How to air layer a fig tree using a plastic bottle - Start to Finish 

This is exactly what I searched for. My baby fig tree is double-trunked. I want to produce 2 single trunk trees. Easy directions. Thank you.

I found your video a couple of months ago and tried this on my established fig tree. Absolutely amazing how many roots I had after only five weeks. I am going to do this again. Thanks for the excellent video.

figs is so easy to grow, i put huge branch in good dirt with little hormone , kept watering and had figs same year, 3 years later it is almost 12 feet...love your technic , thank you!

That seems so easy and less stressful for the plant doing it that way. Thank you for this interesting helpful video. Awesome!!

I am going out tomorrow to do this to my peach tree , and i plan on using your method to all my fruit trees before i prune them back (do the branches i intend on cutting off) Thank you for sharing your method of this

neat way to use the plastic bottle for this. Good engineering, have to try it ! thank you.

Great video Thanx for sharing I prune my dig trees in early winter when they go dormant and stick the cuttings in top soil pots keep them inside behind the windows they grow during winter and had very good success that way

Thank you Sir, a great man with the big heart to earnestly sharing practical knowledge,thank you so much again.With love from Malaysia.

I really love your information video. I'll trying in this summer. I just got a fig tree. And I want to clonnin my tree

I did about the same thing as you did after watching another video also , I used a 16 ounce water bottle, I cut and notched the threaded mouth part and sliced the bottle lengthwise, put over the Fig but I secured the bottle on and the Fig branch wire small gauge copper wire. I left the top open so moisture could enter, rain and when I watered that. I had many roots in 37 days and that is when I cut that from the mother tree. I didn't remove or lose any of the 17 leaves that the 32 inch tall tree that I now have. The top was wilted and is not now but the other 16 leaves are a little wilted but improving. I mist several times a day. I probably have more leaves then roots so that needs to balance out. I take lots of picture to document.

I am so going to do this! I have a fig tree my sister wants a cutting off of. Instead I can give her a rooted plant. Also I will be trying this on a rose bush I have...Thanks for posting!

Awesome video! Very informative. I just bought my first two fig plants and am planning to increase that number to at least a dozen next year thru propagation. Blessings!

I'll have to try this method, it seems to work great. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome method. We used to have too many fig trees in the garden, back then we never knew about this method , wish we did.

Great idea. Thanks for the clear instructions. Greetings from North Wales, UK.

Thanks for sharing rhe video. I am going to try this out during the Summer.

Great video! I find some plants (like pineapple guava) take a really long time to root and I have to add water to the medium through the year, I think this way would be easier to add moisture to the medium.

Thank you so much for showing your talent in propagating. You just saved me money and also not to buy this rooting balls from China. Bravo and great health to you and your family from afar.

Thanks! Clear and concise with very good visuals.

I thought your vid was so cool i am working on a few things my self but your method of air layering i never thought was possible fist time i have seen such a method and i will be shearing this method with my kids keep up the good work an will be looking forward to watching more of your vidieos arohanui to you and your family.

I TRIED IT DIFFERENT ON PLANTS AND IT WORKED FINE!!

A very smart and convenient way. I'm impressed.

That is brilliant! I am going to try it out! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

Thank you for sharing, I love this method!

Excellent video on airlayering

Very clear instructions. Looking forward to trying this on a large Ischia fig that has gotten straggly growing in the shade.

Brilliant! I love this method, thank you!

Your demonstration is wonderful. I have watched several videos and found your voice and instruction so easy to follow. I also like how your method uses 1 bottle instead of 2. I would strongly suggest you redo the video so all the steps are clearly seen (early in the beginning of the video). It is a great instructional tool. Thanks for this free education!

Thanks. My first time to watch air layering and I like the fact that you showed a couple of ways to do it and I just read a comment that coconut coir is the best rooting medium. I can't wait to try it next year at my sister's.

Best video on are layering! Thank you

Great video, good info clearly provided :) and thanks for not babbling on about irrelevant things!

Thank you for step-by-step instructions. I'm going to try this on my Falsa berry plant.

I'm so glad I found your vid. Nice result. I'm off to get this going with the 2L bottles I've gathered

WOW, this by far the BEST video I have ever seen explaining air layering, thanks! So during the 5 weeks of waiting, how often do you water the bottle? And how do you do that exactly, with a spray bottle?

bravo i like your methode ! Thank you for step-by-step instructions ! it is amazing !

Looks good. Thanks for sharing. Something like this can be used for budding difficult things to bud and to help beginners get more successful buds. Bud the plant and get some sphagnum moss and some aluminium foil. Put the moist sphagnum moss on the foil around the bud making sure the moss is above the bud and just use the foil to shape and hold it's self to the tree. Keep it moist. Remove in rainy weather or the bud might shock and die even it has taken well.

Thanks for the video. I tried a simpler solution to propagating my fig that was getting very leggy. I cut several of the long branches of my plant. Over the winter, two of our plants suffered some issue and lost all leaves. The plant had previously produced many figs over last Summer. So...I had my fig, about 30 inches tall...no leaves...only long spindly branches. I cut three of them...about 9-inch lengths. I did about an inch of scraping of the cut end side epidermis and stuck it into a pot of a good potting mix...and watered and waited. Been about two weeks and I see green growth on all cuttings. On one cutting, I already see leaf development. I think it's going to work well, eh? And...hello from Wisconsin.

this is such a great tutorial. thanks for sharing

I don’t normally comment on these videos, but that was very well done and looked like an easy project. I can’t wait to try it this weekend 👍

Tyvm! It's timely & educational! More power...

I have rooted plants by placing a low hanging limb in a shallow hole and putting soil over it and a brick to keep it in place it roots just fine

best method so far. Thanks for sharing.

So simple and so great!thanks.

Such a helpful video, thank you!!

i just used this same method to air layer a mulberry tree . i didn't cut the bottle exactly the same as you did but close . worked great ! i plan on doing many many more . thanks for the tips ! edit : i did this on a thumb sized branch . i did girdle the branch though . also , i did not cut the plant down like you did . i didn't know it was needed . my tree is doing great and new growth is plain to see . i will probably modify my methods to ensure better results . i set up 2 of them but one died , don't know why .

Quick and easy, I like it. I’ve read a few of you comments, thanks also for taking the time to add that extra information and answer some people on details :) Maybe a gallon milk/water jug or 2litre bottle cut shorter to use for a larger one, as you mentioned? I realize that adds weight, so maybe it would need to be under the right conditions, such as on a bigger branch and girdled, and/or just weight supported. Thanks for the easy info and the end result. Helps:)

I noticed you don't use growth hormon, and you get good results. Can this method olso work an a olive tree?

Thank you for this video .. I am thinking about plastic bottle instead of plastic bag .. Thats why am here to know .. Can i used it or not .. Now going to try ..

Thank you ❤️ fantastic video

Pure genius, such an easy way to propagate figs, thank you for a truly informative video

Hi i didn’t see u cut any skin layer off the fig! Is that really work for any tree? It look so easy I’m ready to try it. Thank you !

very interesting ... going to have to try this with my Chicago hardy Fig. Thanks.

Thank you to shared your experiency.

Thank you so much for your this video. I really for successed in fig air layering.

wow! great video on fig propagation. Thanks for sharing :)

Well done~! I am going to try this method on an olive tree., Thanks~!

Thanks for sharing your information..

I just bought a healthy brown turkey fig this summer. It's about 3 feet tall and looks like a three prong pitchfork in the top. I am going to try this method instead of cutting off the top and trying to root it. Thanks.

What a brilliant idea. Thank you sooo much

WoW thank you so much . I Will definitely try this to do one of this days greetings from Belgium

Great video , but the thing i do to make it root faster and stronger is graft a small section of the stem and rough up the green cambian layer to break up and scar all the green fibres in the plant to almost guarantee success every time.

Great video, thank you for sharing !!

Bad ass! Never knew you could do this!

Very smart... i have to try this! Thanks for the video..

Very well done and explained.

Thanks for sharing, it is a great help to me.

Thank u sir about yout video.very intersting & usefull. Good job. 👍👍

Продуманно и эффективно! Здорово!)

wow, excellent way to do it and successful. Many thanks.. for the education...

Your comment on the size of the bottle/ball makes me think a liter soda bottle might be interesting, in order to keep more top growth. Great tip.

Fig sweet technique bro ! Thanks.

must try it great video thanks

Thanks for sharing

Thanks so much for a wonderful video I love it

cbdcdd - Thanks for showing this without girdling the branch. Since the cambium layer is what feeds the leaves, can you please explain how girdling the branch does not lead to the death of the leaves above? Are they fed through the soil in the bottle?

great video I will try thanks

Will try this out, thanks

Very good sir. I am going to do it myself. Godspeed Cobus🐬

Propagation of fig trees is most rewarding---as nematodes infect old plants. Every 3 years a new plant should be started. Use mulch to slow the nematode growth.

Thanks man I am going to try this

Very very good job Bro.... Hattttssss Offff to you mate..... 😊😊

Great video, can’t wait to try it! Thank you!

very very good vedio thanks so much.

Great vid and info. Thanks for show the results!

Thx.!! Gonna use this method.

Thank you for your reply. I don't know if I can do that because the Dept. of Agriculture, but l'm going to try, the only thing that happens is that they trash it.

I enjoyed it very much

very good informational and I dias for budding helpful for me

Thank you for the smart idea and helpful video. I am starting to try this method with camellias and hollies.

Very good idea , thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

thanks i will do this i love your idea thanks again for sharing.

Thanks for the video. Do you score the branch being air layered to expose the cambian layer or does it root from where the leaves were?

thank you for sharing, question. once the branch is set and tape up inside the bottle, do you need to add more water in the bottle during the 30 days?

Very Nice Video 👍👍

I have never seen this done before. Very interesting method! Does this work on most plants?

Don’t know if you’ll get this message since it’s at least 4yrs since you did the video. I’m wondering about copying your method to any fruit tree. You didn’t cut off any of the bark prior to adding the bottle and peat. So is that an unnecessary step in your experience. Or is it a step to be done in only certain plants? Thanks in anticipation. Alison

well done nice video

That's a great way to propagate. Do you think it would work if I tried now during winter? Would the roots start growing early spring?

good method thanks

what time of the year is this best to do for fig trees? Thank you this looks amazing and very easy !