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Subject: New growth on cuttings turning black Replies: 1
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The good news is the roots look great.  They are really growing nicely.  Bad news is the new tender growth on 2 of them is turning black.  I've had this happen once before and would like some advice.  I have perl/verm mix and it is not very wet.  Could there be too much humidity in my container?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks  -Jim

Subject: Q: leafing out on bottom node- cut or bury? Replies: 2
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Checked on one of my cuttings tonight.  It's getting really good growth out of the bottom node.  Should I cut it off now or should I just bury it when I'm ready to move to a cup.

BTW-  only root initails right now; not leafing out anywhere else on the cutting yet;  only about 1/4" between bottom node and end of the cutting.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Subject: Sad event Replies: 21
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How sad for her and scary for you.  Having 3 daughters of my own, I can imagine how your heart fell when you received that phone call.  Thank God she is ok.  I hope the remainder of her trip makes up for the terrible start.

Subject: Zombie fig- back from the dead... Replies: 5
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Much to my dismay, it died.  I worked very hard to keep it thriving indoors throughout the winter as I knew it would struggle coming out of dormancy.  It made it until April.

It did seem to thrive for a while.  I had it planted in a pot with no drainage holes (I watered it sparingly to not over-water).  Over the top I used a small plastic container which they sell as Beta aquariums.  It fit up to the pot very well.  It was like a miniature terrarium.  I kept the humidity up and gave it fresh air time daily.  I also used grow lights.  It actually put on some growth throughout the winter months.  I took better care for that tree than I did my kids ;o)

Too bad.  I hate losing a tree.

Subject: Zombie fig- back from the dead... Replies: 5
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This cutting was never mushy.  This one, along with a few others did get fluffy with mold once.  I used peroxide and water to keep it at bay after that.  This one actually dried out due to a hole in the bag when rooting it.  I went out of town a couple days and when I returned, it was tough like leather.  I kept it bagged a couple more weeks and nothing happened.  That's when I plunked it in to the garden.

If you have a mushy one, try cutting off the mushy part.  I did this with an Alma cutting and successfully sprouted roots higher on the cutting.

Subject: Zombie fig- back from the dead... Replies: 5
Posted By: Tbucketer Views: 888
 

This past spring I was very successful at rooting my UCD cuttings in a bag. They sent me 26 and I rooted 24. There were 2 that had several mold issues adding to the fact that they didn't look good from the start.

Since I'm not one who gives up easy, I took the dead sticks and plugged them in to my vegtable garden. Nothing special done other than my usual waterings. This weekend I cleaned out the garden and much to my surprise, one of the dead sticks was showing some growth (see photo). I started rooting these cuttings in March. It's been 6 months!!! I think this may qualify as the longest fig rooting experiment.

Too bad I don't remember what variety it was.

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