Thread: monster roots (sue's eyes only)

jackster159, I have gotten roots like this with most of my cuttings. See the link below for Black Marseilles, a notorious difficult variety to root. Thanks. Here is a link that might be useful: Black Marseilles Spaghetti Roots

smittee, try: Here is a link that might be useful: Principles of rooting.

well i know nothing is perfect but i also guess that those didn;t grow like that because they were in the figs DNA. i just need anything better than MG, that stuff full gnats as soon as i opened the bag.

Same experience here with hundreds of cuttings.....I get roots like this on almost all of my fig cuttings. I have been using a 50/50 blend of UPM with COARSE perlite ever since I saw loslunasfarm's post. Contrary to the belief of some....it is an excellent airy rooting mixture which contains the necessary nutrients to fully sustain the growth of your rooted cutting until you have the time to pot it up in it final mix. Those roots are the...

thanks Dan! I have 2 bags of UPM in my garage; and a small nursery up the street. I'm going to take my bag up there and ask them to order it for me. Also the Dawn anti-bacterial soap plus dilute Clorox method works too. Those cuttings wiht mold I don't think got bathe in the Dawn anti-bacterial soap plus dilute Clorox solution. I think I got lazy that day and missed a few cuttings. But I took care of the mold. Thanks again! warm...

I found UPM on ebay but the shipping is an eye opener! I'm flying to Omaha, NE Apr 30. I see it's sold in nursery's there. I may have to bring a couple empty suitcases. ;-) Sue

LOL Sue What lengths we go to :)

smittee, gorgi is on the right track, but i would expand that a bit, and tell you and any other newbie to figs that they need to read the entire Figs4Fun "Growing Tips" basics section, which not only contains info on propogation, but general fig information every beginner needs to know, along with some stuff like ... growing in pots...where to purchase (a list of worthwhile nurseries that are easily found by Google, and websites...

Posted by loslunasfarms 7, New Mexico (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 08 at 22:48 I have been getting lots of emails so btfig and ottawan: Here are the details: 1. I start the cuttings using the papertowel method...... SSMITTEE HERE; Can someone explain the papertowl method to me or hook me up with the link to a post that explains it thanks

Has anyone else gotten 'monster roots' ? Just wondering if it was a specific cultivar or if this is possible with any fig variety?