I thought I had seen every video you had ever posted but just came across this one. The thing that attracted me most to your channel is your honesty and willingness to try some of the things that you know we back yard gardeners are going to do...... sooner or later..... For that, I thank you!! You keep experimenting, and Im going to keep learning.
I’m somewhere around 450 videos now, so plenty to choose from. I really enjoyed making this video because, like you said, we’re answering the questions every good old backyard gardener has. I know I had this one for a long time.
Love the video! I put a piece of paper towel in the zip log bag. It obsorbes excessive moisture from the bag. Every 2 months or so, I check and replace any damp paper towel. It really helps preventing mold on the cuttings. So far, some of my 5 month old cuttings are still doing well as a result. Stay safe and healthy out there!
Thses days humanity facing coronavirus crisis, the only thing can offer me a piece of mind, is gardening and beautiful flowers... thanks for your amazing calm videos🙏🏻🌹 every body reads my comment please pray for my fatherland *Iran* 🙏🏻♥️ and the rest of the world
Thank you Mike. I have enjoyed several of your fig videos in a row just now and I have been watching your channel for a while. I come back to review content just before do something like take fig cuttings.
That's so cool to hear. I have videos about other subjects that I go back and rewatch when I'm about to do something. Good to hear that you can use these videos as a resource! Good luck with your cuttings.
Here' a suggestion to help keep the fig cuttings from drying out after you place them in the potting mix. Go through your regular "clean" procedure, scrubbing etc. When you clip the tops, use vaseline to cover the top and the exposed stem above ground. This will keep the cuttings from drying out and and keep some bugs off of them too (they will stick and die on the protective layer). Hope that helps!
I ordered some cuttings from Israel and they came moldy, just like your Chicago Hardy. I did exactly what you did, cut off the spongy tips and cleaned the rest with soap plus hydrogen peroxide. 2 of them didn’t make it, but the other two are growing roots!!! So there is still hope, even when there is mold.
Mike, you received so many comments I don’t think I could add anything else except I hope you and your family are enjoying your life style together with God’s blessings. And His gift of your green thumb 👍
Thanks again Mike. Today you showed & I learned what a wonderful, magnificent system nature really is. After a year - simply amazing. Thanks again for teaching me new things. I still have a lot to learn, so keep up the great work!
This is wonderful to see!!!! Thanks for sharing this. Now I know I can purchase cuttings in the winter and root them a few months later outside since I kill indoor plants. I am working on my bipolar green/black thumb. For some reason I struggle with indoor plants.
I think the hardest part with getting the cuttings to survive is the first transplant (for me at least). I'm probably going to just try mine straight into my fig potting mix (barely moist) in 1 gallon containers, which they should be able to stay in for a couple of months. I'll start them off fairly cool and then transition them to outside once the freeze risk is gone. I'm also going to try mixing a little bit of anti-fungal stuff into the water before I dampen the soil. Luckily I have some really nice thick cuttings this year (thicker than my thumb). Yay, figs!
I store my fig cuttings the same way in freezer bags too. I open the zip lock bag every other day to get fresh air in it for a few seconds to prevent mold. I've been using your rooting method for two years now with high rooting success. Growing figs in containers and in ground here in Chicago, IL
Awesome! I can't believe they rooted after that long! Figs are amazing! I would love to see how they turned out if you did the same thing as you did with the black madeira to see if it depends on variety, but I would hate if they did the same thing the black madeira did. So far this year I've done four air layers on my fig tree. Hoping to go do some on two different pear trees today! And my uncle has two different types of fig trees that I'm hoping to get some cuttings off of in the winter and I'm hoping to order a bunch of new varieties too!
Good luck with the pear tree. I've still got my Bartlett pear air layer out in the hoop house that I made a video on several years ago. Still growing strong!
Mike, I ordered some apple scions in Feb (2021) and the instructions tell me to soak them in a 1:10 Clorox solution if they develop mold. What do you think?
That sounds about right. In the hospital, we call that Dakin's solution (which is usually a slightly higher concentration) and we use it for wounds with certain types of bacteria. Your solution would come out to 10% and sounds like it would work out fine for plant molds. I personally prefer washing with soap and water. I've never had a problem with mold when grafting within a few months and don't normally do anything to clean the scions.
Hi Mike, I took a course in grafting apple trees and the instructor told me that in order to keep the scions from molding, you can use a few drops of liquid preservative. Over here in Denmark, its called Atamon and is used in gel, marmalade and such stuff :) just wanted to let you know. Best Regards, Elz
I put fig cuttings four days ago and today the have buds swelling even a couple of them have tiny leaf coming out. They are amazing plants, so prolific.
Good to hear from you Mike! That's awesome experiment! I think that the answer is, don't put them under the grow light and don't fertilize the little figs just let them be on topof the table but rotate the cup onece every so often so they grow uniform! We are getting 10 more days of rain forecast.....I am tempted to think that Seattle movde over to Atlanta....shish!🌧🌧🌧 Occasionally we had a bit of break in the rain....I am thankful that is cool enough that I can keep my windows open.....during the summer I don't have such a luxury. Occasionally my husband complaints that is too cold and tells me that my thermostat is defective....and he is right...lol. Be safe and be blessed you all! Hugs fom soggy Atlanta😅😅😅💞🤗🤗🤗
Haha, I think Atlanta moved up here because we've been getting more sun and warm weather the past few years. It's hard on the rhododendrons though, I have to do so much more watering in the summer than I used to. Love the sun though, thanks!
Thats so cool! Ive got alot of cuttings in my basement trying out "dormant rooting" I live in NY Zone 5. theres no sighns of life or death yet. I dont have bottom heat tho so the roots will probly take longer to form im guessing. I have plums, cherrys, apple, peach, and 2 different kinds of Japanese maples in trying out, and roses. I love all of your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Takes longer without bottom heat but that can be a safer way to root and help keep the rot and fungus at bay. Just let it happen slowly as the weather warms.
@@MikeKincaid79 ok thanks for the info. I was wondering about that. My basement rite now stays around 40 degrees, give or take on the warmer days. I was wondering if I was suposed to just let them take their time or bring them up once it got warmer. Thanks again for the info!
Hey Mike, just a question, when you were putting everything into that cup, what kind of soil did you use for the cups. Thank you for the info and the great videos
I have been experimenting in rooting cuttings in coconut coir and peat moss mixed with various ratios of pumice. I got the best results with about 80% pumice and 20% coconut coir. I even had good results with 100% pumice. With too much coconut coir/pine bark/peat moss, I think that it is easy to over-water and flood the roots and kill them.
I've always wondered how long they would last in the refrigerator...thanks! By the way, my fig trees are starting to form their breba figs already and it's not even April!!! What's with that?
Mike Kincaid I live in Southern Indiana and instead of our usual two months of mid-thirty degree temps, every week seemed to cycle between 25 and 55 degrees....definitely weird! I usually keep the figs in an unheated basement from mid-November through mid-March. They are normally beginning to show little green buds about that time. This year they got started a month earlier. I might have expected it from my Chicago Hardy, which is used to much colder winters, but I am surprised by the others...even my Maltese Beauty (which already has six inches of new growth) and my Black Madiera. I am now putting them outdoors during the day but bringing them in late in the afternoon. I just hope they don't do anything weird on me due to this early start!
i tried to grow some figs almost 2 months ago and did not know about root hormone and i must have missed the part about scoring them. if i take them out and score them and then get some hormone do you think they have a chance?
They are about the same volume as 3 of the smaller dixie cups. They are deli cups that I got at a local restaurant supply business. You can find them if you look around.
Hey Mike. Thanks for your videos. I have a question about pruning cuttings. (I’m thinking about blueberry cuttings). When and how do you prune them to encourage growth and more rooting?
Depends on the type of cuttings. My rhododendrons get a pruning in the late winter just before new growth but if you are talking about softwood cuttings, you can snip the top off anytime during the growing season to encourage roots and new shoots.
Mike Kincaid thanks a lot. I’m thinking about my hardwood blueberry cuttings that I started a month ago. If they start rooting, and I move them to a nursery bed or small pots to grow in, when and how would I prune them?
I'd let them just grow through the summer and then prune the following winter. If you want to prune then you can simply pinch the top growth when the new growth gets about 6 inches high and this will encourage more side branching and root development.
Hey Mike! Been watching your videos for a while and really love what you do. I'm in my late 20's and have really taken a liking to propagating old family plants around the property I grew up at, to preserve them for generations to come. I wanted to propagate some of my grandfather's blueberry bushes but have had a hard time with them (still very new to propagation). I wanted to try your method with the frame you built with the glass covering it (it seems more low maintenance than the plastic totes and I work a lot), but am not sure what medium to use to fill it with. I think I heard in another video you made that filling it with coarse sand would work. What do you think would be best for me to fill the frame with for blueberry cuttings? Also, what time of year do you think it would be best for me to take them? I live in Northern PA...any tips would be welcome!....sorry this isn't necessarily related to this video but was hoping for a response... Love the videos...keep them coming!
I fill my frames with fine fir bark but you can use anything that drains well, holds moisture, and is inert. Sand will work well too. You can take blueberry cuttings as hardwood, semihardwood, and some people use softwood cuttings.
I would leave the verte on the table until there are more roots, then pull a couple out and put them in another pot and stick them under the bright lights and see how they do.
My process for long term storage is wash and scrub them with a brush and hydrogen peroxide. Let them dry. Mark the variety. Seal the top and bottom with wax or parafilm. Vacuum seal them. Put them in the fridge. Even if there is no moisture in the bag the cutting will eventually lose their water. Opening and closing the fridge will cause condensation build up from moisture in the cutting which will likely mold. Especially if the cutting wasn’t cleaned. Another thought, fig cuttings don’t need fertilizer but they do need nutrients. I’ve found liquid kelp is the safest to use. It has plant hormones for root growth. Depending on the viability of the cutting and the amount of nutrients it has stored, sterile soil can only get it so far.
I thought the reason of my cuttings is not moving because of almost 45 days of storing but now I’m confused I ordered mine from Figaholics and now 1 month without roots except tiny leaves and1 has small tiny root but on the other side in the same container i rooted 3 different cuttings imported from Morocco, the roots is crazy and about to break the cup Please tell me what I have to do im really obsessed with Figaholics varieties
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks. Is it commonly known as for bark? I am on the east coast and didnt know if that is common or it might be called something else here lol. Man, love your videos!!!! I am addicted.
MIKE, i would leave them if you can right where they started to root, i had that same thing happen to diffrent things/cuttings i did, the trick is just how long do you leave them there? 1. if the cuttings seem to to thrive, leave them,. 2. its the shock i belive of trans planting and moving to a diffrent grow area,. so my guess is leave them where they started for as long as you can, thats what i found ., be blessed and safe
@@MikeKincaid79 can you explain a little or make a show on using bark as a median. we have fine bark that we mulch with can I use rhat. also how old does it need to sit before using. we use fresh mulched
I'd like to see what happens to those little guys!...I have clippings from my Dads fig tree that I've been storing in the fridge for almost a year now...i hope I get growth from at least a couple of them...
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I dont know but no moisture cut them fresh and stick them in a sealed zip lock bag . No dampness no damp paper towel . To quote Donald O'Connor. Get it? Got it Good
@@MikeKincaid79 you tried. Not much you can do now except to scrap them into your little flower cemetary. What we named my grandmothers dumping are. Surprising stuff would be dead when we thru it there in the shady heap, but then a few months later it would start growing lol. Anything from annuals to rhododendrons. Was amazing to see. Rhodo's laying sideways but leaves growing and roots going thru the heap to the soil. Smh. Learned so much about gardening thru my grams who will be 98 next month.
Why does it happen to some figs and not other figs it's hard to figure out. Cool video though. You were just a step ahead on talking about homeschooling your kids because everybody else is going to be doing it now you start a new trend.
Pretty crazy how fast all this is happening. I told you we were going to start next year but now that the world is blowing up we decided to start this year so I went down to the school today and withdrew my kids and then filed the paperwork with the School district superintendent. Kind of scary now that it's real. Hope I don't screw them up.
If the root system is not mature enough to provide sufficient water/nutrients to the foliage OR if the root system is not mature enough to actually uptake water and nutrients then the fig will die. It's all a matter of balance and timing.
@@MikeKincaid79 I'm glad to see that someone else "loses" things in the refrigerator. I really enjoy your videos. Can't believe you put so many cuttings in the same cup!
Consider raising your child...she was doing great while nursing and even eating soft baby food. The one thing you didn't do was switch her to steak and lobster with French fries and chocolate cake at a very early age. Your fig cuttings are the same....be gentle with their development. Take smaller steps with the food and light. They will grow to be fine young ladies ( I mean fig trees ). LOL
You can find the more common figs much cheaper and they can be just as fun to work with and taste fantastic. Desert King, Violette de Bordeaux, etc. That's where most of us start.
I am sorry Mike: I have to unsubscribe for the simple reason that your videos have become too much talk, as if you are advertising more than sharing your experience. Please understand: no offence whatsoever meant. Thank you for all what I have learnt from you.
I thought I had seen every video you had ever posted but just came across this one. The thing that attracted me most to your channel is your honesty and willingness to try some of the things that you know we back yard gardeners are going to do...... sooner or later..... For that, I thank you!! You keep experimenting, and Im going to keep learning.
I’m somewhere around 450 videos now, so plenty to choose from. I really enjoyed making this video because, like you said, we’re answering the questions every good old backyard gardener has. I know I had this one for a long time.
Love the video! I put a piece of paper towel in the zip log bag. It obsorbes excessive moisture from the bag. Every 2 months or so, I check and replace any damp paper towel. It really helps preventing mold on the cuttings. So far, some of my 5 month old cuttings are still doing well as a result. Stay safe and healthy out there!
Thanks, you too!
Thses days humanity facing coronavirus crisis, the only thing can offer me a piece of mind, is gardening and beautiful flowers...
thanks for your amazing calm videos🙏🏻🌹 every body reads my comment please pray for my fatherland *Iran* 🙏🏻♥️ and the rest of the world
Glad to help give you piece of mind. Remember, this too shall pass.
You need to question that coronavirus
I agree, gardening keeps me busy
Thank you Mike. I have enjoyed several of your fig videos in a row just now and I have been watching your channel for a while. I come back to review content just before do something like take fig cuttings.
That's so cool to hear. I have videos about other subjects that I go back and rewatch when I'm about to do something. Good to hear that you can use these videos as a resource! Good luck with your cuttings.
Here' a suggestion to help keep the fig cuttings from drying out after you place them in the potting mix. Go through your regular "clean" procedure, scrubbing etc. When you clip the tops, use vaseline to cover the top and the exposed stem above ground. This will keep the cuttings from drying out and and keep some bugs off of them too (they will stick and die on the protective layer). Hope that helps!
Great idea, thanks!
I ordered some cuttings from Israel and they came moldy, just like your Chicago Hardy. I did exactly what you did, cut off the spongy tips and cleaned the rest with soap plus hydrogen peroxide. 2 of them didn’t make it, but the other two are growing roots!!! So there is still hope, even when there is mold.
Good to hear your experience, thanks!
Mike, you received so many comments I don’t think I could add anything else except I hope you and your family are enjoying your life style together with God’s blessings. And His gift of your green thumb 👍
Enjoying it very much, thanks Mae!
Thanks again Mike. Today you showed & I learned what a wonderful, magnificent system nature really is. After a year - simply amazing. Thanks again for teaching me new things. I still have a lot to learn, so keep up the great work!
I'm right there with you, learning new things every day.
@@MikeKincaid79 Mike, did you get my letter I mailed?
This is wonderful to see!!!! Thanks for sharing this. Now I know I can purchase cuttings in the winter and root them a few months later outside since I kill indoor plants. I am working on my bipolar green/black thumb. For some reason I struggle with indoor plants.
You're welcome. That's why I did this one, to see if we can wait until spring to root them!
@@MikeKincaid79 I am done trying in the winter, I just kill too many.
I think the hardest part with getting the cuttings to survive is the first transplant (for me at least). I'm probably going to just try mine straight into my fig potting mix (barely moist) in 1 gallon containers, which they should be able to stay in for a couple of months. I'll start them off fairly cool and then transition them to outside once the freeze risk is gone. I'm also going to try mixing a little bit of anti-fungal stuff into the water before I dampen the soil. Luckily I have some really nice thick cuttings this year (thicker than my thumb). Yay, figs!
Those thicker cuttings do a great job at rooting!
I store my fig cuttings the same way in freezer bags too. I open the zip lock bag every other day to get fresh air in it for a few seconds to prevent mold. I've been using your rooting method for two years now with high rooting success. Growing figs in containers and in ground here in Chicago, IL
Glad to hear the method is working for you, Felix.
Awesome! I can't believe they rooted after that long! Figs are amazing! I would love to see how they turned out if you did the same thing as you did with the black madeira to see if it depends on variety, but I would hate if they did the same thing the black madeira did.
So far this year I've done four air layers on my fig tree. Hoping to go do some on two different pear trees today! And my uncle has two different types of fig trees that I'm hoping to get some cuttings off of in the winter and I'm hoping to order a bunch of new varieties too!
Good luck with the pear tree. I've still got my Bartlett pear air layer out in the hoop house that I made a video on several years ago. Still growing strong!
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks! I'll go watch that before I air layer it
Mike, I ordered some apple scions in Feb (2021) and the instructions tell me to soak them in a 1:10 Clorox solution if they develop mold. What do you think?
That sounds about right. In the hospital, we call that Dakin's solution (which is usually a slightly higher concentration) and we use it for wounds with certain types of bacteria. Your solution would come out to 10% and sounds like it would work out fine for plant molds. I personally prefer washing with soap and water. I've never had a problem with mold when grafting within a few months and don't normally do anything to clean the scions.
Hi Mike,
I took a course in grafting apple trees and the instructor told me that in order to keep the scions from molding, you can use a few drops of liquid preservative. Over here in Denmark, its called Atamon and is used in gel, marmalade and such stuff :) just wanted to let you know.
Best Regards,
Elz
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it.
I put fig cuttings four days ago and today the have buds swelling even a couple of them have tiny leaf coming out. They are amazing plants, so prolific.
Love figs!
Good to hear from you Mike! That's awesome experiment! I think that the answer is, don't put them under the grow light and don't fertilize the little figs just let them be on topof the table but rotate the cup onece every so often so they grow uniform!
We are getting 10 more days of rain forecast.....I am tempted to think that Seattle movde over to Atlanta....shish!🌧🌧🌧
Occasionally we had a bit of break in the rain....I am thankful that is cool enough that I can keep my windows open.....during the summer I don't have such a luxury. Occasionally my husband complaints that is too cold and tells me that my thermostat is defective....and he is right...lol.
Be safe and be blessed you all!
Hugs fom soggy Atlanta😅😅😅💞🤗🤗🤗
Haha, I think Atlanta moved up here because we've been getting more sun and warm weather the past few years. It's hard on the rhododendrons though, I have to do so much more watering in the summer than I used to. Love the sun though, thanks!
Yup! Crazy weather everywhere! I don't like hot but I miss the 🌞.
Keep on keeping on!
Thats so cool! Ive got alot of cuttings in my basement trying out "dormant rooting" I live in NY Zone 5. theres no sighns of life or death yet. I dont have bottom heat tho so the roots will probly take longer to form im guessing. I have plums, cherrys, apple, peach, and 2 different kinds of Japanese maples in trying out, and roses. I love all of your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Takes longer without bottom heat but that can be a safer way to root and help keep the rot and fungus at bay. Just let it happen slowly as the weather warms.
@@MikeKincaid79 ok thanks for the info. I was wondering about that. My basement rite now stays around 40 degrees, give or take on the warmer days. I was wondering if I was suposed to just let them take their time or bring them up once it got warmer. Thanks again for the info!
what's up Mike I like all your videos
Hey Mike, just a question, when you were putting everything into that cup, what kind of soil did you use for the cups. Thank you for the info and the great videos
It's fir tree bark. Here's a video about it: th-cam.com/video/RSPLOLNXTD4/w-d-xo.html
Awesome thanks again 😀
Do young figs ever have leaves that are not classic fig leaf shape?
Yes
I have been experimenting in rooting cuttings in coconut coir and peat moss mixed with various ratios of pumice. I got the best results with about 80% pumice and 20% coconut coir. I even had good results with 100% pumice. With too much coconut coir/pine bark/peat moss, I think that it is easy to over-water and flood the roots and kill them.
Michael Fons you can use plain pine bark as your rooting medium. It’s actually my preferred rooting medium.
I like to keep it simple. Been using straight fine fir bark for over a decade with great results on propagating plants.
Have you ever tied making cuttings in may . Not from the new growth but the old . Or would the new growth root
I've taken cuttings of figs all through the year and they will all root. I use hardwood cuttings.
Thanks Mike
Hey should I try to root 3 ft fig cuttings?? Or is that wrong and should cut it up to smaller cuttings?
How long and thick is the cutting?
I've always wondered how long they would last in the refrigerator...thanks! By the way, my fig trees are starting to form their breba figs already and it's not even April!!! What's with that?
Mine start early too, but not this early. Has it been excessively warm in your area?
Mike Kincaid I live in Southern Indiana and instead of our usual two months of mid-thirty degree temps, every week seemed to cycle between 25 and 55 degrees....definitely weird! I usually keep the figs in an unheated basement from mid-November through mid-March. They are normally beginning to show little green buds about that time. This year they got started a month earlier. I might have expected it from my Chicago Hardy, which is used to much colder winters, but I am surprised by the others...even my Maltese Beauty (which already has six inches of new growth) and my Black Madiera. I am now putting them outdoors during the day but bringing them in late in the afternoon. I just hope they don't do anything weird on me due to this early start!
i tried to grow some figs almost 2 months ago and did not know about root hormone and i must have missed the part about scoring them. if i take them out and score them and then get some hormone do you think they have a chance?
Figs will root without doing anything to them but scoring them and using hormone can help ensure a higher success rate.
Hey Mike, what size are those two clear cups you’re using? Where did you get the bigger ones?
They are about the same volume as 3 of the smaller dixie cups. They are deli cups that I got at a local restaurant supply business. You can find them if you look around.
What up Mike. Hope your doing well. And stay away from Covid 19
Doing well. Hard to stay away from it though when I work in a hospital, lol.
Hey Mike. Thanks for your videos. I have a question about pruning cuttings. (I’m thinking about blueberry cuttings). When and how do you prune them to encourage growth and more rooting?
Depends on the type of cuttings. My rhododendrons get a pruning in the late winter just before new growth but if you are talking about softwood cuttings, you can snip the top off anytime during the growing season to encourage roots and new shoots.
Mike Kincaid thanks a lot. I’m thinking about my hardwood blueberry cuttings that I started a month ago. If they start rooting, and I move them to a nursery bed or small pots to grow in, when and how would I prune them?
I'd let them just grow through the summer and then prune the following winter. If you want to prune then you can simply pinch the top growth when the new growth gets about 6 inches high and this will encourage more side branching and root development.
Mike Kincaid Awesome. Thanks so much for the advice.
Hey Mike! Been watching your videos for a while and really love what you do. I'm in my late 20's and have really taken a liking to propagating old family plants around the property I grew up at, to preserve them for generations to come. I wanted to propagate some of my grandfather's blueberry bushes but have had a hard time with them (still very new to propagation). I wanted to try your method with the frame you built with the glass covering it (it seems more low maintenance than the plastic totes and I work a lot), but am not sure what medium to use to fill it with. I think I heard in another video you made that filling it with coarse sand would work. What do you think would be best for me to fill the frame with for blueberry cuttings? Also, what time of year do you think it would be best for me to take them? I live in Northern PA...any tips would be welcome!....sorry this isn't necessarily related to this video but was hoping for a response... Love the videos...keep them coming!
I fill my frames with fine fir bark but you can use anything that drains well, holds moisture, and is inert. Sand will work well too. You can take blueberry cuttings as hardwood, semihardwood, and some people use softwood cuttings.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks for taking time to respond...I appreciate it
I would leave the verte on the table until there are more roots, then pull a couple out and put them in another pot and stick them under the bright lights and see how they do.
Good idea!
Mike Kincaid my thoughts exactly!👍
My process for long term storage is wash and scrub them with a brush and hydrogen peroxide. Let them dry. Mark the variety. Seal the top and bottom with wax or parafilm. Vacuum seal them. Put them in the fridge. Even if there is no moisture in the bag the cutting will eventually lose their water. Opening and closing the fridge will cause condensation build up from moisture in the cutting which will likely mold. Especially if the cutting wasn’t cleaned. Another thought, fig cuttings don’t need fertilizer but they do need nutrients. I’ve found liquid kelp is the safest to use. It has plant hormones for root growth. Depending on the viability of the cutting and the amount of nutrients it has stored, sterile soil can only get it so far.
You should work on some videos about your process.
I thought the reason of my cuttings is not moving because of almost 45 days of storing but now I’m confused
I ordered mine from Figaholics and now 1 month without roots except tiny leaves and1 has small tiny root but on the other side in the same container i rooted 3 different cuttings imported from Morocco, the roots is crazy and about to break the cup
Please tell me what I have to do im really obsessed with Figaholics varieties
Sometimes they take 2 or 3 months. Just be patient.
Hey Mike. Where do you get fir bark in bulk?
I get it at a local landscape supply business by the dump truck load. I need to film it sometime, lol.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks. Is it commonly known as for bark? I am on the east coast and didnt know if that is common or it might be called something else here lol. Man, love your videos!!!! I am addicted.
How long in plastic
This hoop house is 64 foot long, if that's what you're asking.
how long can the sticks be stored in plastic?
How long can fig cuttings last under normal condition???
MIKE, i would leave them if you can right where they started to root, i had that same thing happen to diffrent things/cuttings i did, the trick is just how long do you leave them there? 1. if the cuttings seem to to thrive, leave them,. 2. its the shock i belive of trans planting and moving to a diffrent grow area,. so my guess is leave them where they started for as long as you can, thats what i found ., be blessed and safe
So far, I'm doing just that.
what are the cups filled with
fine fir bark
@@MikeKincaid79
can you explain a little or make a show on using bark as a median. we have fine bark that we mulch with can I use rhat. also how old does it need to sit before using. we use fresh mulched
Maybe spray them with peroxide?
I'd like to see what happens to those little guys!...I have clippings from my Dads fig tree that I've been storing in the fridge for almost a year now...i hope I get growth from at least a couple of them...
Clean them well with soap and water and I think they'll do well.
Leave them in the cup and put them up when warm weather gets here
So far, that's what I've been doing.
Mike Kincaid love love love your videos 🌞
Good morning from new York ctiy realy truly like your work your video just love it love this man thumb ☝ thumb ☝ thumb ☝ keep going NO stop. Make A video about banana tree please thanking you
great info.. I wanna try it .. Left a like
Thanks, Michael!
I dont know but no moisture cut them fresh and stick them in a sealed zip lock bag . No dampness no damp paper towel . To quote Donald O'Connor.
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I hope if send u foto of my figs they are in sun out doors only watring them every day
Join our group on Facebook and you can post all the propagation pictures you want: facebook.com/groups/346884795717132
Do half one way and half another. Perhaps a bigger pot and bioactive soil.
I see another experiment coming!
I want to see how your pinky finger look like...because I had like your pinky sergury..can you please show in the next video
I showed it in this video at the 4:20 mark: th-cam.com/video/GWGQBOvrFPk/w-d-xo.html
I’ll take one
I'm probably going to do 1 more experiment with them and then if you want them you can have them all, Nate.
Ok sweet thank you
I say leave Chicago hardy in the greenhouse and see if it is just slow to root.
I thought about it but when I pulled them out they were rotting so no chance of them rooting.
Awwww shucks. Was hoping they were just a slow rooting variety. I hate losing plants lol
@@wendyhenschel. I know, I was pretty bummed too. I really wanted them to root for you.
@@MikeKincaid79 you tried. Not much you can do now except to scrap them into your little flower cemetary.
What we named my grandmothers dumping are. Surprising stuff would be dead when we thru it there in the shady heap, but then a few months later it would start growing lol. Anything from annuals to rhododendrons. Was amazing to see. Rhodo's laying sideways but leaves growing and roots going thru the heap to the soil. Smh. Learned so much about gardening thru my grams who will be 98 next month.
Great video but can you choose a different music wow very loud and annoying through headsets
Why does it happen to some figs and not other figs it's hard to figure out. Cool video though. You were just a step ahead on talking about homeschooling your kids because everybody else is going to be doing it now you start a new trend.
Pretty crazy how fast all this is happening. I told you we were going to start next year but now that the world is blowing up we decided to start this year so I went down to the school today and withdrew my kids and then filed the paperwork with the School district superintendent. Kind of scary now that it's real. Hope I don't screw them up.
@@MikeKincaid79 you won't you'll do great at it I'm sure.
I know exactly why those Figs croaked! You have a new variety….” Suicidal Figs”!🤣
Lol, might be!
Sveiks maik.ilgi ne dzirdets ne redzets.jo slimoju.vis ir skaidrs.
Šeit klājas labi, paldies. Esiet drošs, mans draugs.
Split the cup into 2 . One for each experiment
Don't know why that thought didn't hit me sooner but great idea, thanks! Now, let's see if I can get them all apart from each other, lol.
If the root system is not mature enough to provide sufficient water/nutrients to the foliage OR if the root system is not mature enough to actually uptake water and nutrients then the fig will die. It's all a matter of balance and timing.
Exactly why I don't cover my cuttings and encourage bottom growth before top growth.
Don't you know you are always supposed to date your labels?! Now I do on everything.
All my video is dated, lol.
I hope you were careful to hide the evidence that you used the kitchen sink to prepare those cuttings.
Lots of experience, lol.
One was about a year, and the other one was 2 years. ... TWO YEARS
Crazy huh
@@MikeKincaid79 I'm glad to see that someone else "loses" things in the refrigerator. I really enjoy your videos. Can't believe you put so many cuttings in the same cup!
How's the Queen Elizabeth Rose cuttings doing?
Thanks for asking but no spoilers, the video will be coming out this spring or summer! Hint: They're starting to put on new growth.
Consider raising your child...she was doing great while nursing and even eating soft baby food. The one thing you didn't do was switch her to steak and lobster with French fries and chocolate cake at a very early age. Your fig cuttings are the same....be gentle with their development. Take smaller steps with the food and light. They will grow to be fine young ladies ( I mean fig trees ). LOL
But the chocolate cake is so good, lol.
I can’t afford those expensive eBay fig cuttings can someone send me some for the low$ lol
You can find the more common figs much cheaper and they can be just as fun to work with and taste fantastic. Desert King, Violette de Bordeaux, etc. That's where most of us start.
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you for the recommendations for cheaper varieties mike been enjoying your videos a lot
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I am sorry Mike: I have to unsubscribe for the simple reason that your videos have become too much talk, as if you are advertising more than sharing your experience. Please understand: no offence whatsoever meant. Thank you for all what I have learnt from you.
Why are you sorry? There's a channel for everyone on here. Go, have fun finding your joy!
Mike.. bonjour. Very interesting video. Vert en Francis..GREEN! I think that you are figs fans, your favorite fruit right?
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Yes, absolutely!