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Single node cuttings experiment

Some pics from last night...

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Wow very nice pics Charlie! Thanks for sharing them and the cuttings you sent Me! I will start my single nodes asap and let you know how it goes.
Thanks again for your generosity!!!!!
PS
I wander who gets that Breba fig? Lol

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Wow very nice pics Charlie! Thanks for sharing them and the cuttings you sent Me! I will start my single nodes asap and let you know how it goes. Thanks again for your generosity!!!!! PS I wander ho gets that Breba fig? Lol


Thanks Chris and you're very welcome.  I pass the thanks on to the other members who supplied the cuttings.  I hope they do well for you!

I'm leaving the breba on as long as it will, just to see what happens. There are a few other Mead without so it will be a cool experiment.  

MBVS single node cuttings placed in a zip lock bag wrapped on paper towel on12/12/14 late pm! They are placed in a small plastic clear container lined with a kitchen towel ,to protect from direct heat,on top of the modem! Temp ,directly above the container,75 F when the computer is on!
I got similar roots showing on Atreano and Emerald strawberry!
Feels like Christmas already!!!!!;)

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Charlie you have been blessed with a green thumb for sure. I know it doesnt happen by itself though and there's a lot of work in there. Congrats on your success with these thus far. By spring I imagine your figdom will be quite a jungle :).

Charlie, 

Are you running a humidity source in the figdom?  Since most of us use a humidity bin, is it a humidity room?

It looks like they respond very well to that soil mix. They all look so vigorous! Awesome job Charlie!

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Charlie, 

Are you running a humidity source in the figdom?  Since most of us use a humidity bin, is it a humidity room?


No it's just a room in our home.  Was wondering a couple days ago what the humidity is in here since we're evaporating close to 2 gallons of water daily.

Since the ceiling fan went out the only air movement is from a small fan across the hall blowing cool air in at floor level to force the hot air out at the upper level, seems to be working well enough.

The only cuttings to ever be covered in any sense of the conventional humidity bin are the Unk Lake Spur when they were first started, in a big tote and the 11/01 group which were covered with cups for a couple of days at their beginning.  Ever since then there have been no covers or bins or totes.  Just daily watering.

There are also some traditional multi-node cuttings in here in cups and they are starting to bud and leaf.  They are also not covered.

I'm not going to say humidity covers are not necessary but for this scenario they are not.  I'm not scientific enough to say this or that for certain, it's just working.  Fact is I did not expect nearly this sort of success.  Maybe 50% was what I was hoping for.  There are over 200 bowls/cups in here and only 35 are not budding yet but many of them have roots I can see on the surface.

Thanks everyone for the comments and show of support.  Means a lot to me to do something positive and contribute to fig lovers.  I hope some more folks can do this as well and find it works for them also.  Not much to burying some sticks and watering them now and then. :) 

Hey Charlie! What is the temp in that room?

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MBVS single node cuttings placed in a zip lock bag wrapped on paper towel on12/12/14 late pm! They are placed in a small plastic clear container lined with a kitchen towel ,to protect from direct heat,on top of the modem! Temp ,directly above the container,75 F when the computer is on! I got similar roots showing on Atreano and Emerald strawberry! Feels like Christmas already!!!!!;)


Good going Chris.  I would just bury them shallow and keep moist.  Something else I'm noticing is the ones having wood exposed at the surface are not as good looking as the ones coming up through a bit of mix.     

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Hey Charlie! What is the temp in that room?


With the light on it runs in the low to mid 80's.  Light off it's house temps of low 70's.  The thermometer is on the floor where the plants are.

I got 20 of them in cups today, in an angle so bud faces straight up ,mix of 45% seed starter from MG, 45% organic potting mix from Vigoro and 10% coffee grinds! Cups placed in a plastic bin with a 25w blue light over it that keeps the temp close to 80 F. See what happens . I like the way this mix drains quick but still feels kinda heavy!

Awesome ,that is why you get great growth! Your room acts as a natural giant humidity bin. I checked the Atreano cutting again this evening and it seams like the roots grew about a 1/8 of an inch since this morning! They love growing in the 70s lol! Thanks again Charlie!

I really only know one thing for certain.

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Charlie,

Thank you for extrapolating on that for us! All great info as usual. The

It's great to see more options.

Thank you again for the awesome thread.

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Originally Posted by COGardener
Charlie, 

Are you running a humidity source in the figdom?  Since most of us use a humidity bin, is it a humidity room?


No it's just a room in our home.  Was wondering a couple days ago what the humidity is in here since we're evaporating close to 2 gallons of water daily.

Since the ceiling fan went out the only air movement is from a small fan across the hall blowing cool air in at floor level to force the hot air out at the upper level, seems to be working well enough.

The only cuttings to ever be covered in any sense of the conventional humidity bin are the Unk Lake Spur when they were first started, in a big tote and the 11/01 group which were covered with cups for a couple of days at their beginning.  Ever since then there have been no covers or bins or totes.  Just daily watering.

There are also some traditional multi-node cuttings in here in cups and they are starting to bud and leaf.  They are also not covered.

I'm not going to say humidity covers are not necessary but for this scenario they are not.  I'm not scientific enough to say this or that for certain, it's just working.  Fact is I did not expect nearly this sort of success.  Maybe 50% was what I was hoping for.  There are over 200 bowls/cups in here and only 35 are not budding yet but many of them have roots I can see on the surface.

Thanks everyone for the comments and show of support.  Means a lot to me to do something positive and contribute to fig lovers.  I hope some more folks can do this as well and find it works for them also.  Not much to burying some sticks and watering them now and then. :) 

Roots of Magnolia.  I cut a cup lid and fit it around the stem, flipped it over and the bowl lifted right off.

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You certainly have it dialed in, dude..YOUR ON FIRE! It seems you can do no wrong with this. Charlies walking around dropping fig trimming and they sprout and grow behind him as he walks.

Surprise!

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There goes the growing straight up without limbs theory lol.  This is good and bad.  Good they are healthy and growing, bad that I'm really not prepared for limb growth if they all should decide to do this.   

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You certainly have it dialed in, dude..YOUR ON FIRE! It seems you can do no wrong with this. Charlies walking around dropping fig trimming and they sprout and grow behind him as he walks.


"Seems" so but not all is perfect in the Figdom.  FMV is apparent in several, if that's what it is I'm seeing in some and there is this that really has me baffled because they all have been treated equally.  The only difference in any of the Unk Lake Spur is the pots.  These three have gotten yellow leaf edges and seem stunted compared to some other of the ULS's.  

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What do ya's think this might be?  Should I discard them?  No room for quarantine.  
 


No kidding on the pots.  The round ones are all kickin while the square ones just are not.  The pots are all re-cycled from fig trees I bought over the summer.  Round ones from Almost Eden and the square ones from various other places.  They were sprayed with a hose far as washing but none were sterilized.

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Here's some others seeming to be challenged...

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oh my, I'll never get housework done. ya'll posts  are so informative, & I need all I can get.., going to Wendys or Buenos tonite for a few of those cups... for my single node cuttings.. again, thanks for all this info...molly / sewnmom7

I'd give them a while longer, I've had cutting where the first couple of leaves looked like azz but then it was fine after and never had another bad leaf..

You'right Gloria, especially some leaves that are kinda forced to grow before season like those on rooting cuttings,or stunned in some way tend to look sickly or abnormal because I guess the plant is focusing on surviving and developing roots rather than leafing out! Once the roots establish in a way the leafs start to look more normal and more true to variety ! Charlie has near perfect results though as if that room was built for growing cuttings!

s it possible he media is too wet?

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