So many factors affecting the growth of the fig cutting;
warm temperature,very good light,moist and reach soil, type of a mother fig tree, and how often you tend to talk to them. I talk to my cuttings on a daily basis and they listen to me=they grow very fast:-)

I did four cuttings last week and they will produce figs next summer. Very seldom I do it in the spring, because it is too late for me.

Can peeling the bottom of a fig cutting
mimic a root?

just really wondering if anyone has had experience with peeling the skin of the bottom of a fig cutting ...if it would absorb water to get a cutting growing quickly...and grow roots from it

i placed some branches in a water cup outside, and on the side of the branch grew these little white fuzzy things(the beginnings of roots maybe?)

so i was wondering about peeling?

muchas gracias senor fig enthusiasts

figcutting,
Not sure what peeling means (seems dangerous to me).
During rooting, stem rotting is a major concern. If
I had a special fig cutting to root, I would SEAL
its (cut) ends first (e.g., with pruning tar)
and water it sparingly.
This prevents nasty fungus (etc) attack stuff
and also helps it from drying out.
George (NJ).

P.S.
There is some logic in what you are saying. I read somewhere
that it may be better to do a 'slanting' cut for (general)
rootings. It has something to do with exposing more of the
cambiun layer (live part under the bark). This may or may not apply to figs.
I also read that specific to figs, it
is good to bury cuttings, in winter, 'upside-down' so that
the ends callus and root easier the followinfg spring.

BIG Al (tapla), please help!...
George(NJ).

i imagine burying a fig cutting upside down, with the little green bud thats forming, now in the soil, and the cut part up top

would that leaf that was growing, now grow into root?

My father-in-law insists that slightly splitting the cut end into an 'X' works. He puts a pebble in the middle of the cut to keep them seperated (splayed out a little). This I suppose exposes the inner bark for rooting. I want to try this as soon as I get cuttings.

well i changed my mind about them upside down

but i now have a 5 gallon water bottle, cut open at the top filled with water and these fig cuttings with the bark peeled at the bottom and placed where they can get the most sunlight and i am HOPING for these things to grow
and pronto

BIG question

what about limestone?
does it work, i briefly read some mention of it here
does limestone rock give figs something way more than soil alone can?... where did this idea of using limestone come from, can anyone shed some light

heres a recent chat about it

Here is a link that might be useful: limey

and another,
whats the final on lime

or limestone
and what does each of those titles means, lime , limestone?

Here is a link that might be useful: another lime msg

can a tree be grown in limestone alone? or must it need soil, and whats a good ratio

one more question

do olive trees also grow well in limestone

i read that leaves are the way trees mineralize the topsoil for the tree

so then all this thought about limestone, when i think maybe the leaf is the best thing to add to the soil for the tree, the roots mine the minerals and put them into the leaves, which are supposed to fall to the ground and feed it, a circle of replenishment, no?

im thinking i should save leaves and let them decompose for the soil