I hope you find someone,and it will be a wise investement.
I had Three cutting last year and all died.
It is one of the hardest to root.
The person who rooted this variety,and have extra to sell, is the best Gardener in my Book!!!!!
Best regards

thanks herman

I just repotted one of mine the day before yesterday. Not only is it hard to root, it is also the slowest growing (both top growth and root growth) of any tree in my backyard... well, so far. I still have about 50% to repot. By comparison, the LSU Purple I repotted the same day had 8-10X the root mass of Black Madeira's growth over the same period of time.

~james

Has anyone tried air-layering Black Madiera to see if it will root better while still having some nutrient-feed relation with parent plant? Of course this will require existing ownership of the plant.

I had ~6 BM cuttings 'going' in the baggie method for
~1 month now, so far observed plenty of callus, no mold,
and some little roots, hinting it is time to pot up now.
I am counting unhatched chicken eggs here, but first one
to root (successfully) will have Herman's name on it
(as promised). I will be more watchful and do
baby them more now, thanks to the 'heads-up thing'.
George (NJ).

Thanks George,I couldn't ask you for one Knowing how hard it is to root,but if you succesfully root a few of them i sure want one.
I have a hint that you are one of the couple of people only that got to this stage,in the whole USA.
Best Regards

I did not keep good notes when I rooted the cuttings. However, I don't remember it (or Black Ischia for that matter) being difficult to root. They just didn't produce an abundance of root like some of the others did. It is definitely a candidate for air-layering (if possible). Mine have not grown large enough to take cuttings. Given how fragile they seem, I am only repotting one of them now and the other next year.

~james

I have rooted 2 Black Ischia out of three cuttings,the chalange is to make it grow.
It just do not want to grow.
This year ,third,it is still one trunk about 20 inches tall.
But I had 3 ripe fruits this year,and guess what?.
They are absolute top in Flavor and sugar,and also,it has good resistance to rain and no souring.Here is my pride and joy:
Best Regards

So Make sure(George and James),you please your BI,with all it needes because the rewards will be wonderfull.
And if you do not have room for it then make some,by discarding some inferiors,and finding the central main sunny spot,next to Zingarella , Aubique Petite,Violette from EL,JH adriatic, Bataglia Green,and Vasilika sika.
You will Know what i mean a few years after you do!!!
Happy Gardening

I didn't notice a problem with rooting them. I was able to root 2 cuttings with no problem. Black mission is the toughest to root, none took for me from 3 different cuttings.

Bass

BMad has always been tough to root. I had maybe 10% last year that were successful. This year I chose not quite dormant cuttings, as an experiment, but no noticeable difference so far. Will also try Dip'n'Gro this seasonb to see if that helps.

The bag method was the definite solution to my Vista. Went from 5% success to 50% or more.

Black Mission has had poor percentages, but nothing like the other two.

Here is a link that might be useful: Figs 4 Fun

What about Sal's Fig? Is it also difficult to root? I've had little success after 6 weeks of trying.

And what the Kadota? ...
Sal's seems to be a good rooter to me.
George (NJ).

Sal's rooted well for me. 100% success.

Peg

IÂm a little new to figs but from all the posts I have read IÂm beginning to think that successful rooting is 50% art/skill and 50% luck. One person finds it hard to root a variety and another has no problem. George was very generous with me and I am forever indebted to him. However he said that Italian Honey was hard to root and all three rooted just fine for me using the same method (plastic bag).

For me the biggest problem is mold. I have heard others say once they mold just toss them out because you will not be able to get rid of it. I kept my cuttings in as near total darkness as possible and the cuttings were dipped in bleach and a number of them still developed mold and were tossed out.

My rooting success ratesÂ

SalÂs 100%
Italian Honey 100%
Italian Everbearing 66%
Violette de Bordeaux 100%
Petite Negra 100%
GeorgeÂs GM#1 (unkown - I will probably call it Malta Purple Red) 0% do to mold
Blue Celeste 0% do to mold
Brown Turkey roughly 50% did not bleach these and had a mold problem.
Black Mission roughly 50% did not bleach these and had a mold problem.
Hardy Chicago still to early to tell.

I could be wrong but I feel like they all would have eventually rooted if not for the mold problem.

Good luck to all with the BM and other varieties. I hope to get better at rooting cuttings this year and try my hand at air layering too. If anybody has a sure fire way to prevent mold other than darkness and bleaching the cuttings please do to tell as it is my rooting nemesis and I believe I could achieve nearly 100% rates if I could just get a grip on this one issue.