Hey Everyone

New member here, starting some cuttings from the three trees that I have in my basement for the winter. The three cuttings in the bags are from an unknown fig that my grandfather has had for 7 or 8 years. The ones in perlite cups are from my chicago hardy that I started last night. How long do I need to keep these in humidity bins until they can handle more light and cooler temps?



 

Hi jveri, looks like the unk is off to a good start. You really want to develope a good root system before moving out of the humidity bins. You will see the roots thru the bag/cups. Since you already have leaves, you have to have light. Some sort of light over the bins will do the trick. I would cover the bags with newspaper and the cups with either foil or a darker cup. The trick is to have the top of your trees exposed to light and the bottom dark. Roots develope better in darkness. Don't over water it looks a little wet on the bottom,of you bins. Good luck.

Hey dave

The cups have two holes in the bottom and the bags dont have any holes yet. I do have them under a growlight for 8 hours a day. Problem is the lid on my tote is blue not clear so may need to grab a different bin.

That's almost exactly the way I'm rooting more than a few cuttings right now.  I used the humidity bin with cuttings in vermiculite/perlite mixture.  It worked to an extent but though experimenting here and there, I found that the starting of roots in smaller containers filled with damp peat moss worked a bit better.  I think you get less leaf growth and more root growth with this method and then you can just pot into the cups with whatever medium you choose.  You should be fine though, just be on the watch for mold, that was (and still is) my biggest issue.

I have some other cuttings in paper towels in a freezer bag in the bottom of the second picture going as well if any of these fail I will just start over.

That's good to have a backup plan.

The baggie and paper towel method worked for me but I found the roots tended to stick to the paper towels if they got a little too dry or if the root system suddenly exploded with extra growth.  If you don't slack on checking them day to day, that won't be an issue.

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Starting to get some mold on the new growth. Not sure what to do now to prevent this on my other cuttings.

I live in northern Indiana.

I have my 2 fig trees in big pots stiil outside.
I had been getting ripened figs of one of them until the 1st of November.
They have dropped their leaves and I am ready to move them into an unheated garage.
I have never done cuttings before.
Is this the time the to prune for cuttings?
Can I store them in damp newspaper with shredded peat through winter?

All suggestions from experienced growers appreciated.
Thank you.
Eldon Nifong