Cuttings under lights

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JMRTSUS

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Posted 1472660305	Reply with quote #1

This is the fastest I have even seen a cutting root. This is a Desert King cutting placed in its cup on 8/23. These pics were taken today, 8/31. My success rate in rooting in cups is about 80%, completely burying the cutting is about 25% and water rooting about 50%. The last one shows the big fat root that is visible, I am sure there are more hidden. The DK home under LED lights. Normally it is a month or longer to see a root in these cups. Small tip cutting are started in peat pots until roots pop through. This Texas Everbearing was started in a cup on 5/19, 8/31 pic shows 9 inches tall and this guy will go outside today. __________________ Ooltewah, TN (SE TN) Zone 7a LSU figs.....Purple, Gold, Tiger, Champagne, O"Roark and Improved Celeste. Need Hollier and Scott's Black. (GEAUX TIGERS!) Brown Turkey, Celeste, Condradia, Chicago Hardy, Ischia Green, Italian Black, Kadota, Lil Miss Figgie, Lil Ruby, Olympian, Black Bethlehem, Panache, Jelly, Petite Negra, Texas Everbearing, Violette de Bordeaux, White Marseille, Yellow Long Neck, Desert King, Ronde de Bordeaux, Violetta Bayernfeige, Holier. And very rare, top secret "unknowns" AKA as Lost tags! Plus vaguely described figs such as "Louisiana Brown", "Ashlan Unknown" and "LA Yellow".

jqindy

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Posted 1472680271	Reply with quote #2

Looks great! Wish you continued success with them! I've had great results with DK cuttings also. I have a few on my screened in back porch now. I have them in clear plastic cups sitting in a big plastic toter and I keep the lid open during the day and closed at night. 2 were already showing roots at about 10 days. I have a few other varieties I'm trying to start right now and many are not even showing root initials yet (I got impatient and dug up a few...) after 3 weeks. Here's one of the DK's after 3 weeks...

JMRTSUS

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Posted 1472686771	Reply with quote #3

I was surprised at how quickly the DK and one of those super special "unknowns" in this case a "Yellow from Louisiana" rooted. Looks like I will have lots of small trees next spring for trade/sale! __________________ Ooltewah, TN (SE TN) Zone 7a LSU figs.....Purple, Gold, Tiger, Champagne, O"Roark and Improved Celeste. Need Hollier and Scott's Black. (GEAUX TIGERS!) Brown Turkey, Celeste, Condradia, Chicago Hardy, Ischia Green, Italian Black, Kadota, Lil Miss Figgie, Lil Ruby, Olympian, Black Bethlehem, Panache, Jelly, Petite Negra, Texas Everbearing, Violette de Bordeaux, White Marseille, Yellow Long Neck, Desert King, Ronde de Bordeaux, Violetta Bayernfeige, Holier. And very rare, top secret "unknowns" AKA as Lost tags! Plus vaguely described figs such as "Louisiana Brown", "Ashlan Unknown" and "LA Yellow".

MStanleyross

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Posted 1472689047	Reply with quote #4

Great results, it appears you have it down pat. Congratulations! __________________ Wish List: Sodus Scilian, Dall' Osso, Kathleen Black, I-258, Malta Black, Ischia Black, Persian White, Native de Argentile, Lampeira Preta, Sofeno Petro and any LSU or any duplicates you may have. Zone 7 East Tn.

tinyfish

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Posted 1472690384	Reply with quote #5

Great job. Are those special led bulbs that you used?

JMRTSUS

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Posted 1472701532	Reply with quote #6

No special bulbs......on sale Lowes 40 Watt equivalent. Averaged about $1.50 a bulb. Dirt cheap to run and build. Tried the red/blue "grow lights" and besides a high failure rate the did nothing the normal bulbs did not do. It seems everyone has a system of rooting that works for them. Killed lots of cuttings trying to figure it out for my situation. What works in my warm humid TN area would not have worked as well when I was in AZ. On the other hand I now have lots of "unknown" trees as the cuttings were cheap to experiment with. At least I feel comfortable now buying some expensive cuttings to root. BTW, I have a long post on here somewhere on the lights/stands and such. __________________ Ooltewah, TN (SE TN) Zone 7a LSU figs.....Purple, Gold, Tiger, Champagne, O"Roark and Improved Celeste. Need Hollier and Scott's Black. (GEAUX TIGERS!) Brown Turkey, Celeste, Condradia, Chicago Hardy, Ischia Green, Italian Black, Kadota, Lil Miss Figgie, Lil Ruby, Olympian, Black Bethlehem, Panache, Jelly, Petite Negra, Texas Everbearing, Violette de Bordeaux, White Marseille, Yellow Long Neck, Desert King, Ronde de Bordeaux, Violetta Bayernfeige, Holier. And very rare, top secret "unknowns" AKA as Lost tags! Plus vaguely described figs such as "Louisiana Brown", "Ashlan Unknown" and "LA Yellow".

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