If I feel down and out I just open your channel and sponge on your enthusiasm to feel one heck of a lot better. That while learning a lot and I'm turning 60 shortly... You have an amazing personality. Keep it up son!! Thanks
There's that wonderful feeling when you pick up the cup and see those roots. I have some that I've already potted up to one gallon pots and moved to the greenhouse, and when I inspect them I find some already rooting out the bottom of the pot. Come on Springtime.
I hear ya! Really looking forward to warmer weather. I'm thinking about just putting all my new cuttings out in the hoophouse and letting them go dormant so I don't have to keep babying them in the tent indoors. I guess it's a fine line between going dormant and going dead, lol. A late freeze could dash my dreams.
@@MikeKincaid79, I pot mine up to one gallon pots as soon as they have roots and leaves, then move them to my unheated greenhouse. If it's going to get close to freezing I turn on my mini Christmas lights and put on my row cover.
I cut mine at the end of winter and left them rooting on the north side of my house until the next fall. Three of the cuttings rooted in the same pot. I just pulled the whole thing out and planted it as one plant. This winter, we had a 100 year freeze which knocked it down hard, but it's still living. Because I waited for it to grow so healthy before planting.
Those extra cold winters can really knock them back but I've found that these trees are pretty resilient. They come back from the ground more often than not.
I’m going back looking at everyone’s methods for rooting fig cuttings. Your enthusiasm is inspiring. Thanks so much. I’m busy during the spring and summer so it’s hard to keep up with all. You should be in your new house by now. Hopefully everyone is excited about that😊
Man, you just never know with those figs. I still have just one Chicago hearty, I'm going to spoil it, I'm going to fertilize the crap out of it, read it bedtime stories, talk to it and try to get it to do something this year 🤣😅. I love hearing the joy you get from looking at the roots, I get the same way when I notice roots coming in my Trees.
I have two fig trees in pots n I was cutting the smaller branches I put one in a cup with groth hormone it has two little branches so I hope it grows cuz figs are so easy to grow n I love the fruit.Thanks for the videos n happy growing everyone
Love your vids. I’m in Canada and i tried your double cup method… I LOVE IT!! 10 cuttings and all rooted. 👍👍 thanks again and keep doin what you do. It’s the passion that keeps it all amazing.
How badly I want this specific plant has a distinct effect on long I give it to survive. Looks like you snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on a few of those. I like the bottom watering plan and the gnat effect!
Rootin' tootin' roots, yes! A neighbor has a brush cutting landscaping business. We were told to haul off all the brush we wanted to chip for mulch. Mist all I wanted was thornless (till I can get armored steel gloves LOL) I found a pile of nice, thorny rose brush and while it had dried out for a week, I grabbed that along with a truckload of palm fronds. (excellent mulch when chipped, looks good and retain moisture). When I finally got to the roses, no live leaves and the skinny parts were brittle I took more than 24 cuttings, put 8 inches of sand/peat in a tote, and soaked it, then sprayed the cuttings with fungus, shoved them in the wet soil and ignored them for a few weeks. Half sprouted. Donno if they're rooting, but Lord I hope so.
@@MikeKincaid79 Late Easter, the old folks always said, late spring. 59F for a high today, and 49F tomorrow. Chance of frost on Sunday, but after that, it should stay above 40 but not hit 80 (warm!!!) till April Fools Day when nature sneers at us, taking us from cool springtime temps to burning. Remember, never step on or kick aside piles of rags on the sidewalk. It's tourists who melted in out gentle summer warmth. niio, nieto.
Update from Adam 🇦🇺 all my cutting 58 fig cuttings have leafed so they are outside in my mini green house now no heat matts no grow lights its 19 degrees Celsius here in Queensland and it winter , I decided to move out because my figs out side are starting to leaf we don't really have cold winters being Sunny sub tropical beautiful Brisbane Australia an I haven't lost any figs all are going really well and this was my first time rooting figs big thanks Mike for all your advise 😊👍🇦🇺
I just purchased a White Madera #1 from Harvey this year and put it in the soil this past Sunday, it had short roots from sitting in water for a week and green buds. I can't wait to taste it!
So happy you got one! I've never actually tasted one either. I had purchased a White Madeira cutting, from a different supplier, about 4 years ago, rooted it, and grew it out in the hoop house. Then it died the first winter. Not sure what went wrong but it happens. I'm looking forward to trying this again with my new White Madeira.
@@MikeKincaid79 I only tried one fresh fig years before I started growing them. I have no clue what kind it was but I loved it so much that I knew I wanted to grow them. Most of the varieties I have chosen have been based on what others say they like. I have learned I prefer the berry figs over the honey ones, so I have more berry type figs.
Can't thank you enough. I did sand, northside, outdoor, and forgotten about. I have some green budding on mulberry, kiwi, fig and pear. I didn't go clear so hopefully it roots up. Zone 7b. I'll fertilize in spring and Transplant next fall. We will see.
@@MikeKincaid79 Ive got 57 fig varieties now down rooting 😃 Thanks for replying you Mike I always watch you videos on tube 👍👍 and get a laugh with you sense of humour 🤣
I had a weird experience with cuttings from figs.i took cuttings from my dads tree was hitting the house so needed to be trimmed back. Probably had about 25 3 node cuttings from that.most rooted right away but 2 didn't they seemed ok weren't drying out so i just left them alone 6 months later in the middle of fall they leafed out .i thought it was wierd but i guess not. Anyway had to put them inside for the winter on a window shelf .in the spring i planted outside and they grew normally so i guess no harm in waiting
Nice, I had 3 CDDN shipped to me that looked cooked and completely dried out. I soaked them in water for over a week and even upside down. I weighted down to keep them under and changed the water once a day. Once they looked a little better I potted them up now 2 of the 3 have roots. I'm hoping they make it.
Thanks for the presentation. I tried fig cuttings last year. They all dried up. My issue was that they were outside in a shaded area that apparently wasn't so shady after all. I'll try them again and I want to pot them up. I also want a brown turkey and need to look around for that. I think I'll look for a rooted one so that I know I'm getting success. Then I can root from those. Keep the videos coming.
I love your fig videos, unfortunately it’s too cold for me in ND to grow them outdoors so I have to live vicariously through you haha. I have over the past 2 years really dove into grapes though and there are a lot of cold hardy varieties. Currently I’m doing some experiments with cuttings similar to what you did in your grape video. I wish I would have started video documenting my experience but I have been taking pictures. Have you done much more with grapes or grape cuttings recently?
Hi mikeneat to catch up with you. May i ask you how can you tell when figs are ripe, have five figs growing in tubs but have diffulcuty picking when ripe. Any suggestions would be apprecijated many thanks noel new zealand.
@@MikeKincaid79 oh absolutely! Your format is more easily digestible and more entertaining than a lot of those put out by vineyards and universities. Don’t get me wrong they are full of useful information but often a bit dry and geared more towards commercial growers. Thanks for the speedy response and keep up the good work 👍🏼
You can plant figs in pots and overwinter them in your basement/cold storage room. Pick early ripening fig varieties like Ronde de Bordeaux, etc. You can also extend your season for mid and late ripening varieties (shuffle your figs in and out in spring, or set up a grow tent/room for them with artificial lights, etc.). I am in grow zone 4 and know many people in similar situations growing figs using a variety of different techniques.
Hi Mike, neighbor here, got a couple of questions. 1- are all of the fig cuttings going to be planted in your yard and 2- what do you do with all the fruit?
Hey Robin! I'm planning to plant all of the different varieties here in my orchard, out back. So far I have about 32 planted and have room for about 40 more in the orchard. I haven't gotten a ton of fruit yet but I know that'll be a problem over the coming years. My only answer is that I have no problem feeding the birds and wildlife alongside my family, and you're always welcome to come down and get as much fruit as you want.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you! I am doing a little rearranging on my plants this year since I'm finally retire-retired. but will still go to Lowe's to see if they have any plants in that I don't have. lol lol lol
Last winter was pretty cold. The temperature was pretty low and it took more than a month for some of my cuttings to sprout roots. In summer, it often takes only two weeks to root.
Glad I read the comments before I posted this. I thought you had abandoned your other method. I found your other method with the cups in a tote packed with bark and started some cuttings 13 days ago. This morning I let my curiosity get the better of me and checked 2 out of the 12 and both have nice roots. The Black Madeira cutting is around 9” long with nice roots on the bottom node and moving up 4 more nodes and I have another set of nice roots about an inch below the soil… do I cut in half or do I let it be…? Help me oh dibbler master.
Haha, that's the question of the century. If you absolutely have to make this work and it's your only Black Madeira, then leave it alone. If you're slightly more daring and just can't help yourself, then cut it and get 2 of them. Just remember, greed is one of the 7 deadly sins, hahahaha. Good luck and may God have mercy on your Black Madeira cutting, lol.
@@MikeKincaid79 considering I live less than 30 minutes from one of the hobbies largest collector I figured why not. 5 days in and they are both doing well. Pushing roots to the edge of the cup and tiny little buds showing on both. God is merciful indeed.
Great to run into your video... newbie zone 7B subscriber and newbie to rooting fig cuttings. We learned the hard way about figs... our one and only fig tree was not properly pruned right for 3-4 years. Long story short, we had to prune it aggressively that I thought we KILLED the darn tree LOL! A month later, it looks alive again. I only saved about 25 cuttings (should have put some in the fridge- didn't know you could do it). Rooting well in a Mason jar with very little water (an experiment). I just got 2 Chicago Hardy plant about a foot. I'm putting it in container. What size of container should I use? Thanks for this video~
Figs are tough to kill. Container size can vary so much that it really doesn't matter. I'd just use whatever you have on hand that isn't too oversized for the fig and then up pot as you go.
I had a stick that I put in soil on Nov 14th. This stick is about 1 1/2 inch thick and 3 feet long, just stuck it in soil in a huge pot. A little over a month ago, i dug up the soil on one side of it to check or roots, and low and behold there were a ton of huge roots..... but no buds. I took my spray bottle and wet down the stick above ground, wrapped it in packing type wrapping plastic. after a couple weeks, I noticed it was starting to grow small white roots on the stick behind the plastic. I didn't want roots above the soil, so I took the plastic off. All those spots that started out as roots, ended up turning into buds. I now have 1/2 inch or better diameter branches (about 8 branches) 2 feet long growing out of this "stick" try that with one of yours. wet it and wrap it till you see buds or roots
This year I using heat mat and light for cuttings. All winter was that perfect 10 degrees difference in temperature soil vs air. At least twice a day I water spray. Almost half is dead. All hazelnuts dead. Grapes most successful. Hydrangea in bad shape. In spring after pruning figs and hydrangeas I just stick them in ground and almost 100% success. All hazelnuts has leafs. But all that cuttings was long. At least 8”, some 20”. Ground was soft I stick them as deep as I could. Left only few buds above soil. I think if you can get long cuttings they will have much better chance to grow. And by the way all cuttings in ground healthy and thriving, while in container look sick.
I ordered some "Panache" striped tiger fig cuttings from Portugal on eBay & they had wrapped them up in Saran wrap (aka cling wrap in Australia) to stop them from drying out,well, 2 of 3 cuttings rooted,I placed them pot & all into a ziplock bag to trap the moisture in with some water in it,I also rooted them with hormone powder & when the leaves started growing I gradually opened up the ziplock bag until more leaves grew. It was then that I completely removed them from the ziplock bag so that the leaves could grow further,it was only last summer time that I potted them up in a shady spot because the hot sun killed a couple of them which I previously placed them in the hit sun & they died. I desperately needed to repot them because the roots were growing like mad,I potted them up into 200 millimetre pots then it wasn't long until they outgrew them & I repotted them into 250mm diameter pots. They have no leaves on them now because it's winter time in Australia but when they wake up they're going to need a bigger pot or need to be planted in the ground. I hope to plant them in the ground this year, they grew from 20 centimetre cuttings to.1 metre tall plants,the roots grow like crazy & they don't stop once the cuttings develop roots. I would like to buy a very rare variety of cuttings from the Paratjal Rimada fig tree & I would like to grow the black mission fig trees from cuttings as well since they're meant to be the sweetest fig in the world !
They're addicting, that's for sure. I found a great variety for our area called Campaniere. It's really sweet and one of the best tasting figs I've had from a tree up here. Once I get this house done and can get on with life, I'll work on getting one going for you but it will take some time.
#MikeKincaid 🆘 Mike Hi, I constantly following you in all videos and still learning. I was in Portugal for the holidays, and coming back to London UK 🇬🇧 I brought home 12 cuttings of black fig Madeira the 20/9/2023. I did exactly what you are doing, its 5 weeks now, and they all were green on the top and now they are brown. I have them in a nice warm place inside the house on top carpets I keep them moist but I don't see any roots at all. Have I done something wrong? Also, I brought 4 white fig Madeira cuttings which I put at the same time and now I can see 3 of the white ones with roots. I don't know what to do with the brown one!!! Any advice as to what to do with the brown one, please? 🙏
If they're brown because they're dead then I can't help with that. Here is my best video on rooting figs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LymBdzprYJ4.html I actually recommend rooting them outdoors on bottom heat in the early spring.
Hey Mike, good morning, just checking to see if you're still having the parkistan mulberry ready for the spring, if so please let me know what will it cost including shipping and handling. Thank you, by the way that fig propagation is really cool, have a wonderful day
I like to do that as early as possible so that they have all summer to get established. We all run out of time though, so I end up planting some things as late as July.
I have a ton of questions, first of all we have the official date of spring arriving in February 24, so we are finally through this winter time!! I’ve finally got some answers what US climate zone my island here in Sweden has and it’s actually US zone 8. My question is about my fig tree. I have no idea of what variety it is, it jumped in my chart at the supermarket. I’ve had it since last spring in a big self watering pot and it grew a lot last summer. I put it in my storage with some bubble wrap for protection even if I don’t believe it was necessary, we have mild winters with just a few weeks in total with temperatures below 0 Celsius degrees and only at night time. But I want to wake it up, take cuttings and multiply my little tree (going out in ground this season.) How can I know if it got frost nipped and need to be pruned? Can I take my big pot inside and jumpstart my fig? The pot has integrated wheels - thanks IKEA 🙏🏼 so it’s not a problem to move it, can I prune it now and take cuttings from that? And blueberries, have two bushes for cross pollination and they’re forming buds like crazy now, same thing there, can I prune and take cuttings from that? Thanks for an inspirational video again! ❤
Same zone as mine. That's tough to know which branches are alive and viable. You can scrape a little bark off some areas on the branches and see if it's green underneath. If it's green, try rooting that material. Yes, you can bring it indoors and give it a jump start. Just make sure you have good lighting and are keeping it watered. Also, you don't have to bring it indoors for the cuttings. Just take the cuttings and bring them indoors. Yes, you can take hardwood cuttings of blueberries right now. Bottom heat is helpful. We live in a very similar climate. You should be able to do everything I do here.
Did I hear you saying your friend from Syria, living in Pennsylvania sent you some of the cuttings? I know Bass live there and I bought rooted cuttings from him. Can you please tell me where I can find Justin? Thank you!
Hi Mike, thanks for the videos. I just tried my first hardwood cuttings. I started with fig cuttings at the end of January and now they are starting to bud out and setting a little tiny figs! Is this normal? Using a heat mat is working well for me!
How long does one have to wait before introducing the cuttings to LED? I have them on a heat mat and temp set to 75F and completing my 3rd week and leaves are starting to grow out. Is now the time and do I need to increase the temp?
Excellent, thank you! Are you having any issues with the plastic wrap causing rot? Seems like it would be no different than a fig pop, so should be fine. I might add perlite to the top.
It's essentially a fig pop. I have had more issues with the plastic wrap causing rot. It was a new experiment that I was trying but I don't like it. Too much time and energy to cut out all the plastic and cover every individual cup, and too many rot issues just under the plastic. I also am not a fan of the fig pop method but I know a lot of people use it and like it. I like more air flow through my medium.
I have some hardwood cuttings with some roots but no foliage. The leafs were removed before shipping. I’ve potted it up and left it in a humidity dome for more root development and possibly foliage. What’s your advice?
Have you ever had a cutting fully root and grow a few leaves and then just stop? Ive had the same two leaves on one of my cuttings for two months. Fertilize the same as the others. Healthy. Just stopped
I had one fig cutting that looked dead completely dried out and in a dark pot so I could not see roots. After 6 weeks it shot up a sprout from the ground! It was almost an inch away from the cutting. You just never know with figs.
I know, and sometimes they new growth comes below the soil. Not sure I'd want to baby them for a year but for an expensive variety, I'd wait a little longer. Do you have a lot of space for outdoor planting or are you growing them in pots?
@@MikeKincaid79 Right now they are in pots except for two that I put in the ground 12 years ago. We are on a small lot in town right now, I want to get acreage and build a house but I'm not sure how long that will be so I keep them small in pots knowing when they go in the ground they will grow fast.
I imagine your experience makes the waiting game a bit easier. I hope to dabble with rooting fuschias in the spring. Do you have any videos of selling online or able to point me towards someone that does? I would love to sell these conker seedlings/horsechestnut seedlings 🌱
For one, I don't like fig pops because they cut off air flow to the roots, so that's why I immediately up-potted them. Glad I did, because the last one that I didn't up-pot ended up dying in its fig pop form. I don't have any 14x4 pots right now or I would probably use them to save space. I do have the large clear cups and easy access to buy them, without waiting for the mail. I may up-pot straight to 1 gallon nursery pots from here on out this season.
I sometimes cut the top off of empty seltzer bottles ( clear and about 4” diameter) and use these when I do not have tree pots. The bottom has more root room than the clear cups.
Just put all of my “ just waking up” figs into a new mini greenhouse in the basement and have LED lights hanging not that far away from them. Is there some guide as to distance the light should be from the figs? I have other figs that were started a few weeks ago, and are now tall fig trees in the making, that are directly under their grow lights on a plant stand. I keep all of my Gro lights on for 12 hours each day. Re this video…I have never before this year, used a heat mat and this year was the first time that once roots were well developed I up potted to 1 gallon pots, and 2 cuttings lost their roots and the buds that were coming out stopped progressing. Not one to give up, I removed the cuttings from their pots and cut them back. They went into plain water in glasses and in the dark under a kitchen cabinet. Well, within 2 days they each had many lenticels and are now sprouting roots! Never tried rooting in water before. I do find that each different variety takes its own special time to root and how it starts. Some varieties develop root systems quickly and seem to dawdle at producing leaves, while the reverse is true for others. Thus far I have lost one cutting of perhaps 20 varieties. Also, I know that with my potting mix, I definitely could not let the cups stand in water and not get rotted roots. Is your Gro tent very warm to evaporate the remaining water quickly?
Right now I've got it on a timer for 18 hours on and 6 hours off. I've gone as low as 14 hours on and as high as 24 hours on. I don't change it in the middle of a project though.
I've picked them up from many different sources. A good place to start is to get into some good Facebook groups like What the Fig, and meet people there. You want to buy from reputable sellers so you know the cuttings you're getting are the real deal.
Mike I found that if they don’t root and shoot within 6 to 8 weeks at most, even if the do root they don’t grow well.not worth the wait, just like you said.
There's no average time, all plants are so different. If you're looking for hard numbers then I'd say 4 to 6 weeks is the standard answer but it varies so broadly, depending on plant, time of year, temp, type of cutting material, etc.
Isn't it weird how all these varieties just kind of do whatever they want. They're all so different. Glad that Sisters cutting rooted because I've seen you rave about it, and heard it grows well in cooler climates.
Just looked it up. Is it TFH 1845? I don't have it but will it grow well and fruit in the PNW? More and more, I'm trying to find trees that will produce good fruit here.
can i have a fig cutting my family loves fig but when we buy fruit figs from suppermarket but when we buy fruit well see mold spiders rotted fruit pls this is a chance
I’m curious to know how you got all these cuttings from different places and people please have a kind person who could help me to get some cuttings thank you in return I can give pomegranate or jujube!!
I just slowly collected them over the past 8 years. Get involved in Facebook fig groups. Meet people and trade cutting. Figbid can be a good place to start.
I continue to use the finely ground up fir tree bark as potting soil. I'll up-pot the smaller pots soon. then I'll up-pot again in the spring and put them out in the hoop house. I am thinking about putting each of them in 1 gallon nursery pots soon, which would be the first time I did that indoors. I think I have the room for it though.
@@MikeKincaid79 Hi Mike I do have some in the Greenhouse but I need to ask you about how to get rid of Scale. My Petite Violet Boudreaux seems to be weeping clear sticky substance and I’m hoping I can save it after paying $$$ for it. Thank you in advance.
LOL, I'm expecting a shipment from this guy I know in Arkansas. Oh, hey wait, it's you Scott! Hahahaha. I tried, man. I bought the dang things, made a beautiful video about them, and then they all decided to die on me. I think your genetics must be more cold hardy.
I'm honored. Neither is better than the other but you may want a particular method based on circumstances. I've really been liking the air layer method lately though. It's more of a sure bet on the harder to root varieties.
