As a new fig enthusiasts i have many questions but 1 that keeps on my mind the most. As i write this im trying to root 32 cuttings of 16 different varieties some only one some 4 of the same. How i do this is i get the cutting skin off about a inch or 2 of bark off the bottom then dip in hormone and put in organic coconut coir. Each cutting is in a solo cup. I know theres other methods but this seems the easiest for me. My question is how wet or moist do i want to keep the soil? Too much will rot the cutting and not enough will not work. So what is the optimum wetness the soil needs to be?
Thanks for the help.
Chris

When I prepared my coir, i soaked it in a 5 gallon bucket with warm water till it expanded fully. Then I squeezed out as much water as I could with my hands. It was just damp and I couldn't squeeze any more water out of it. Worked great that way.

Are the cutting indoors, outdoors, heated? I water mine when they feel very light but I've been doing this with orchids for decades now (also simply by looking at the compost). maybe if the top inch of the compost is dry, water it, but it depends on my opening question.

I am using burpee organic potting soil made with coconut coir. And doing it inside the house. So id say its 73 or 74 degrees. All my cups are in the window. Some have a zip lock bag over them other half nothing. I have been picking it up to feel the wieght also when the coir starts changing color to a light color brown from drying. Mostly just keeping it moist.

I prefer to keep mine in coconut coir also but a key factor to me is keeping it in a plastic Tupperware container. It keeps them from drying out and you don't have to monitor them near as much. Also keeps the humidity up so that they don't dry out even with little water.

I've tried a bunch of methods and combinations, and have not found one that works better for me than this:

https://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/the-best-rooting-method-i-found-over-the-years-6717809

I've done maybe 50 cuttings so far using this method without a single loss...I even took some cuttings that were being lost to rot using other methods and saved them by switching over to this. For water I use a super diluted liquid fertilizer....

I think the only thing missing is what to do on the first pot-up. IMO 50/50 perlite/seedling mix works well at stage 2.