FIGS, known as Buah Ara or Buah Tin in Malay (just found out)
Have some figs cutting with me. Started to play around with the cuttings. Initially I dip them in water. After a few days I started to see some whitish / yellowish spot.
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| Cutting already has buds, after going through winter. |
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| Whitish spot after a couple of days. Breaking dormancy. |
Started to play with them again. Decided to pot a few. Selected 3 to pot. Using potting soil.
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| Potted some. |
Started reading up on Figs. Met up and discussed about figs. Gave 2 cutting to friends. There are fruits appearing, but took it off as not to drain it too much.
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| Removed fruits. |
Those potted ones shows signs of drying. Decided to take then out. Since am at it decided to cut the cuttings to smaller pieces. After reading, I think for these to root, we need to create high humidity.
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| Potted this 1 as there are already leafs. These leaves eventually dropped. |
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| The potted ones, white spot shrunk. Signs of drying. |
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| These are the ones dipped into water. |
Made a high humidity environment for them with a Tupperware and some toilet rolls.
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| Cut to smaller pieces, Acropolis. |
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| Cut to smaller pieces, Troy. |
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| Cut to smaller pieces, Istanbul. |
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| Tupperware converted into greenhouse. |
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| Solar charging. |
Put the "Greenhouse" to the balcony in the morning to absorb solar heat. I feel the Heat & the Humidity plus air shall made them root.
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| A day later. All look well. |
A day later, I feel they are healthier, especially those that were potted initially. Hope they shall improve and root soon.
Some blogs mention these are Heavenly Fruits (Buah
surga). The (trend) Indonesian & Thailand side started on Fig earlier, maybe I can get some cuttings from them. Shall have to explore further.
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I pot them after the white spots (calluses) have become distinctly visible and looks like swellings. I have tried waiting for them to produce roots in water, but they did not and the cuttings when potter later on, were weaker than the rest. The longer the cutting, the faster the plant gets established. Likewise, thicker, woodier cuttings tend not to rot as compared to younger, softwood cuttings.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I soak cuttings in water in the open. When the leaves come out, I don't have to worry of slowly acclimatizing them to outside the high humidity box.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sean for your comment, looks like I shall have to start potting them soon as some of them have the whitish spot already. Shall pot them after I bring them over to Sabah. Thank you again Sean.
ReplyDeleteLet the spots grow like 1mm to 3mm before potting. If just a spot, the callus won't grow root when placed in soil, and you have to be very careful not to let the plant dry out. If the calluses are ready, 3 days after putting into soil you can see roots reaching the edges of plastic container!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sean, advise noted. Hopefully when I bring them over to Sabah at the end of the month, the callus shall be ready.
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