I have a neighbor who said I can get cutting from her 7fig trees this Saturday and I am excited. Then I thought , I have no idea if it's ok to try and root cuttings now in August here in Arkansas or not.

Please help any info is appreciated.

If she's going to prune it now, why not. Might want to ask her if you can do an air layer or two especially if they're different varities. 
Goood luck and welcome to the forum...

Great. So once they root and I pot them into a cup or something should I let them go dormant over the winter months so I can plant them out in February? I do have an u heated greenhouse I built also.

They wont go dormant at this point in time (dealing with same situation now) and will have to kept alive throughout the winter. They would be best in your heated greenhouse throughout winter and they will have a jumpstart on next year's growth. Good luck and take some pictures....

Ok thanks

With my little experience you can root cuttings anytime, but you'll have to keep them indoors or somewhere where they can continue to grow. It might start off well and will get stunted at some point, but when you plant them out next season they'll grow like crazy with a vengeance .

I'm rooting some greenish-brown cuttings as we speak.

Thats great.. My greenhouse will probably still get too cold....now I must plan how to keep them in the house.

[QUOTE=abunari]I have a neighbor who said I can get cutting from her 7fig trees this Saturday and I am excited. Then I thought , I have no idea if it's ok to try and root cuttings now in August here in Arkansas or not. Please help any info is appreciated. [/QUOTE]~yes you can ~

I would air layer it instead. I set 2 air layers and one finished in 4 weeks! Just water it every day or so. Now I have 2 trees.

I rooted some cuttings last year in late August and they kept growing until October/November before going dormant. They came back nicely in the spring. The winters in Texas last for about 5 minutes!

Cant really air layer it the neighbor isn't that much of an acquaintance. She also said she never eats the figs ....crazy who wouldn't eat figs off of six trees in her yard... Blasphemy!

I can't imagine having all those figs at your fingertips and not eat any!! Seeing as I just rooted some cuttings earlier this summer, I have none of my own yet. And figs are virtually non existent in markets around here. I crave them so when they do show up I pay for them. Like today I found some common nameless type shipped in from Cali 2 for a buck and of course I gave in...now they were obviously not ripe so kind of bland, but just enough fig flavor to only leave me dreaming of having my own some day. 

Six trees??? Blasphemy indeed!

Wish you well with your cuttings!

Thank you, i   nteresting!  As a result of reading your post, I have just been out and taken a cutting (28 August) when I had thought it would be the wrong time of the year.  I have a 50/50 mix of vermiculite and perlite over gravel.  I should add that I live in Wales, and the temperature at present is in mid teens.  Have you left fewer leaves, and should I cut off the embrio fruit?  I shall report when I see roots.
Have you a picture of yours?

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Thank you, i   nteresting!  As a result of reading your post, I have just been out and taken a cutting (28 August) when I had thought it would be the wrong time of the year.  I have a 50/50 mix of vermiculite and perlite over gravel.  I should add that I live in Wales, and the temperature at present is in mid teens.  Have you left fewer leaves, and should I cut off the embrio fruit?  I shall report when I see roots.
Have you a picture of yours?[/QUOTE]~hi yes ,i would remove the leaves,and rub those nubby figs off with your thumb,and it will root faster ,tree will consentrate energy in rooting ,not trying to grow leaves,but hey i only been at this two years i have started hundreds this way,but chime in experts correct me if need be~

Thanks very much.  I shall do some surgery at once.

At this point, I would leave the top leaf on, root as a green cutting.  Take the others off to reduce moisture use by the plant until it gets roots.  Agree with rubbing off the figlets.

On Bass's Blog he has this method for rooting green cuttings:
http://www.treesofjoy.com/content/rooting-softwood-fig-cuttings

[QUOTE=eboone]At this point, I would leave the top leaf on, root as a green cutting.  Take the others off to reduce moisture use by the plant until it gets roots.  Agree with rubbing off the figlets.

On Bass's Blog he has this method for rooting green cuttings:
http://www.treesofjoy.com/content/rooting-softwood-fig-cuttings[/QUOTE]~ed is right ,the top leaf i agree,