Here's a series of Videos, On my Lasagna Method of rooting figs

[binbin9]

Yes a paint pen works great but most of the time I just leave one variety per box. Roots usually occur within 2-4 weeks. I may try a bottom heat pad to get them to grow faster.

[F. Bennett]

Great videos, Ben! Good luck with all those infants.

[Harborseal]

A paint pen would definitely work. You'd be way better off not having all that perlite dust in with your cuttings.

[ross]

Ben,

I've seen them all and definitely enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing! I did wonder about how you would label them if you had a tray of multiple varieties. You think a paint pen will work?

-Ross

[Jamie0507]

Great videos! I'm always searching for new methods to try like this one How long were you typically leaving the cuttings in the box before you saw roots? I didn't catch that in the video but I did have a bunch of overly loud lil boys surrounding me when I watched the videos lol, so I could have just missed it..

[binbin9]

I've tried just about every method there is for rooting fig cuttings (Bag, Peat moss, straight Soil, all perlite, aquaponics, cloners, all water, etc) and I've found that this method I call "The lasagna Method" seems to work the best in terms of success rate. I'm not trying to revolutionize anything just sharing what seems to work really well and help others who have struggled with keeping cuttings alive.

Hope it helps.

The First Step:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-wFYBagTQ

Refined Video on the process:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21SxaLKM680

Update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zlPAozXUxU

Uppotting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=976LNH20l2A