Fig Tree Cuttings

Hardwood Fig Tree Cuttings

There are many guides and videos to be found on youtube.com for rooting fig cuttings below is one of many

This video is excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1LNCvPhR7M

We actually wrap them in damp sphagnum moss place them in a container with clingfilm on the top and leave them on a warm window sill for a month or two checking them for signs of nodules and roots

Species difficult to root should be “wounded” as this helps encourage rooting.

This involves making an additional light cut on either side of the cut stem at the base to expose more of the cambium.

The cambium is the light green layer you see under bark when you scrape it away, before you get to the wood, this is a single layer of meristem tissue.

Wounding also helps in some cases to remove a physical barrier which may be getting in the way of roots forming.

You can scrape off the bark or outer layer to expose the cambium using a knife of the sharp edge of your scissors or secateurs.

Treating cuttings with rooting hormone can increase the chances of stimulating root growth. This is more critical in plants that are more difficult to root.

Simply dip the base into the rooting hormone, that’s all!

If using root hormone powder, and be sure to tap the cuttings to remove excess powder.

The cuttings can be placed in a container of propagating medium.

The cuttings can still lose moisture and dry out, even without leaves, so we try to place as much of the cutting below the surface of the soil, while allowing top 3 buds at the tip to be sitting above the soil level.

Leaving 1/4 to 1/3 of the tip of the cutting above the surface achieves this, otherwise just leave three buds unburied.

Fill a container (pot) with a suitable propagating medium.