Hi everyone. New here, and have a couple of questions. I'm in North Florida Z9a.

1. My Adriatic fig cutting got root rot. It already has a lot of leaves and still has a few viable roots. The stem above the roots is green when scraped. I washed all the old soil off and have it in water. It's a winter cutting, so last year's wood. I didn't have any peroxide, so I put some cinnamon in the water. It's not a very tall cutting, so I hesitate to cut much more off to re-root it. Should I give it awhile to see if it will put out any more new roots, or do I need to re-cut and start over? I rooted these in soil, not water, so not familiar with water rooting.

2. I've only ever grown brown turkey figs in the ground, but I have no place to do that here in this apartment. I have a 20-gallon terracotta pot I want to grow a fig in, and the Adriatic was supposed to be the best of the 3 I have for containers. I also have cuttings of a (NOID) Celeste-like fig people down here in FL call a Settlers Fig, and one of a Marseilles VF. Other sites say both Celeste and the Marseilles VF are suitable for containers. I have access to green cuttings of brown turkey. Which of these would be best for my container? I also have an available 10-gallon black plastic nursery container. Of course, I'm going to grow these out into 1-gallon pots before putting them into the large pot.

I do understand I have to root-prune a container fig every 2-3 years (probably more like 2 down here), but that's not a concern.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

If your Celeste is the kind that does not drop its fruit, it would be hard to beat in pot. Welcome to the forum.

The Celeste-type is supposed to be an awesome plant, one brought to FL by settlers long ago (thus the name Settlers Fig), and which has been passed along for centuries. My friend who sent me the cuttings says it is her favorite fig, so maybe I'll try that in the container. Thanks!

Welcome!  Definitely get the rotten wood out of the water.  If you can cut off the rotten stuff without harming the good roots, do it.  If you can get some pro mix HP BX MF get that.  Add enough moisture to the soil so it clumps when you squeeze it but you can't squeeze water out.  Sprinkle that around the cutting so that there's moisture and air available to the roots.  The reason roots rot is that they don't get enough air.  You can also use any rapidly draining soil mix and add the recommended amount of Espoma Tomato Tone, moisten that and use it.  The beneficial organisms will protect your roots and destroy the harmful organisms.

Photographs of the roots will help us give you better advice.  Did you use any kind of rooting hormone?

All of those plants will do well in a 10 gal container.  Bigger is always better for the plant, depending on what's practical for you.

Your Marseilles - Could it be a Marseilles Black VS?  Or is it something different?  There's also a White Marseilles and a Marseilles Monticello.

It doesn't seem to have perked up this morning after being in water all night, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to cut it off and start over. I found a plastic bag method of rooting, so I may try that. This one isn't that important to me, as I have the others, and I was going to give this away to a friend anyway if I didn't plant it in the container. If the Settler's Fig (Celeste type) would do well in that container, I'm probably going to go for that. I like Celeste figs better than black figs, so if I have to choose one, it will be that one.

I'm pretty sure my friend who gave me the Marseilles said it is a black fig. I thought she said VF, but it could be VS. She wasn't really sure about what it was, because her tag had fallen off, but I'm 99% sure she said it was black, the Adriatic was green and the Settler's fig (Celeste type) was purplish-brown.

ETA: I'm relatively sure the Settler's Fig is a Celeste, because the Celeste was introduced by Spanish explorers to FL in the 16th century according to this page: http://nassau.ifas.ufl.edu/horticulture/fruit/fig.html

Amie, Welcome to the Forum. Glad you are here! Please see PM.

Frank from Bama