Originally Posted by SimonS
Hi Sami,

Looks to me like it may have dried out a bit because of the heat wave you mentioned. The ground does appear to be dry around it. I agree with the others who recommended using mulch inside the bucket and a little around it (I would keep mulch away and not too deep around the tree). This should keep the top layer moist even if you forgot to water promptly. Also, I would recommend a small moat just outside the bucket to keep the water from running too far 

btw, I have been meaning to write you to thank you for the excellent Khurtmani cuttings. It's hard to believe that in only 12 weeks, one of them is over 3 feet tall and carrying a bunch of figs on it. The second cutting was also quite successful but smaller (the hole I dug was a smaller for the smaller tree). This amazing tree is a testimony to t   he source (you know what I mean). Attached are pictures of both trees. As you can see, I have wood chips around both to avoid drying out in case I forget to water them, although they get a personal visit from me daily :)  
I cant wait till the figs mature 

 
 


Simon

Originally Posted by drew51
OK more info, location helps. Can you buy shade cloth? To keep it cooler I would install shade cloth to partially block sun (and direct heat). And what Sas says about mulch is very true. Use any organic material you can find. Bark, wood chips, leaves, straw, pine straw, even compost. I like to use compost, then cover with straw, bark, or some other organic material.

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Sami is in Isreal. 

Sami, your tree is suffering from heat stress in that tiny pot.  I recommend repotting it now in a much larger pot or in the ground.  I would do this late at night or early in the wee hours and water every day until the tree is happy again.  Please note, when you repot figs in Summer, the leaves may yellow and fall off.  But they will grow right back in a few days.

Originally Posted by Tropicalgrower
Sami Kassoum is a member here.I always suspect something shady when a vendor can't even provide their own pictures,and instead has to rip off someone else's pictures and/or descriptions..If they are too busy to join a forum,then I am too busy to buy from them.

Originally Posted by drew51
Kassoum you can get on the net a standard cease and desist order form. As a serious amateur photographer, I know your pictures have an implied copyright. I would send a cease and desist order, and if that doesn't stop them, you can hire an attorney at that point to take further action.
http://thompsonhall.com/cease-desist-letter-template-example-sample-forms/

Originally Posted by striveforfreedom
I'm @ CiscoLive this week in downtown San Diego (staying at the Westin Gaslamp) and I have my fig radar on full alert as I walk around town. If I see anything I'll post my findings back here. 

Originally Posted by americanfigboy
I know that this is a old thread, but where does one find these bags those like it. I can't seem to find them.

Originally Posted by dkirtexas
The node is up, the bud is actually more to the side for some reason.  He, apache, advertised that these were "Large Black Mission", I don't know if they are real Black mission or not but I bought them on a whim as I was really after the Blue Giant cuttings, we will see what they turn out to be.

As to the "air roots" when I get them like that I always plant the whole cutting to take advantage of the "extra" roots.

Originally Posted by elin
Compost tea- a bucket for each tree will make a difference .

Originally Posted by Hermitian

I recommend you don't use rocks. They increase soil evaporation rates.

To increase growth rate via fertilization, I recommend either:
(organic) Fish Emulsion
OR
(water-soluble) 21-7-7

Originally Posted by nycfig
How old is the tree?  Is the tree potted or in-ground?  Are the damaged leaves from the bottom, middle or top portion of the tree?  

Originally Posted by Enigma
That's a hard one.  Are the other trees close to this one?  If it was isolated then a guess would be some sort of nutrient burn or deficiency or it has been affected by salt.  However, it would have to be something unusual.  Was there anything else in that spot before he planted the fig there? Just my opinion but I am very curious to also know the answer.

Have a look at photos here for salt burn;

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=zinc+burn+in+plants&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Zxv7U4iNJsm0uASZgIKQBw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1088&bih=482#q=salt+burn+in+plants&tbm=isch

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http://www.laspilitas.com/easy/easysoils.htm

Originally Posted by Otmani007
As a matter of fact, just bought some cuttings from eBay about 3 weeks ago and out of 12 cuttings, 9 have rooted successfully and are currently leafing out beautifully. 3 didn't make it as they rotted.

Originally Posted by OttawanZ5
penandpike
Have you done a controlled experiment with water only and water with perlite to see if there is any difference and if there is then 'why'. What does perlite adds to water to expedite rooting. Rooting can take place in 'only water' too. You will find many threads talking about rooting in water only.

I do not have any favourite method but always come back to the baggie method for ease of it with changing paramters mostly related to ease of use. The only thing I make sure is that I open the bag every other day to air and check for mold. I easily find out which cuttings seem to be mold prone. Usually I find out that if I got two cuttings of the same type/vintage and one shows mold I son find the other one with similar tendency. What I am getting at is that the history/vitality of cuttings itself also determines if cutting will be prone to mold in the baggie method. 
To add to this, I miserably failed to roots cuttings from the south far-east using baggie method due to mold even though I saw it coming when airing. On the other hand I had the best success with baggies method with cuttings from the north-east of the continent (100% from my own plants). Baggie method with some precautions may not be the best but one of the easy and consistent.

Originally Posted by go4broek

Kassoum,

Do you know the name of the beetle or have a picture of it? Is there any control for it?