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Today i was walking around campus and found a crew trimming a very large ficus. Thinking that i do not have any ficus and I have heard that they can be easily rooted, I asked if i could have a branch. I wanted to take a nice thick one but i had to settle for a smaller diameter (~1 cm in diameter) as it was the only one i could break up a bit and fit into my backpack for the rest of the day. I got it home and cut it into about 35 pieces and put them in 50% pummice 25% potting soil and 25% perlite. I have all sorts of pieces from twigs to thicker branches and either fully defoliated, partially defoliated, and all leaves left alone. I am hoping that they root and i have at least a few to work with. any extras i don't want will be given as gifts to interested friends.


I was wondering if anyone had any tips on rooting ficus and if anyone could identify the species i have. (the parent tree was ~25-30 meters in height and easily that large in width of canopy)

looks like ficus microcarpa.using rooting hormone helps ,but isnt necesary.put them in the soil you have keep a tray filled with water underneath for 2 weeks then let it dry out .water from the tray and mist the top to avoid moving the cuttings. i usually wrap wire around my cuttings and leave a long peice to stick in the soil to stablize the.good luck...id be taking bigger branches they root too

thanks! I wanted to get a thicker branch but it wouldn't fit in my backpack and I couldn't drag it to class and lab. maybe I can catch thm trimming another tree

after checking my cuttings today for signs of growth (of which quite a few have), I noticed that there was one which I had mistakenly put in upside down. It has sprouted a new shoot but it is growing down!

Does this mean that it has sprouted roots on the cut that used to be above this shoot on the tree? Or could it be growing off of stored nutrients in the stem without having grown any roots?

very odd indeed i have never ran into putting a cutting upsidedown.i have also never had a ficus bud on stored energy and die so i guess its changed the internal direction of energy flow.

I didn't know it could happen. It leaves me with a dilemma though. The 2 shoots that are coming out are headed straight for the potting mix. I'm thinking I may want to replant the cutting higher (as about 1/3-1/2 is in the soil) but I don't know if i can safely move the cuttings yet. They have only been in their current situation for about 3.5 weeks now. Any advice?

ha at 3.5 weeks there should be roots so i guess pulling it out would be fine. it sould make an interesting bend in the trunk once it grows back up towards the light

i hope it is interesting rather than awkward and ugly. who knows, maybe if it looks nice i will root some more upside down!

Personally I would leave it alone and see what happens. IF it did root, it will be fine, and grow. If it did not grow roots, chances are it will not make roots anymore if you flip it over. If it has roots now, pulling at it will cause the majority to break off, as they are still very young..