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Grasa

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I used this method for grapes and it was awesome, so I tried with the figs and whoola! F.M.

plastic tub (salad box that has a semi divider in the middle, or you can put a piece of styrfoam or anyother matter just to make a pillow to keep cuttings semi elevated.

put newspaper folded at bottom

place cuttings bottoms on the corner, resting their tip on the divider or styrofoam.  the cutting is surrounded by air only.  sprinkle them with a bit of water, fold another newspaper and place on top to make it dark and keep moist.  sprinkle the paper, or moist it first and place it over cuttings like a blanket. tuck them in.

Put the tub in front of heater.... in a week, I got roots sprouting all over...could not resist and did a few more tip grafting into this, as my other cuttings are still not rooting... 

Had to reduce the size of the pic, so the tub got cut out these are about 28 /11 or so!

Open daily for fresh air, may roll them around, seems that portion facing down roots quicker.  Once they form those eyes, I plant them.   (these are a bunch of unknowns from my neighbourhood)

grafting is Green Ishia!!! I put the grafted GI in moss chamber now, since the roots on the green are almost visible!  in a couple of days it will be planted.

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Posted Reply with quote  #2 
Grasa, do you have acreage??  lots of land as far as the eye could see??  I know, you are going to start a fig orchard!  Right??   You are so darn cute with these cuttings, your description of what to do actually sounds like you are talking about babies!!  I love it!
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No JoAnn, my plot is not Big, but I plan on growing vertical along the properly line  pushing stupid laurel to the other side.
I  want a fence with figs... I have not shown my 5 feet cuttings I am rooting under the bed! LOL their feet are over the heating register...  turns out all these amazing varieties are not suitable for my utopic hedge, so I had to change gear here... and I will give away, trade...  The special ones have to be in pots.  As they grow larger I will figure it out.. thinking about renting the plot of the city light on the corner, I hear for $100 a year you can rent those plots under high tension wires... 
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A sauna would be quite hot would it not be?? What temperature do you keep the sauna at?? I know cuttings like a minimum 25-30C constant heat but is there no upper limit for the temperature??

You got me thinking though.... I have a jacuzzi outside and could easily put a floating box inside the filter compartment to keep it from moving around. It would be dark, humid and warm in there for sure.
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Grasa, this sounds amazing but i am having a hard time putting a picture togeather in my head of what this sauna looks like and functions. is it possible to get some pics from differant angles.
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Well, it is not a real sauna, it is a sweat chamber.  I took more pictures to show... they break a sweat, the close up look roots, but is actually sweating. 

I don't have grow lights, nor I keep my house too warm - it is an old home and leaks heat, don't want to warm up the outdoors, so I keep my house at 65-68- but right at the vent, the forced air is warmer, that is where I put the plastic tubs...

here the lower tub has the cuttings, notice the moist inside?  the others above have cuttings in all sorts of stages so, I leave the lid cracked open!

One week of this helps. It must be difficult to put roots, they sweat a lot before... to creat the callouses. 

At night time, I throw a towel over the shelf and containers...so it gets warm in there... the forced warm air is trapped for them.

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