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RE: Sweet & Steemy FOOD LOVE From Our Sustainable Outdoor Kitchen

in #food8 years ago

How are you propagating those? I have been experimenting with a couple methods. I've taken the trimmed branches and put them in water, in a vase. Slow but do-able. Also, scoring branches while still on the tree then wrapping a plastic bottle around the scored area and packing it with soil. It has to be kept wet. Once it fills with roots I cut off the branch and plant it in a pot. This method also takes a long time. I started all these this past spring and now have only one in a pot and growing along but it's about 4 feet tall. There are still about a half dozen that are not yet ready for the pot. Comments, thoughts?

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I've just cut them and planted so far, but the method you talking about when they are still in the tree, called layering, is also very effective.

Here is the official papa-peppers guide to plant propagation that I did on how I am propagating the Fig Trees. Check it out and let me know what you think!