Normally propagated by hardwood cuttings prepared 6 inches long with the flower-bud tips removed. These cuttings should be inserted 3 inches deep in early November, in a frame or sunny warm bed where the compost must consist of sharp silver sand and fine sedge peat in equal parts. When inserted in November they are rooted by early June.
Cuttings should be 12 inches long, and must be made of the wood of the previous year's growth, which should be hard and well-ripened. All the buds except the upper two should be removed: a cut should then be made just below a bud at the base of the cutting and another cut at an angle of 45 degrees just above a bud at the top of the cutting.
This length of well-ripened wood should then be buried two-thirds of its length in sandy soil early in November. If wire- worms are known to be present in the soil, the base of the cutting should be watered with dilute gammexane liquid because this pest is particularly fond of vine wood.
With varieties that produce extremely short lengths of well- ripened wood, it is possible to propagate by taking pieces of wood about an inch long containing one eye and bury these an inch deep in sharp silver sand. This can either be done in pots in the greenhouse or in frames under Dutch lights.
Fig does perfectly well on its own roots. Cuttings of one-year-old wood should be made, 6 inches long, early in August. Such cuttings should be inserted in a compost consisting of 50 per cent fine sedge peat and 50 per cent coarse silver river sand. The compost should be placed in a frame, thoroughly moistened, and the cutting should be inserted 3 inches deep after all the lower leaves have been removed. The Dutch light should then be put on the frame, and this should be kept in position until the cutting has struck in. about a month or six weeks' time. Water will have to be given day by day, and a light shading applied if the sun is hot.
Cuttings of well-ripened wood may be taken late in October 1 foot long. These should be inserted 9 inches deep, in the warmth, and at the base of a sunny sheltered wall. It helps if a little sand is sprinkled into the bottom of the hole.
Cuttings should be 12 inches long, and must be made of the wood of the previous year's growth, which should be hard and well-ripened. All the buds except the upper two should be removed: a cut should then be made just below a bud at the base of the cutting and another cut at an angle of 45 degrees just above a bud at the top of the cutting.
This length of well-ripened wood should then be buried two-thirds of its length in sandy soil early in November. If wire- worms are known to be present in the soil, the base of the cutting should be watered with dilute gammexane liquid because this pest is particularly fond of vine wood.
With varieties that produce extremely short lengths of well- ripened wood, it is possible to propagate by taking pieces of wood about an inch long containing one eye and bury these an inch deep in sharp silver sand. This can either be done in pots in the greenhouse or in frames under Dutch lights.
Fig does perfectly well on its own roots. Cuttings of one-year-old wood should be made, 6 inches long, early in August. Such cuttings should be inserted in a compost consisting of 50 per cent fine sedge peat and 50 per cent coarse silver river sand. The compost should be placed in a frame, thoroughly moistened, and the cutting should be inserted 3 inches deep after all the lower leaves have been removed. The Dutch light should then be put on the frame, and this should be kept in position until the cutting has struck in. about a month or six weeks' time. Water will have to be given day by day, and a light shading applied if the sun is hot.
Cuttings of well-ripened wood may be taken late in October 1 foot long. These should be inserted 9 inches deep, in the warmth, and at the base of a sunny sheltered wall. It helps if a little sand is sprinkled into the bottom of the hole.
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One must know, for instance, whether the soil is eminently suitable for the particular type of fruit tree that one wishes to grow in the garden.
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