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I've found the figs like the heat, but until you have leaves they don't need the light (unless it is your heat source).I've had good luck with a humidity dome and heat mat, but any lights were just so I could see - not for the plants.You don't want to encourage leafing until you have roots. Roots, then leaves = good. Leaves, then roots = precarious.Andrew
Compared to pic above, it is scary how just 24 hours laters the same cup shows even more roots. Impressive growth, I didn't know they can extend so fast.
Day 3. The bud at the top of the cutting is swelling, 1-2 days and I get to see some leaves.One of the LED grow lights is defective, after warming up it keeps turning off and back on every 2 seconds :(
Short update. I have a second cutting showing some small roots. The first one is growing roots nicely and the bud opened this morning and pushed out a tiny leaf. The Della Signora cutting in the background on the right also shows signs of growth with that small leaf at the top.One of the LED grow lights was bad, I am now using a 20W/1200lm compact bulb instead. I just got the larger heat mat I ordered from ebay. It is quite large, I am happy to fit my current cuttings onto it and some room for the wife's Hibiscus seed experiments. I placed a layer of foam to insulate from the furniture and refract heat towards the cuttings. The mat is giving out nice heat after a few minutes of warming up. I had to dial it down a bit, it is at around 75%. I managed to send some money to forum member Serge in Ukraine, he will be sending me some cuttings of Randino from his tree. I will try to root some using this setup and keep this thread updated.And the first seedling leaf that is not single lobe.
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