to say I'm new to the fig fever but I had a desert king that I grew for 3 or 4 years in my green house near seattle  40 years ago  it got 2 good crops of figs each year then a 3rd crop that would not get ripe. its now in ground and has one monster crop for about a month before the hornets and bugs move in . so mayby greenhouse growing is different. I had to move it out because it was destroying the roof.

hi yes the  large figs would be all picked there would be small unripe figs left a month later they would be picked then small figs appeared but buy that time it would be cooling off and the tree would start going dormant I did keep a 60 watt bulb burning in the winter  so I guess you could say that the first crop was just a very long lasting crop with no bugs even now it was a very long crop outside but the bugs move in so most of the crop gets wasted . but I do love that tree.