They should be put in a baggy with damp Peat moss,inside a refrigerator for about three weeks at about 40F.Yes,they can be planted wherever and laid horizontally,about one inch deep. Brady

It may not help, but I dipped my cuttings in a rooting powder & they rooted... but whether from the powder or they were going to root anyway ...?! I have not had much luck trying rooting ... just looked at the rose cuttings placed in soil under glass jars I took last Fall from my huge 'Gardens of The World' rose bush. In the 70's some days here already so I carefully removed the jars. Haven't noticed any new growth yet but the old leaves still green. Supposedly it is very easy to do! I do not try & get other plants started from the blackberry plants that seem to grow from the dispersed seed as I was told they would not grow 'true' to the original plant? I pull them & toss! Good luck!

Kenny, I've read (now) your question about rooting of cuttings of figs. Of course if there are important meanings in cultivate American-cuttings-come-from-Europe-and-in-Europe-to-be-returned (or for other sentimental) this is perfect. Take into account however that in Italy there are almost hundred different varieties of figs. Of course there are some problem about parthenocarpic or needing-pollen, but one cultivator of figs (in Berlin), has no problem about this type of smallness. For Eukofios, unfortunately in south of Germany there is no possibility about figs, in fact this territory is the north side of the Alpes ridge, cold and subject to north wind. The south ridge (in Italy) a lot more warm is also too cold, except along the main lakes, quite big and deep, around the lakes there are small climatic "islands" where in particular protected site also lemon and orange may grow, and also figs. Normally (very slowly) figs become to be in more presents in more quantity going to the south, but every in naturally protected sites. Only on the sea cost (overall in west side coast) figs become very frequent and also wild. bye, s

For figs, terminal/tip cuttings (with the apical meristem) work best for softwood cuttings. Internodal cuttings are best for hardwood and semi-hardwood cuttings. Often, several internodal cuttings can be taken from a single branch. There are often considerable differences in the chemistry of these sequentially taken cuttings from individual branches. The highest rate of success and most vigorous rooting response will generally be found in the proximal cuttings (ones closest to the roots). In almost all deciduous species, the number of preformed *root initials decreases markedly from proximal to distal (root end to branch tip), though in easy-to-root species like carica, this is of less importance because of the normally high % of rooting success. * What most of you refer to as initials - the little white bumps you can see - are actually root 'primordia'. Root initials are hidden under the periderm (bark). Al