propagating figs

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• Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:24:57 +0000
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I posted this to the list maybe amonth ago, and never saw it show up. 
Sorry if it is a duplicate, but neither did I get a response, either.
I would like to set some fig cuttings this winter, and wanted to know 
the proper technique, soil/bedding material, anything that will 
produce good feed seedlings.
In the past, what I do is wait till winter when the tree is dormant 
and take tip cuttings about 6" to 8" long.  All the 'eyes' where the 
leaves were, I scrape or abrade the ones going below ground, leaving 
maybe 3" above the soil level.  
This normally produces fairly stout planting material, but this 
season, midJuly, all the leaves fell off the new plants.  They are 
alive, and remade top leaves, but didn't have the healthy growth 've 
gotten in the past.  I dug one up, and the root system seemed 
shallow.
Is there a better, (newer) technique?  What am I doing wrong?
We've had an unusually dry hot year, everything is stressed.
martha

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