This is the Grand Finale of fig cutting videos as far as I'm concerned. I mean, how do you get better than 100%! I hope you guys enjoy this and find tons of success with it!
So how much electricity used in a month of rooting? And can u give me a trick to root a cutting in hot temperature/tropical country when the temperature is about 25°C or more in room temperature. And thanks for the video 👍
MIchael, Cuttings bought on line delivered in November sat in crisper draw till Feb 1st. I mostly adopted your method to root my cuttings. exceptions: Mixed 4 parts peat moss, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part perlite. Put in bucket added boiling water (to sterilize), mixed, covered till cool. Tote took 15 plastic see through cups. 2" mix on bottom, 1" mix on top. Put on an old warming tray set to 75/78 degrees. Clipped and scored cuttings. Dusted base of cuttings with dry rooting hormone, wrapped tops in parafilm. No top, no humidity chamber, just ambient dry room temp @ 65 to 70 degrees, house heated with wood stove. 17 days buds started swelling, check roots, all rooted nicely. 100 percent success as of now, still have to up pot. Watched so many ways to do this, decided on your method. Thank you. PaPa
I've watched over 150 videos on fig cuttings, propagation, etc. This guy is THE BEST! The most knowledgeable, passionate Fig guy I've ever seen! Thank you so much! I've learned so much. My Fig cuttings are doing great thanks to you!! Well done!
I guess I'm just really country. I was taught, cut just below the ring (where roots shoot out) peel back the bark and shove it in the ground. It always works. Figs wanna root wherever the rings touch the ground. No extra stuff needed but glad you got the success rate you wanted 💜 happy growing 💜
Your excitement is contagious. Definitely going to try propagating some of these. Thanks so much for the time. You took to make this video for the rest of us.
Mike, 1) I already knew most of this. BUT, I gained confidence. 2) You have so much patience to answer the question, "Are there holes in the cup?" over and over and over. YES ! 3) You are also super cool to answer so many other questions and comments, especially after 5 years. 4) I tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters. Thanks for the clip.
Cant stop watching your videos! I wish I could give more than 5 stars. You've convinced me to take my "obsessive" hobby and try to expand on it since I've always dreamed about working with plants for a living (just never thought it was possible). Thanks so much for all the helpful videos - keep it up!
Your enthusiasm is so infectious!! I've only just started my gardening journey. I've been collecting cuttings from various walks, but for me, the cutting of all cuttings had to be the fig!! I became obsessed when I saw a few nearby homes growing them and they look absolutely stunning! I just had to grow one too! So, I got my cutting and am so excited to follow your methods as closely as I can! SO EXCITED!!! Thank you for sharing. :)
Love that you aren't yapping up a storm or have some crazy music in the background. Love the natural sounds. I'm growing a fig tree. When it's time to prune. I'm going to come back to this video. Thank you
So glad you love the video! When I was making the video, I liked the natural sounds too and decided to leave them. Not everyone has like that but it makes me happy. Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Awldera Caberto great comment . I didn't notice till you mentioned it. Background music applied on big budget documentary get down right irritating when it interferes with the narrators voice . But in youtubers zeal to make a quality production the background music . Well they get transfixed on their professionalism, missing the boat on good communication. It drives me batty. . Thanks for your congratulations to Mike on how he sticks to the topic with out music . I second your comment. Speaking of bla, bla. bla all over the map try figger channel . I just forgot his name. Monti is the last name he has excellent planting suggestion unique to him which I intend to implement but he will do a 30 minute video and never get to the point
Mike, this is one of your BEST videos. I LOVE propagating Fig trees; and I might get as excited with propagating them using this method as I get when I have such great luck with air-layering them. I love hearing your excitement with the success you had with the Black Madera. Thanks for letting us live the excitement through you!!!!!
I commented on another of your videos, stating that it was the best video on cuttings that I've seen. I want to say now, that this is also a great one. Since you explain why to do particular things, it helps the viewer to know what to do if a problem arises,...and gives us hope that the cutting will finally take root. Thank you.
I love the way you show your passion for gardening. You explain it so well. You make me feel to just start propagating. I truly feel you should have your SHOW.
Hi Mike, Your enthusiasm is contagious. I saw some videos about propagating figs from cuttings, but your method seems to be the best. I'm propagating Black Mission figs in my backyard in California following your method. It's February and I believe it's a good time to propagate them. Thanks for the information. Lucia
I learned alot from this, living in Alabama, lots of figs in people's yards , got a friend who is allowing me to get cuttings from his figs, I used to scrape the bark for root growth, but this technique has me intrigued, I have had a issue with fungus b4 on other cuttings, cannot wait to try this and the heating pad, love fig preserves on a fresh buttermilk biscuit, thanks so much, happy gardening!!
They are so good when fully ripened. I think everyone should have a fig tree in their yard. This project was a lot of fun and really is a great way to root them, although there are many ways. Have fun and good luck!
HI Mike. I love your FIG enthusiasm! I AM fig captivated as well. I only have 3 varieties and a technically fig newbie but at 5.5 decades on the blue marble, Im an old soul gardener. GREAT info. Im excited to take cuttings off my second year figs here in late March 2021. Maybe I can get these same results! Wish me luck and thanks.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! I love this video and I love figs especially the black ones. This is exciting to say the least. I was given 3 small green figs (because the owner didn't really want to share) his few green figs. Can't blame him because they were like jam! Absolutely delicious. I whacked the peeling into the ivy outside my apartment and WOW , now there's a fig tree in that location. The owner of the property didn't want me to pull it up. All my neighbors really enjoy them and we had a greAt yield this year. I still say the black one is my favorite. I hope I can get a cutting from my Friend. Thank You Mike!
Awesome! You absolutely can get one of those cuttings to root. Don't see any reason that the person wouldn't give you a cutting. Good luck, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Linda!
I like your style! The obsession is real!! You have wonderful ideas that you have experienced working and that is very valuable to teach and inspire others to grow and that's what its all about! Thank you so much!
My son wants to grow several fig trees (along with many other fruit & nut trees, fruit & vegetable plants this year). I’ve saved this video and all of your other fig videos I Gould find so he will be ready to start his green house & garden this year. We have grown blackberries & white raspberries for several years.... white raspberries are the best!
Your videos about rooting cuttings, not to mention the 6 inches diameter one! Wow!!! Inspired me to continue with higher optimism to root my mulberries big branches... Thank you so much!!!
Hi Mike! I love your enthusiasm for your plants and the videos are great! One thing I would love is a visual timestamp with what time of year you're in during a segment. I appreciate the fast forward for our instant gratification ;)
I love your enthusiasm. Some people don’t think of plants the right way. They are live beings, and when you raise them, they’re like kids. It’s easy to get attached and enthusiastic about seeing them develop. Have to admit though, the last time I saw a guy that stoked about his plants on 4/20, it was a different kind of plant...
Greetings Mike, I'm glad to see that your interest and enthusiasm in figs has not waned. It doesn't seem that long ago (what was it, a year or two ago?) that you had no experience with them at all till you got some cuttings off that very old tree on some deserted land and then you really jumped into fig propagation with both feet. I love watching your videos. You do all the hard work of experimenting so we don't have to and I am very grateful for that. I am in Missouri which is zone 5/6 and I have a couple of Chicago Hardys which I planted too close together - about 3' - and has now grown into one tree. It is about 7 years old now and a couple of years ago I got over 1000 figs off those trees. After I was sure that I had picked my last fig for the season I got about 150 more. I don't know why. It was a fluke year, but I wish I could have a few more fluke years like that. I also have a Brown Turkey which I put into the ground three years ago and last year I got my first (edible) figs - about 20. They were fantastic! Large and very sweet. I managed to get a Mission and Desert King to survive the winter with no cover of any kind. The Mission is doing great but the Desert King isn't doing as well. When I bought it it was a single stalk being trained as a "Tree" tree but I cut it at its base and is now sending out a shoot or two at the bottom but very small and a delayed reaction when compared to the Mission which was planted at the same time. I have used your "pee treatment" sparingly (about a cup once every two weeks) on the Mission and Brown Turkey and I can confirm that it is a winner. I have also saved banana peels over the winter in the fridge and when they dry out they are very brittle. I grind them up and sprinkle them around each tree for potassium. Other than that I have not used any fertilizer on them and they seem to do quite well once they get established. Keep up the good work and I really wish I could help you sample all those varieties of figs when you harvest them.
Sounds like an awesome tree! Hope mine develop that well over the years. My future plans are to create an entire orchard of figs but I've got to clear some big fir trees first.
If you're lucky enough to have a fig tree, try pulling a limb down. Put a bit of soil over it but mainly, just simply put a cinder block or something heavy on it. Leave it alone for a few months. No cheating to check for roots. You'll kill it. A few months later, dig yourself a hole, cut from tree side and put in the hole. You'll definitely see a new fig tree in a couple of weeks. Don't remove that block to check! 🌵🌿
Listening to you makes me so enthusiastic about propagating I am worrying about where I'm going to live. I have to bring so many things inside during winter. My fig is so new that it isn't in danger this year.
Really amazing video Mike. Thanks so much for sharing all this information. I'm really looking forward to hopefully having the same success rooting my cuttings. I was wondering what zone you're in and what temperature you put the root cuttings outside (I'm in zone 6A and don't want to put them out too early once they are rooted... I'm worried that the cold might damage them...but am not quite sure when it will be warm "enough" - is after the last frost ok?)
Dude, this and one other very similar video were literally the best, easiest, least complicated with the best success rates, I’ve seen. I just stuck 4 cuttings and covered them but after watching this video and doing that weird thing with plastic bags and ziplocks, I’m about to take this off. Thanks so much for the education but not weird video!
WOW!!! Your results are incredible. So is your enthusiasm :) Please consider an update once you have figs and let us know which ones are your favorite. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. LOVE watching your videos!
Iam very very happy to say the least with your fig video ..in the past i save all the brancbes when i cut my trees down each season and pot 30 or more cuttings and they just grow ..i stick them in a pot keep them wet and presto they sprout.. then i give them away...but i love your cup method..i just cant toss all those branches away..its like discarding a potential forest...strawberry figs are my favorite..figs are my favorite food ..thanks a million
precognative maiden can you explain your method? I tried peach cuttings but it didn’t work. Also... are you telling me MANGO trees can be grown from cuttings too?
@precognative maiden grapes are easy like figs. For my own grapes I generally don't even bother with cuttings, I layer a living vine in and out of the soil(ground or pots), the new plants get a strength boost from the main plants roots. The next winter I just check for roots then cut the vine apart. Peaches, plums, and cherries are moderately difficult cuttings to root, and I like to graft anyway so I don't bother with cuttings. Root stocks are either seedlings of certain types or purchased. (Many cloned rootstocks are patented and I don't know if they do cuttings or layering, the big guys may also use tissue culture especially if advertised as certified virus-free.)
Hi I just bought a Fig tree in November and prepped it for the winter months in Oregon zone 8. I bought it for 35.00 from a loco nursery. It is 2 years old and about 3 feet tall. I can't Remember the name of it. but I want to propagate it into more trees. I am so excited with my new tree and will make more from it in 2022. Thanks for making this easy for me to do when I am ready to try it.
I don't know Mike, I would like a little excitement from you when you film😂🤣🤣 Hahaha, so much fun to see you so excited over the cuttings, now I want some myself. That's awesome! Great job Mike! Also, I heard Johnny....yey! Missed that rooster competing with you during the video! Made my day, I hope it can sleep now after all this! Good night, have a great week! Hugs from Atlanta 🤗🤗🤗
So happy someone's as excited about plants as I am. I didn't like that he discarded the little baby. If you like plants, you like them all. He's very informative and enthusiastic.
if you root fig cuttings yourself, you will know why Mike is so excited about the roots on the cutting. The kind of delight and satisfaction you get when you see your cuttings root, is amazing.
wasn't even thinking of figs when I discovered this video after watch the hydrangea videos. However, your enthusiasm got me and now I am hooked and want to start looking for figs to grow, just hope they'll be okay because I live right on the coast overlooking the North Sea and the front of the house is exposed to sea weather. Maybe I can find some space on the south facing garden wall. Thanks Mike.
AWESOME!!!! Thank you for posting this, I have a fig tree and a lot of my friends like the figs and I was wondering how I can bless them.....and here it is
your energy is enviable ...your a star ...loads of questions as ive now full time home nursery ...spent last 42 years wishing id carried on since 8 growing ...but no regrets must look forward so thanks for your encouragement
Have you ever tried raw honey instead of a rooting powder or liquid, I was learned this a few years back and it's really increased my success, it's very good for fighting molds and bacteria is why feeding the plant Why it builds roots, it is also good for damaged areas, I had a fig tree damaged in a storm literally bent in half and twisted, I staked it to hold it and covered the injury in honey and it's stronger than ever and giving me beautiful fruit this year, love the videos and your ideas, hope you like this one, happy growing
I love the idea of honey to heal a tree wound and protect from disease. I've tried it for rooting and didn't get better results but I've only tried it one time. Thanks for the idea!
Just any raw honey, never put much thought into it passed that, after watching a documentary by a botanist on propagation without rooting powders, my experience has been very successful in cloning and repairing damaged plants including trees
Mike, What is the soil in the 2 gallon pots? I know when you start them you said you use fine fir bark. But , need to know the mixture in the 2 gallon pot. Cant seem to do find that clip thank you . My sister and I subscribed . love your videos.
man you crack me up. I love plants, and I just always end up on your channel (the most). So thanks for the good info. Not over the top, but very cool lessons.
Mike, I just stumbled on your video by accident, but you absolutely saved my cuttings. I had 8 cuttings of a 'Brown Turkey', and they all failed but one. I had 6 more for another trial just incase, and they all rooted and just started growing a bunch of new leaves. Your method is incredible. It just works. Thank you.
Thank you so much Mike, your videos are inspiring! I'm taking up on your advice to us young folks and am starting to do some gardening myself! Recently I cut off a large branch of a fig at my parents place. Got 8 cuttings out of it and just put them in cups in a box with bark. Just wondering where to put em. We're having a warm spring here in the Netherlands as it's up in the mid 70's farenheit. I'm afraid they'll get too much warmth on top. I bought a little heat mat and was thinking to set things up down in the stair cupboard, which is the coolest place in my house, but there isn't any light at all. Would that be a good idea? And thanks again for your amazing enthusiasm and all the great information! Looking forward to see more plants and trees, especially those that grow edible stuff! -Vincent
70 degrees doesn't sound too bad. It's spring now and everything will start waking up. I think that if you just put the cuttings outside on the north side of a fence or building where you get some light but no direct sun, the cuttings should wake up with spring and root. Just leave them alone for a couple months and come back in summer.
Just got home from a business trip today and checked my 12 , 30 day old fig cuttings before I unloaded my luggage. I copied your method to a T, I mean look at the date.. 100% success. And these are some pretty hard to root varieties from what I’ve been told. I am pumped! Thanks Mike…. Oh yeah, I didn’t dibble the first one either!
Haha 😂 love it! So glad it was that successful for you. Still the best method I’ve ever come up with. I know that pumped feeling “when a plan comes together”.
@@MikeKincaid79 I just got done potting them up. All but the Black Madeira have leafed out and those two have swollen buds. Watered all but the Black Madeira with a weak solution of fish emulsion, EM1 and Cal-phos, the BM I excluded the Fish emulsion. Gonna wait for them to leaf out. Then I sprayed the leaves with EM1. Happy little fig trees
#1 cause for me losing cuttings to rot I believe is over-watering. I hear dusting with cinnamon spice helps and I have used it in conjunction with a gel rooting hormone that also contains a fungicide. I have also used a non-toxic exterior garde wood glue above surface and I now have reservations about using too much of it and recommend you don't coat above ground bud areas at all as I think a cutting needs to 'breathe' a little......
Hi, I just joined on. I have fallen in love with growing roses. I was really interested when you planted your own rose cuttings. Could you tell me what kind of soil do you use when you dipped them a growing solution(I don't remember the name)had a plastic container,and planted the rose cuttings in the see-through cups?
Hi Mike. I was so excited watching your video. Love all those roots on the fig cuttings. Now I’m going to get cuttings from a neighbor and try to root them. Thank you so much for your information.
Will try this method next year and am excited and looking forward to the experience . Thanks for sharing this, it is one of the best presentation and methods i have come across. Regards John in the UK
How do propagate from the suckers under the fig tree? I have seven fig trees (I lost four trees to lightening). I want to propagate my Italian white honey fig tree. Please advise. Thank you.
Alright Mike, couldn't wait any longer... Got a little worried about my cuttings in the crisper draw. Put into cups/container today 2/1. Mostly used your method. I recut rooting ends and slit them. My soil mix is 4 parts peat moss, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part perlite and I sprinkled in some soil moist granules. Also put parafilm at the top of the cutting. No top on container. Bottom heat (an old electric warming tray with I tested for 3 days prior with an infrared thermometer and it seems to work great). Holds a steady 75 degrees at the bottom and the top of the cuttings are about 60-65 degrees. Thank you for your much appreciated trial and error knowledge.
Great to see how stoked you are about those Maltese Beauty figs. I'm personally a big fan of any of the berry/jam figs, but I definitely understand when you want to hunt down a specific variety.
@@MikeKincaid79 Question:Will this same method work in Az in this heat or what would you suggest I do differently? 🤔 Cuttings dry out fast here as you know.😏
This is the Grand Finale of fig cutting videos as far as I'm concerned. I mean, how do you get better than 100%! I hope you guys enjoy this and find tons of success with it!
Yes you can get more than 100%... if you root 1-nod cuttings from 2+-nod cuttings.
Please tell me when i potting this cutting
So how much electricity used in a month of rooting?
And can u give me a trick to root a cutting in hot temperature/tropical country when the temperature is about 25°C or more in room temperature.
And thanks for the video 👍
Another great video Mike
How many time take grow roots
MIchael, Cuttings bought on line delivered in November sat in crisper draw till Feb 1st. I mostly adopted your method to root my cuttings. exceptions: Mixed 4 parts peat moss, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part perlite. Put in bucket added boiling water (to sterilize), mixed, covered till cool. Tote took 15 plastic see through cups. 2" mix on bottom, 1" mix on top. Put on an old warming tray set to 75/78 degrees. Clipped and scored cuttings. Dusted base of cuttings with dry rooting hormone, wrapped tops in parafilm. No top, no humidity chamber, just ambient dry room temp @ 65 to 70 degrees, house heated with wood stove. 17 days buds started swelling, check roots, all rooted nicely. 100 percent success as of now, still have to up pot. Watched so many ways to do this, decided on your method. Thank you. PaPa
I'm glad to hear of your success! Sounds like you've got this down pat. Great job Papa
I've watched over 150 videos on fig cuttings, propagation, etc. This guy is THE BEST! The most knowledgeable, passionate Fig guy I've ever seen! Thank you so much! I've learned so much. My Fig cuttings are doing great thanks to you!! Well done!
I really appreciate the nice comment Louis. Good luck with your figs and have fun!
I guess I'm just really country. I was taught, cut just below the ring (where roots shoot out) peel back the bark and shove it in the ground. It always works. Figs wanna root wherever the rings touch the ground. No extra stuff needed but glad you got the success rate you wanted 💜 happy growing 💜
Your excitement is contagious. Definitely going to try propagating some of these. Thanks so much for the time. You took to make this video for the rest of us.
You're welcome, Gerri, have fun with your fig cuttings!
Mike,
1) I already knew most of this. BUT, I gained confidence.
2) You have so much patience to answer the question, "Are there holes in the cup?" over and over and over. YES !
3) You are also super cool to answer so many other questions and comments, especially after 5 years.
4) I tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.
Thanks for the clip.
Hahaha, thanks for that. Had a good laugh. Yep, I’ve answered the same questions 500,000 times 🤣. Just trying to do my part, lol.
Cant stop watching your videos! I wish I could give more than 5 stars. You've convinced me to take my "obsessive" hobby and try to expand on it since I've always dreamed about working with plants for a living (just never thought it was possible). Thanks so much for all the helpful videos - keep it up!
You can do it!
Watch Savvy Dirt Farmer’s videos on backyard nursery startup and revenue possibilities. That what got me started.
Your enthusiasm is so infectious!! I've only just started my gardening journey. I've been collecting cuttings from various walks, but for me, the cutting of all cuttings had to be the fig!! I became obsessed when I saw a few nearby homes growing them and they look absolutely stunning! I just had to grow one too! So, I got my cutting and am so excited to follow your methods as closely as I can! SO EXCITED!!! Thank you for sharing. :)
Awesome, Catherine! Glad to hear you've caught the gardening bug. Figs are a lot of fun. Enjoy watching your cuttings root!
Love that you aren't yapping up a storm or have some crazy music in the background. Love the natural sounds. I'm growing a fig tree. When it's time to prune. I'm going to come back to this video. Thank you
So glad you love the video! When I was making the video, I liked the natural sounds too and decided to leave them. Not everyone has like that but it makes me happy. Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Awldera Caberto great comment . I didn't notice till you mentioned it. Background music applied on big budget documentary get down right irritating when it interferes with the narrators voice . But in youtubers zeal to make a quality production the background music . Well they get transfixed on their professionalism, missing the boat on good communication. It drives me batty. . Thanks for your congratulations to Mike on how he sticks to the topic with out music . I second your comment.
Speaking of bla, bla. bla all over the map try figger channel . I just forgot his name. Monti is the last name he has excellent planting suggestion unique to him which I intend to implement but he will do a 30 minute video and never get to the point
Absolutely... note: basically used his method, 100 percent success.
Mike, this is one of your BEST videos. I LOVE propagating Fig trees; and I might get as excited with propagating them using this method as I get when I have such great luck with air-layering them. I love hearing your excitement with the success you had with the Black Madera. Thanks for letting us live the excitement through you!!!!!
Thanks, Patricia! So glad you enjoyed this video. I hope you're having a fantastic spring!
@@MikeKincaid79 I am Mike; and I am thoroughly enjoying following you on UA-cam and Facebook!!
I commented on another of your videos, stating that it was the best video on cuttings that I've seen. I want to say now, that this is also a great one. Since you explain why to do particular things, it helps the viewer to know what to do if a problem arises,...and gives us hope that the cutting will finally take root. Thank you.
You're so welcome, Monica, that's what I make them for. Have fun this spring!
I love the way you show your passion for gardening. You explain it so well. You make me feel to just start propagating. I truly feel you should have your SHOW.
Thank you! So glad you enjoy the videos.
Hi Mike,
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I saw some videos about propagating figs from cuttings, but your method seems to be the best. I'm propagating Black Mission figs in my backyard in California following your method. It's February and I believe it's a good time to propagate them. Thanks for the information.
Lucia
This is the best method I've discovered, with the highest percentage of successful cuttings. Have fun with it and let me know how things turn out.
I learned alot from this, living in Alabama, lots of figs in people's yards , got a friend who is allowing me to get cuttings from his figs, I used to scrape the bark for root growth, but this technique has me intrigued, I have had a issue with fungus b4 on other cuttings, cannot wait to try this and the heating pad, love fig preserves on a fresh buttermilk biscuit, thanks so much, happy gardening!!
They are so good when fully ripened. I think everyone should have a fig tree in their yard. This project was a lot of fun and really is a great way to root them, although there are many ways. Have fun and good luck!
Wow your hoop grow house looks amazing. your enthusiasm is so infectious. I love fruit trees and growing stuff as such love your vids.
Thanks Chris!
Thanks!
I appreciate you David!
HI Mike. I love your FIG enthusiasm! I AM fig captivated as well. I only have 3 varieties and a technically fig newbie but at 5.5 decades on the blue marble, Im an old soul gardener. GREAT info. Im excited to take cuttings off my second year figs here in late March 2021. Maybe I can get these same results! Wish me luck and thanks.
Figs are so easy and fun to propagate! I've got nothing but faith in you. Good luck, David!
Man I thought I was the only one who got that excited about propagation. Great Video
Does it only applies for fig cuttings?
@@pinayexotica8610 not sure but I do most of my cuttings in June when the new shoots start to harden. root tone hormone powder is what i use
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! I love this video and I love figs especially the black ones. This is exciting to say the least. I was given 3 small green figs (because the owner didn't really want to share) his few green figs. Can't blame him because they were like jam! Absolutely delicious. I whacked the peeling into the ivy outside my apartment and WOW , now there's a fig tree in that location. The owner of the property didn't want me to pull it up. All my neighbors really enjoy them and we had a greAt yield this year. I still say the black one is my favorite. I hope I can get a cutting from my Friend. Thank You Mike!
Awesome! You absolutely can get one of those cuttings to root. Don't see any reason that the person wouldn't give you a cutting. Good luck, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Linda!
I like your style! The obsession is real!! You have wonderful ideas that you have experienced working and that is very valuable to teach and inspire others to grow and that's what its all about! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Elaine, I love doing these experiments and making these videos for you!
Wow! BEST comprehensive video on propagating these. Good job!
Thanks!
Man fantastic job God bless
My son wants to grow several fig trees (along with many other fruit & nut trees, fruit
& vegetable plants this year). I’ve saved this video and all of your other fig videos I Gould find so he will be ready to start his green house & garden this year. We have grown blackberries & white raspberries for several years.... white raspberries are the best!
So glad you're enjoying the channel, Jennifer! Good luck to your son and I know he'll get a good start with the information here.
you are having way to much fun, now I have to start this fig addiction.
Yes! I got another one, haha!
Just got some fig branches from a friend. I'm going to try your technique. Thank you for sharing the information.
This was freaking EXCITING!!!! I'm blown away with you!!
Thanks Celeste! Happy to have you here with us!
Celeste, have you read the book "A Nest for Celeste"? My 9 year old daughter loves it.
@@yolacintia years ago😊
Your videos about rooting cuttings, not to mention the 6 inches diameter one! Wow!!! Inspired me to continue with higher optimism to root my mulberries big branches... Thank you so much!!!
No problem. Glad you're finding inspiration and having fun with rooting plants!
Hi Mike! I love your enthusiasm for your plants and the videos are great! One thing I would love is a visual timestamp with what time of year you're in during a segment. I appreciate the fast forward for our instant gratification ;)
thanks, I've been doing this more, just need to remember to put it in there.
I love your enthusiasm. Some people don’t think of plants the right way. They are live beings, and when you raise them, they’re like kids. It’s easy to get attached and enthusiastic about seeing them develop.
Have to admit though, the last time I saw a guy that stoked about his plants on 4/20, it was a different kind of plant...
Lol
I'm starting to get obsessed too... 🤯
And I don't even have a garden !
Hahaha, another one is infected! Enjoy the journey, Charline!
Greetings Mike, I'm glad to see that your interest and enthusiasm in figs has not waned. It doesn't seem that long ago (what was it, a year or two ago?) that you had no experience with them at all till you got some cuttings off that very old tree on some deserted land and then you really jumped into fig propagation with both feet. I love watching your videos. You do all the hard work of experimenting so we don't have to and I am very grateful for that. I am in Missouri which is zone 5/6 and I have a couple of Chicago Hardys which I planted too close together - about 3' - and has now grown into one tree. It is about 7 years old now and a couple of years ago I got over 1000 figs off those trees. After I was sure that I had picked my last fig for the season I got about 150 more. I don't know why. It was a fluke year, but I wish I could have a few more fluke years like that. I also have a Brown Turkey which I put into the ground three years ago and last year I got my first (edible) figs - about 20. They were fantastic! Large and very sweet. I managed to get a Mission and Desert King to survive the winter with no cover of any kind. The Mission is doing great but the Desert King isn't doing as well. When I bought it it was a single stalk being trained as a "Tree" tree but I cut it at its base and is now sending out a shoot or two at the bottom but very small and a delayed reaction when compared to the Mission which was planted at the same time. I have used your "pee treatment" sparingly (about a cup once every two weeks) on the Mission and Brown Turkey and I can confirm that it is a winner. I have also saved banana peels over the winter in the fridge and when they dry out they are very brittle. I grind them up and sprinkle them around each tree for potassium. Other than that I have not used any fertilizer on them and they seem to do quite well once they get established. Keep up the good work and I really wish I could help you sample all those varieties of figs when you harvest them.
Sounds like an awesome tree! Hope mine develop that well over the years. My future plans are to create an entire orchard of figs but I've got to clear some big fir trees first.
If you're lucky enough to have a fig tree, try pulling a limb down. Put a bit of soil over it but mainly, just simply put a cinder block or something heavy on it. Leave it alone for a few months. No cheating to check for roots. You'll kill it. A few months later, dig yourself a hole, cut from tree side and put in the hole. You'll definitely see a new fig tree in a couple of weeks. Don't remove that block to check! 🌵🌿
Listening to you makes me so enthusiastic about propagating I am worrying about where I'm going to live. I have to bring so many things inside during winter. My fig is so new that it isn't in danger this year.
Time to move? Many people in northern states store their figs in the garage all winter.
Really amazing video Mike. Thanks so much for sharing all this information. I'm really looking forward to hopefully having the same success rooting my cuttings. I was wondering what zone you're in and what temperature you put the root cuttings outside (I'm in zone 6A and don't want to put them out too early once they are rooted... I'm worried that the cold might damage them...but am not quite sure when it will be warm "enough" - is after the last frost ok?)
Make sure it's after the last frost. I'm in zone 8b so your area gets colder but just put them out a little later than I do.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks much!
The best video I ever seen. You save my life. I am a beginner . And I want it rooting fast and done right. Thank you so much.
This is done right! Good luck and have fun, Thomas!!!
Mike Kincaid : Thank you again Mike.
Really informative and really clear how you explain what you do Mike. 👍
Thanks Darren!
Dude, this and one other very similar video were literally the best, easiest, least complicated with the best success rates, I’ve seen. I just stuck 4 cuttings and covered them but after watching this video and doing that weird thing with plastic bags and ziplocks, I’m about to take this off. Thanks so much for the education but not weird video!
Glad it helped!
WOW!!! Your results are incredible. So is your enthusiasm :) Please consider an update once you have figs and let us know which ones are your favorite. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. LOVE watching your videos!
It'll probably be next year for figs but I'll update you!
@@MikeKincaid79 is there a video on it?
Iam very very happy to say the least with your fig video ..in the past i save all the brancbes when i cut my trees down each season and pot 30 or more cuttings and they just grow ..i stick them in a pot keep them wet and presto they sprout.. then i give them away...but i love your cup method..i just cant toss all those branches away..its like discarding a potential forest...strawberry figs are my favorite..figs are my favorite food ..thanks a million
Glad you enjoyed the video, Rudy! Sounds like you've got fig rooting down well.
Lovely :) i like your enthusiasm it's catching
Love it ...what fertilizer did you use ?
this is the only method helped me in the past to grow even soft cutting
Awesome, so glad to hear it and thank you for saying so, Sandy!
Excellent video!! Love the energy... keep making videos.
I'll keep making them as long as you keep watching them.
Really fantastic.I am from Malta and impressed how you succeeded so much with Maltese cuttings.Regards.Reno
Glad you enjoyed it!
HAHA..i am so with you..im obsessing my way into a yard of fruit trees.
It's another world......
Thanks Mike. This video found me at just the right time. My cuttings arrive tomorrow. Super excited to try your method!
Good luck!
Great tutorial. From 11 cutting- 10 succesul ( zone 8a -Swiss)
I tried your method and had great success with it.
Fantastic! I love to hear of your success! Thanks for sharing, Alice.
1. Are the bottoms cut out of your cups?
2. Would this work with peach/plums?
3. Great work
Yes, the bottoms are cut out. Peaches and plums really should be grafted onto a good root stock. Thanks for watching!
precognative maiden can you explain your method? I tried peach cuttings but it didn’t work. Also... are you telling me MANGO trees can be grown from cuttings too?
@precognative maiden grapes are easy like figs. For my own grapes I generally don't even bother with cuttings, I layer a living vine in and out of the soil(ground or pots), the new plants get a strength boost from the main plants roots. The next winter I just check for roots then cut the vine apart.
Peaches, plums, and cherries are moderately difficult cuttings to root, and I like to graft anyway so I don't bother with cuttings. Root stocks are either seedlings of certain types or purchased. (Many cloned rootstocks are patented and I don't know if they do cuttings or layering, the big guys may also use tissue culture especially if advertised as certified virus-free.)
Hi I just bought a Fig tree in November and prepped it for the winter months in Oregon zone 8. I bought it for 35.00 from a loco nursery. It is 2 years old and about 3 feet tall. I can't Remember the name of it. but I want to propagate it into more trees. I am so excited with my new tree and will make more from it in 2022. Thanks for making this easy for me to do when I am ready to try it.
No problem! Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with the cuttings.
I don't know Mike, I would like a little excitement from you when you film😂🤣🤣 Hahaha, so much fun to see you so excited over the cuttings, now I want some myself. That's awesome! Great job Mike! Also, I heard Johnny....yey! Missed that rooster competing with you during the video! Made my day, I hope it can sleep now after all this! Good night, have a great week! Hugs from Atlanta 🤗🤗🤗
Loved the results of this one! Good to hear from you, Camelia, hugs.
So happy someone's as excited about plants as I am. I didn't like that he discarded the little baby. If you like plants, you like them all.
He's very informative and enthusiastic.
@@friedarobles3954 yes indeed!
if you root fig cuttings yourself, you will know why Mike is so excited about the roots on the cutting. The kind of delight and satisfaction you get when you see your cuttings root, is amazing.
wasn't even thinking of figs when I discovered this video after watch the hydrangea videos. However, your enthusiasm got me and now I am hooked and want to start looking for figs to grow, just hope they'll be okay because I live right on the coast overlooking the North Sea and the front of the house is exposed to sea weather. Maybe I can find some space on the south facing garden wall. Thanks Mike.
We have very similar climates I believe. You should be able to find some varieties that grow well.
AWESOME!!!! Thank you for posting this, I have a fig tree and a lot of my friends like the figs and I was wondering how I can bless them.....and here it is
So glad to hear that you're spreading the love, Yvonne!
your energy is enviable ...your a star ...loads of questions as ive now full time home nursery ...spent last 42 years wishing id carried on since 8 growing ...but no regrets must look forward so thanks for your encouragement
Thanks, Robert, Glad you're enjoying the videos and learning from them. Have fun with your nursery!
Hey mike do the cups have holes? I dont remember u mentioning that.
You can see some of the roots coming out the bottoms of the cups so yes - that will also help them wick up the moisture from inside the box.
@@Tinaejs thank you 😊
@@Cocoa.Tresbelle get a dollar store hole punch works perfect.
So does a hot knitting needle !
He cut two holes in the sides of the very bottom with scissors in the video leading up to this one
Thank you for showing your results. That's my favorite part!
You got it! That's my favorite part too!!!
Have you ever tried raw honey instead of a rooting powder or liquid, I was learned this a few years back and it's really increased my success, it's very good for fighting molds and bacteria is why feeding the plant Why it builds roots, it is also good for damaged areas, I had a fig tree damaged in a storm literally bent in half and twisted, I staked it to hold it and covered the injury in honey and it's stronger than ever and giving me beautiful fruit this year, love the videos and your ideas, hope you like this one, happy growing
I love the idea of honey to heal a tree wound and protect from disease. I've tried it for rooting and didn't get better results but I've only tried it one time. Thanks for the idea!
Awesome, manuka or just any raw H?
Just any raw honey, never put much thought into it passed that, after watching a documentary by a botanist on propagation without rooting powders, my experience has been very successful in cloning and repairing damaged plants including trees
I’m glad to see I’m not alone being excited about seeing roots on propagated cutting. Love your videos.
You’re in good company, Evelyn.
Mike, What is the soil in the 2 gallon pots? I know when you start them you said you use fine fir bark.
But , need to know the mixture in the 2 gallon pot. Cant seem to do find that clip thank you . My sister and I subscribed . love your videos.
Fine fir bark in the 2 gallon pots. That's all I use.
You don’t fertilize them at all? If so what do you use?
man you crack me up. I love plants, and I just always end up on your channel (the most). So thanks for the good info. Not over the top, but very cool lessons.
Thanks! I appreciate the support.
This man really love what he does. It's fantastic, awesom.💞
Thank you so much, Teresa, I do love what I do!
He's Fig growing Freak........ 😉
Congratulations again, very proud of you,
Do you think a aloevera plant would work instead of root hormone?
Yes! If you have it, use it.
Mike, I just stumbled on your video by accident, but you absolutely saved my cuttings. I had 8 cuttings of a 'Brown Turkey', and they all failed but one. I had 6 more for another trial just incase, and they all rooted and just started growing a bunch of new leaves. Your method is incredible. It just works. Thank you.
You're welcome, Tim! So glad you found success with it. People like you are exactly who I make these videos for.
Thank you so much Mike, your videos are inspiring! I'm taking up on your advice to us young folks and am starting to do some gardening myself! Recently I cut off a large branch of a fig at my parents place. Got 8 cuttings out of it and just put them in cups in a box with bark. Just wondering where to put em. We're having a warm spring here in the Netherlands as it's up in the mid 70's farenheit. I'm afraid they'll get too much warmth on top. I bought a little heat mat and was thinking to set things up down in the stair cupboard, which is the coolest place in my house, but there isn't any light at all. Would that be a good idea? And thanks again for your amazing enthusiasm and all the great information! Looking forward to see more plants and trees, especially those that grow edible stuff! -Vincent
70 degrees doesn't sound too bad. It's spring now and everything will start waking up. I think that if you just put the cuttings outside on the north side of a fence or building where you get some light but no direct sun, the cuttings should wake up with spring and root. Just leave them alone for a couple months and come back in summer.
Appreciate the start to finish! Would've liked to see the potting part. Great video and love the enthusiasm!
Nothing special, I just stuffed them in pots and filled with potting soil. I’ll add that in, in a future video. Glad you enjoyed it.
the glasses are perforated in the background?
Do u mean.. are the cups perforated in the bottom? B/c that’s my question too if so :)
yes, he cut slits along the bottom edge of the cups
Just got home from a business trip today and checked my 12 , 30 day old fig cuttings before I unloaded my luggage. I copied your method to a T, I mean look at the date.. 100% success. And these are some pretty hard to root varieties from what I’ve been told. I am pumped! Thanks Mike…. Oh yeah, I didn’t dibble the first one either!
Haha 😂 love it! So glad it was that successful for you. Still the best method I’ve ever come up with. I know that pumped feeling “when a plan comes together”.
@@MikeKincaid79 I just got done potting them up. All but the Black Madeira have leafed out and those two have swollen buds. Watered all but the Black Madeira with a weak solution of fish emulsion, EM1 and
Cal-phos, the BM I excluded the Fish emulsion. Gonna wait for them to leaf out. Then I sprayed the leaves with EM1. Happy little fig trees
#1 cause for me losing cuttings to rot I believe is over-watering. I hear dusting with cinnamon spice helps and I have used it in conjunction with a gel rooting hormone that also contains a fungicide. I have also used a non-toxic exterior garde wood glue above surface and I now have reservations about using too much of it and recommend you don't coat above ground bud areas at all as I think a cutting needs to 'breathe' a little......
try inserting it in a 2 inch cutting of aloe and planting that in a solo cup filled with top soil
Hi, I just joined on. I have fallen in love with growing roses. I was really interested when you planted your own rose cuttings. Could you tell me what kind of soil do you use when you dipped them a growing solution(I don't remember the name)had a plastic container,and planted the rose cuttings in the see-through cups?
Hi Mike. I was so excited watching your video. Love all those roots on the fig cuttings. Now I’m going to get cuttings from a neighbor and try to root them. Thank you so much for your information.
have fun, Shelly, it's addicting!
BONSAI FIG!! LOL!!
What an awesome exciting video to watch! So entertaining and educational to watch your videos. Great job👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your propagation projects.
haha :) Good job and thx
Where did you buy your fig cuttings
This is a great video. Excellent job, Mike. There are some great ideas, here.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Ok brother, you got me convinced!👍 Thanks a lot for posting!
Will try this method next year and am excited and looking forward to the experience . Thanks for sharing this, it is one of the best presentation and methods i have come across. Regards John in the UK
I love this method and it works extremely well! Thanks for watching, John.
Bro, your enthusiasm,is awesome. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it! This is still my best success with fig cuttings. Have fun rooting your figs!
Thanks for this beautiful video with full of great details how to struck cutting. Watching from Sydney Australia ❤
You're very welcome. Good luck with your cuttings and stay warm this winter.
Subscribed! For the fact you documented the whole process in one video!
Thanks! That's my claim to fame. If you like this one, I have many plant propagation videos in which they're documented beginning to end.
How do propagate from the suckers under the fig tree? I have seven fig trees (I lost four trees to lightening). I want to propagate my Italian white honey fig tree. Please advise. Thank you.
suckers can be dug up with roots and all. They are instant plants.
You are amazing. Several years later you will still be inspiring and teaching new enthusiasts.
Thanks, Hussain, I sure hope so! Glad you enjoyed it.
I saw this video like 2 years ago I still love it hahahaaha I will start my cuttings soon I will try this method.....greetings from Long Branch,NJ
I'm about to start a batch of cuttings as well. It's a great method.
this video is awesome I alway cover some cups up but this method is fantastic and genuine
Glad you enjoyed it! This truly is the best method I've found for rooting figs.
V good massage for growing Fig tree's thanks
Me gustan los videos porque tienen un comienzo y un final del proceso excelente video!!
¡Muchas gracias! Estos son mis videos favoritos para hacer. ¡Te agradezco que me mires!
Thank you for posting these videos. I am about to start rooting some fig cuttings that I bought on line.
You can do it! Good luck and have fun!
Question: Do you fully/half cut away the bottom of the plastic cups for drainage?
Or put holes in the bottoms?
I cut small holes on each side at the bottom.
What is the composition of the growing media for fig cuttings?
finely ground fir bark mulch
very good lecture Mike
I, just today, started my figs and I hope I can do that good 😊😊😇😇🤗🤗
I believe in you, Glenda!
Do you have holes in the bottom of the cups?
Yes
Grate job Mike, you do such a grate video, I enjoy watching, I got to try this.
Have fun Ronald!
Alright Mike, couldn't wait any longer... Got a little worried about my cuttings in the crisper draw. Put into cups/container today 2/1. Mostly used your method. I recut rooting ends and slit them. My soil mix is 4 parts peat moss, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part perlite and I sprinkled in some soil moist granules. Also put parafilm at the top of the cutting. No top on container. Bottom heat (an old electric warming tray with I tested for 3 days prior with an infrared thermometer and it seems to work great). Holds a steady 75 degrees at the bottom and the top of the cuttings are about 60-65 degrees. Thank you for your much appreciated trial and error knowledge.
Sounds like a nice little setup you have. Good luck and I hope they all root for you.
Great to see how stoked you are about those Maltese Beauty figs. I'm personally a big fan of any of the berry/jam figs, but I definitely understand when you want to hunt down a specific variety.
Yeah, I was so dang excited to get this one and even more so when they rooted.
I need a friend to get this excited about gardening with me!!
Haha, I'll be your excited friend!
@@MikeKincaid79 Perfect!!!!
Nicely made and very informative. Thanks!
You're very welcome!
One of the best fig propigation videos out there. SUPER helpful! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the support!
Fabulous video. Can't wait to try this method.
So far it's 100% success!
Congratulations to you Mike. Your method stands with perfect logic, keep them moist and airy and no water saturation. Thank you very very much.
No problem, Ronald!
Oh my God. I love the way you are planting roses !
Thank you! Cheers!
Love that funny rooster!😅🤣 🐓
Excellent results awesome looking cuttings...Great job!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Debra!
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Question:Will this same method work in Az in this heat or what would you suggest I do differently? 🤔
Cuttings dry out fast here as you know.😏