Propagate tree cuttings and get started growing your own food.

A great way to start growing your own food and receive continual harvests, year after year, is to invest in fruit trees. Investing in multiple trees can become quite expensive, very quickly. If you don’t mind waiting, propagating tree cuttings could be the route to go.

So far we have had success rooting fig tree cuttings. Many we received from IV Organics or rooted from our own fig trees, that we planted last year. Most of the information shared in this blog post was learned from Charles Malki’s Youtube Channel.

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Supplies

• Plastic Cup
• Pearlite
• Vermiculite
• Peat Moss/Coco Coir
• Rooting Hormone
• Seed Tray or Saucer
• Optional Heating Mat

Instructions

1. Drill a few small holes at the bottom of your plastic cup.
2. Mix 50/50 pearlite and vermiculite and add it to your plastic cup. Filling it up 75% of the way.
3. Make a cut on the bottom edge of the cutting, right at the node.
4. Dip in rooting hormone.
5. Insert your tree cutting in the middle of your cup, approximately half way down. Place in your seed tray or saucer.
6. Water from the bottom. Try to always have 1/4′ of water in your seed tray or saucer.
7. Optional: Place a heating pad underneath the seed tray.

Up Potting

Once your roots are established, taking over the bottom of your plastic cup, you’ll want to up pot it into a larger container.

Supplies

• 1/4 Pearlite
• 1/4 Vermiculite
• 1/4 Peat Moss/Coco Coir
• 1/4 Citrus Potting Mix
• 1 Gallon Pot

Instructions

1. Mix your pearlite, vermiculite, peat moss/coco coir, citrus potting mix.
2. Place your soil mixture in your pot and gently transfer your fig/tree cutting into the pot.

Fertilize

Once the cutting has a few sets of leaves you may fertilize every 7-14 days.

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