prefered changes to your method. 1) apply 0.1% IBA Rooting hormone to cutting. The plastic bottle is not realy needed & may may result in fungal growth on the cutting...takes 20-60 day. have had minimal luck (20-30%) to root.
Prefer to air layer to get the plant.

I started my fig cuttings on 3/1/2014. Just too a look at my fig cuttings on 3/7/2014 and the fico nero buds are starting to break out. Since the basement is about 63 degrees, I used a mini greenhouse (plastic bottle) to raise the temperature to an acceptable high and keep the humidity high around the cutting. The nero nobili has not yet started to break its buds out. I believe the nero nobili cutting did not have enough buds on it, so I put a new cutting in the same pot on 3/9/2014 to see if that one will do any better. The nero nobili cuttings may be too dry. I started all over with the chicago hardy cuttings. The dog got into the pot and chewed the one Chicago hardy cutting that I potted. I started three more chicago hardy cuttings on 3/9/2014. The mini-greenhouse keeps the humidity high around the cuttings; you can see droplets collecting on the bottle sides. Since the cuttings are under flourescent shop lights, the temperature is raised but not extremely so. I have not measured the temp but it looks like it is about 75 degress.

This post was edited by CharlieBoring on Wed, Mar 12, 14 at 14:00