I propageted my Brown Tukey and White Genoa Fig tree by making a diagonal cut from one year old cuttings and placing them in well drained soil that is loamy with some fine mulch. As long as you keep it moist and not saggy, the roots will grow during the winter. I live in the central coast of California so I don't need to worry about freezing temperatures. If you live in a cold area and may experience a freezing forecast, then place the fig cuttings in a pot so you can bring them inside your house or garage.

chaz, before i would attempt to propergate a fig tree in your area i would check to see if it is the best fig tree suited for your hard winters. getting a young tree through winter planted in the ground or a pot can be challenging. propergating fig trees is relatively easy and is rewarding. you will find many articles in this forum about different techniques used to do it. i'm in the south and just take a dormant cutting and stick it in a one gallon pot of potting soil and put it in a shady area outside. i water it every two or three days and it usually roots. it works for me but others go into a lot more detail. good luck!
fernando

Thanx Kato and Fernando!
I was planning on doing this in my house which is very plant friendly. (see it on my site www.amstudio.us )
The tree I am taking cutting from lives outside and dies back to the ground in the winter. I am going to try pruning it this year and winterizing it.
I will plant the new starts in the spring or summer. I just wanted to get a "leg up" on the process since I want to prune it now. But am I correct that you can keep cuttings for awhile without planting them??
Thanx for the help!!!
Chaz

yep, get your cuttings now and place them in the fridge in a plastic bag. some folks give them a quick bath in a mild solution of clorox and water to keep mold and other things from getting to them. i don't, i just place them in the fridge and take them out in early spring. don't let them freeze cause that will kill them. they will stay in a dormant state for quite a wile in the fridge. good luck!
fernando

Why would you go to the effort to take cuttings now just to put them in the fridge?

Why not just wait until spring to take cuttings?

Joeworm, that's what I do with my cuttings. I like them getting fully dormant on the tree (well rested) for next years growth. I think it is unfair to the cutting to make it do work w/o a proper rest. Now if there is someone in a colder zone than mine that takes cuttings this time of year, and I aquire some then I have no choice but the refrigerator.

What is the reason for the rest period?

Could a cutting be rooted now indoors with success?

Well, I went ahead and made 20 cuttings. I am going ahead trying to propagate them now. I would have "gave them a rest" if I would have known. I have them in a plastic Tupperware type container with paper towels around the cut end. I put hormone on 10 and left 10 without. I want to see what works best. I'm trying to keep the humidity up in the container. I will transfer to clear plastic cups and vermeculite when I see root growth. I hope to be able to have plants to put outside this summer. Any other suggestions?? I'm always open.
Thanx a bunch,
Chaz

It should work Sculptor, I took one cutting this fall of my fig tree because I'm tring for the first to put it in ground for this winter, you should see my protection .For now, I see a bud pushing out and I think a very small fig is forming.I don't know if my fig tree will survive ,but I put some burlap around all the branches since it's very small, then I maked a tent and I put burlap around the tent and dry leaves in the tent and I put some bags of leaves all around it, lets see if it works.

Sam

Just to put my two cents worth in. I have an LSU fig that I accidently broke a small limb off of. I cut it up into smaller pieces, this was back in October. One of them has all kinds of roots on it.
I am using a large Rubbermaid container in our spare room. It seems to work great, I am rooting all kinds of other plants also.