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How to Propagate a Fiddle Leaf Fig
How to Propagate a Fiddle Leaf Fig. Fiddle leaf fig trees are popular in areas that offer plenty of sunshine and warmth. The trees can grow as bushes or traditional trees, and can grow to be up to 30 feet tall. The fruit is an added motivation for any fig lover. A fig tree's makeup and natural growing process makes it very easy to propagate the...
Fiddle leaf fig trees are popular in areas that offer plenty of sunshine and warmth. The trees can grow as bushes or traditional trees, and can grow to be up to 30 feet tall. The fruit is an added motivation for any fig lover. A fig tree's makeup and natural growing process makes it very easy to propagate the trees. To propagate your own new fig trees by hand, take some cuttings from an established fiddle leaf fig tree and get started.
Things You'll Need
Pruning shears
Pot
Loam
Compost
Water
Propagate your fig tree from cuttings. Cuttings can be taken from the suckers growing up from the roots and trunk of a fig tree, or from branch growth within the foliage of the tree. Cut a stem 6 to 8 inches long from new growth (growth that is less than one year old).
Fill a 12-inch pot with a mixture of 50 percent loam and 50 percent compost. Make sure you use a pot that has a drainage hole in the bottom. Fig trees require quick-draining soil, and will not tolerate standing water. Plant the roots side of the fig tree cutting in the soil with at least two thirds of the cutting exposed above the soil.
Set the pot in a warm, sunny location where it will get full sunlight and be protected from wind and frost. Water the fig tree cutting once a week to keep the soil moist but not wet. Count on keeping the fig potted through the winter, to transplant outdoors in spring or summer.
Tips & Warnings
The best time to take cuttings is during the winter, when fig trees go dormant.
Fig trees do not require extensive pruning.
Temperatures under 30 degrees can damage and kill fig trees.
