I have had my eye on a fig tree that had bad winter damage from the 2013-14 winter and then sent up some thin shoots from the roots last summer. In early January, 2015 I took cuttings from the thickest shoot I could find. These cuttings have been very difficult to root probably because the cuttings are thin, they might have had some cold damage and/or the tree didn't have a lot energy left when it sent up those spindly shoots. I suspect the tree may be dead now so this is my last hope.
Long story short the cuttings have been very difficult and I am down to my last one. I have been trying to root it in potting mix in a mini-SIP. Right on schedule it sprouted a small leaf but then nothing. No roots have appeared. It has been this way since late February and I even transitioned it to part sun hoping that the outdoor conditions would jumpstart it. Yesterday I removed the soil around the cutting to see what was going on. The cutting looked healthy but there were no roots; just rooting initials. It's amazing it was able to maintain the one leaf. I don't have any rooting hormone and I don't really want to buy rooting hormone for just this cutting. I have been having good luck with not using rooting hormone this year (with the exception of this cutting). Beyond buying rooting hormone what do you all think about the idea of trying to root it in water? Any other ideas? Or is rooting hormone my only option?
Long story short the cuttings have been very difficult and I am down to my last one. I have been trying to root it in potting mix in a mini-SIP. Right on schedule it sprouted a small leaf but then nothing. No roots have appeared. It has been this way since late February and I even transitioned it to part sun hoping that the outdoor conditions would jumpstart it. Yesterday I removed the soil around the cutting to see what was going on. The cutting looked healthy but there were no roots; just rooting initials. It's amazing it was able to maintain the one leaf. I don't have any rooting hormone and I don't really want to buy rooting hormone for just this cutting. I have been having good luck with not using rooting hormone this year (with the exception of this cutting). Beyond buying rooting hormone what do you all think about the idea of trying to root it in water? Any other ideas? Or is rooting hormone my only option?
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