Root initials or fungus on fig cuttings?

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ik2003

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Posted 1357172941	Reply with quote #1

Hello Friends, I am rooting fig cuttings for the first time. Just wanted to ask you about the white spots on the cuttings. Are these root initials or fungus? Thanks a lot, Imran Attached Images 1.jpg (243.58 KB, 160 views) 2.jpg (205.42 KB, 191 views) __________________ Imran Staten Island, NY Zone 7A eBay Name: ik2187 ------------------------------------- I have: Maltese Beauty, Maltese Falcon, Glacia Negra, Barnisotte Noir, CDDG, CDDN, CDDB, Bordisotte Rosa, Jolly Tiger, Qudsia, Yellow and Red Lebanese, Vasilika Sika, Petite Negra, VDB, RDB, Persian White, Black Madeira, Macool, Noire de Caromb, Excel, Celeste, HC, Dark Portuguese.

OctopusInc

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Posted 1357173078	Reply with quote #2

when you scrape it with your fingernail does it come off or does it feel like it is hard and glued to the wood? __________________ 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

ik2003

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Posted 1357173175	Reply with quote #3

It comes off but leaves a white spot behing it. __________________ Imran Staten Island, NY Zone 7A eBay Name: ik2187 ------------------------------------- I have: Maltese Beauty, Maltese Falcon, Glacia Negra, Barnisotte Noir, CDDG, CDDN, CDDB, Bordisotte Rosa, Jolly Tiger, Qudsia, Yellow and Red Lebanese, Vasilika Sika, Petite Negra, VDB, RDB, Persian White, Black Madeira, Macool, Noire de Caromb, Excel, Celeste, HC, Dark Portuguese.

OctopusInc

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Posted 1357173401	Reply with quote #4

Is there resistance when you scrape it off? I'm guessing its fungus since there isn't any swelling around them and because the white is so bright and kind of...fluffy? But I'm not totally sure. __________________ 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

ik2003

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Posted 1357173616	Reply with quote #5

Yes some resistance was there. So if there is resistance then it is root initial and if not then fungus is likely? __________________ Imran Staten Island, NY Zone 7A eBay Name: ik2187 ------------------------------------- I have: Maltese Beauty, Maltese Falcon, Glacia Negra, Barnisotte Noir, CDDG, CDDN, CDDB, Bordisotte Rosa, Jolly Tiger, Qudsia, Yellow and Red Lebanese, Vasilika Sika, Petite Negra, VDB, RDB, Persian White, Black Madeira, Macool, Noire de Caromb, Excel, Celeste, HC, Dark Portuguese.

WillsC

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Posted 1357173646	Reply with quote #6

It isn't fungus and it isn't root initials. It is 100% normal though. It is caused by the moist environment, just ignore it.

Dieseler

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Posted 1357173714	Reply with quote #7

ik thats called root primordia. here is thread about them. http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/White-Fluffy-Stuff-on-Scionwood-5459054?highlight=primordia

ik2003

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Posted 1357173873	Reply with quote #8

Thanks a lot Friends, Imran __________________ Imran Staten Island, NY Zone 7A eBay Name: ik2187 ------------------------------------- I have: Maltese Beauty, Maltese Falcon, Glacia Negra, Barnisotte Noir, CDDG, CDDN, CDDB, Bordisotte Rosa, Jolly Tiger, Qudsia, Yellow and Red Lebanese, Vasilika Sika, Petite Negra, VDB, RDB, Persian White, Black Madeira, Macool, Noire de Caromb, Excel, Celeste, HC, Dark Portuguese.

rafed

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rcantor

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Posted 1357184066	Reply with quote #10

Those are lenticels, not root initials or primordia. When you have a lot of prominent ones it means the cutting isn't getting enough air. Usually it also means the environment is too wet. What you need to do is increase the air circulation to the cutting. __________________ 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.

bullet08

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Posted 1357185408	Reply with quote #11

Ignore them. They will turn brown and drop off once exposed to dryer air. However, that's where roots will come out. Usually thicker the cutting, more you will see them. Like Rafed, I call them root initials. But was told that's not the right name. I still call it root initials since I see roots there later. __________________ 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...***

Dieseler

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Posted 1357187470	Reply with quote #12

Quoted from Al Tapla Root initials (remember, we cannot see initials. They are hidden beneath the cortex tissues) organize, form a root cap, and push through bark tissues (primordia, at this stage). If they are in close proximity to vascular bundles, they make a connection and continue developing. If they are not, the plant absorbs any mobile nutrients contained in the primordia and connecting tissue and translocates it for use in root formation or other organs. Al There not root initials those cannot be seen . Here in my picture you can see the primordia and useing a revert picture <look carefully by the marked lines> and you can see the first stages of a root coming out the very tip of the root is called the root meristem cap which acts as a drill to dig or penetrate soil. Click to enlarge Attached Images Nero_in_water.jpg (148.27 KB, 119 views) Nero_in_water.jpg (271.73 KB, 109 views)

rcantor

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Posted 1357188759	Reply with quote #13

Those long ones in your photo are young roots, but there are small white lenticels on that wood also. They're small because there's enough air. __________________ 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.

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