Fig cuttings
Did you leave all your favorite figs behind when you moved? It isridiculously easy to root fig cuttings.
In the Spring take some 12-inch cuttings that are at least as thickas your pinkie finger. Be sure to get about 3 inches of last yearsgrowth at the base of the cutting. Dip the cut end in rootinghormone (otional) and plant it about 6 inches deep in potting soilout of direct sun for several weeks. Pot the baby up to a biggersize container as needed then plant in the ground the next Spring.
To take cuttings during the winter, soak them in a 10% bleachdilution for 20 minutes, wrap them loosely in paper towels, andplace them in a closed plastic bag in the refigerator until Spring.
May 27th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Of course it’s real easy to root fig cuttings. But you still gotta waitat least three years, usually five or six(depending on variety) to get adecent harvest.
So I can see why it’s hard for someone to leave them behind. Hard to gofrom the Land of Fig Plenty to the Land of Fig “Please Grow!” Go from amature tree to a cutting? sigh
May 29th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I’ve got one potted up and am planning on ordering more. The problemis the winter–I have to decide if I’m going to keep them in a potand move to a sheltered location or cover all winter. We’re just alittle too cold here to leave them out. But, we have the bulbs andlilacs and..but there’s nothing quite like fresh figs..sigh…