Fruiting fig cuttings. When?

[Boerboel313]

Hi all.
I live in SOCAL. when can I take cuttings from fruiting fig trees? I know I can bare root up to a 2" caliper, but when, is the question.

Txs

Chris

 

[Joe Dupre']

Chris, if you have access to the trees, air layering a fig is as easy as it gets. In less than two months you'll have a tree, not a little cutting with a few roots. I've done cuttings about this time of the year by wrapping the cuttings in wet paper towels and keeping them in a dark, damp location , like a big plastic tote with the lid cracked open.

 

[0soyoung]

I've done cuttings about this time of the year by wrapping the cuttings in wet paper towels and keeping them in a dark, damp location , like a big plastic tote with the lid cracked open.

When do you strike those cuttings, @Joe Dupre', after the buds have cracked?

 

[Joe Dupre']

Normally before.......late winter here. I've done them in spring too. Mild climates seem to allow a lot of flexibility in propagation and collection timing. I've yanked cypress and elm seedlings out of the ground in early summer and have them take off, hardly missing a beat.

 

[Boerboel313]

So. I can take cuttings, wrap in paper towels. What's the largest diameter I can do this with? What if I use root toner?

 

[jason biggs]

ficus are awesome trees to work with - almost bullet proof.
you can take cuttings from toothpick size to the thickness of your forearm...
like your username by the way

 

[Boerboel313]

ficus are awesome trees to work with - almost bullet proof.
you can take cuttings from toothpick size to the thickness of your forearm...
like your username by the way

War woon Jy

 

[Boerboel313]

I’ve lived in both the outskirts of JB and Groenkloof. Might have spelled that incorrectly. Mother was from Pretoria. My Oom Fani is big into bonsai there in centurion, Stefanus Dewaal.