BIGGEST Cutting We've ever Rooted: How to Grow a Fig Tree From a Cutting | Extreme Plant propagation

[@stelviodelbrava6218]

Amazing mate! Next: propagating old Sequoia log used in 1800s home construction. Wow, it rooted!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Ha, wouldn't that be cool!

[@TBButtSmoothy]

rehydrating wood and forcing rooting hormones?

[@msbuglinbowlin9086]

I worked with a woman years back who said she had taken branches off trees and they grew. I've tried with no luck. This gives me new hope!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

There is always hope!

[@triciac1019]

Are you using rooting compound?

[@jordanhuguenard8315]

I just rooted 4 Moringa branch cuttings, I watered it once so the soil was damp, the mistake people normally make is over watering, rooting branches like that do not require much water, I didn't put any hormones on mine, it just takes patience and a bit of water, and even If I use a rooting hormone, I use Aloe and that works incredibly well

[@MoonGoose-9876]

I stacked 6 inch diameter willow as firewood and it rooted. As long as the tree is suitable for rooting, you can get it done.

[@baddriversofcolga]

Have you attempted Figs? They couldn't be much easier to root.

[@hakdov6496]

i built a raised bed this spring with some logs from a maple tree that I cut down 6 months earlier. A couple of weeks later, they started to sprout new growth. Amazing.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, that's pretty cool.

[@capttuttle7422]

I have seen that too huge pieces a year old sprouting new grout and it's been chainsawed on both ends

[@woodstockxx]

You’re like the Steve Irwin of the plant world..sooo enthusiastic..I wish all kids shared this kind of interest & enthusiasm for plants & hope to see stuff like this being taught in schools someday..it’s exciting, rewarding, teaches patience..Mother Nature is amazing ! 😁👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes, everything you said is spot on! I just can't get enough of working with plants. I'm honored by your first sentence.

[@woodstockxx]

@@MikeKincaid79 - 😂😂 .. Irwin brought a whole new & exciting dimension to his field..don’t get me wrong, I adore Attenborough but Irwin was cool AF .. I love all living organisms but don’t have the space to venture into it as much as I’d like to, unfortunately..your vid is the first of its kind that I’ve managed to watch all the way..very informative & has given me the kick up the a#se that I needed, to take some cuttings from local plum & apple trees..thank you dude 😉👍

[@Chef1Mat]

So cool, i am trying this. I was thinking the same, Steve Irwin of plants@@woodstockxx

[@charleswilder2985]

Really fantastic! I doubt I ever will see a larger cutting rooted! Wow! Tremendous roots on both of those! Those are beautfiul!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, now it's time to figure out what we want our bonsai to look like!

[@kimberlyhughes4515]

Mike, your enthusiasm is contagious...and your daughters are proof😁!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! We make a great team.

[@berthapoblacion4019]

You can root any thing with water & peroxide.

[@sarahtco3230]

@@berthapoblacion4019 how much hydrogen peroxide? Or what ratio?

[@berthapoblacion4019]

@@sarahtco3230 Two gallons of water 1 ounce of peroxide. even if you go over it it won't hurt the plant's. to tell you the truth I,don't even measure🙂 the dollar store has 32oz for a dollar i,buy several bottle's at a time coz each time i,water with peroxide.

[@Pepper-rn4hh]

Yes, I was going to say something very similar. You seem like a very positive person and your daughters too. I hope that they are not in public schools. Public schools are indoctrination camps. So, very evident in the times that we find ourselves in today (2021).

[@juliec4750]

That video was a lot of fun! It was terrific to see your girls out there getting involved. When my son was 3, he stuck this big stick in his sand box, started watering it and calling it his “tree.” Darned if the thing didn’t sprout and start growing! It turned out that the stick was cottonwood. My husband & my son transplanted the new tree away from the house, into our field. That was 28 years, ago! That tree is now enormous (I dunno, maybe 40 ft?). Please propagate MORE TREES! Smoke Tree, Hawthorne, Sourwood, Hazelnut, Locust…I’d love to see it. Thanks for sharing with us, Mike!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'd love to do more trees. I love sourwood and know where one is growing but I'd have to ask the owner for a few cuttings.

[@juliec4750]

@@MikeKincaid79 I’m sure they’d help out, since it is for educational purposes. 😁 We have some beautiful red Hawthorne up here. I tried rooting one, but it didn’t take. Maybe you can find some different cuttings (you know) just laying around in some parking lots. 😉

[@julievarner8273]

@@juliec4750what a great idea!!!!

[@KimberlySYoung-ub5lo]

Mike, you are the Steve Irwin of Plant Propagation! Thank you for your great motivating videos from Kennewick!

[@MikeKincaid79]

What a beautiful compliment! I loved that man and it was a sad day when he passed. Happy to motivate and entertain!

[@KatherineTheGr8t]

Oooh, that was an awesome comparison! No one tops the Crocodile Hunter...yet Mike has that same energy, spot on Miss Kimberly : D

[@jamaicanagriboss1]

Steve Irwin of propagation is pretty good way of looking on it

[@royhughes2854]

Dude, I wannabe just like YOU when I grow up! Wait.... I already am grown up. DAMNIT!! I missed the boat AGAIN!!!!! Oh well, I guess I have to just live vicariously through you!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahaha, what a compliment, Roy! Don't worry, even though you can't BE me, we can still be friends and we're all connected through a force that none of us fully understand. Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@Divinemessages69]

Great to see another enthusiast, I do this all the time with my Cordyline Australis here in the UK, I cut them down as they were 10 feet tall, with thick branches, practically in half, sprinkled some rooting powder on the base of the cuttings and put them straight into the ground or in pots, they grow like crazy in no time

[@lisaalbarras3029]

Can't wait to see your bones fig updates! Congratulations on the figs and for having such genuine kind and hard working daughters.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing how these trees develop too. Yes, my daughter's are very helpful and I couldn't do it without them.

[@daniellepooler1854]

It’s been two years- any updates? Thinking about doing this with a neighbors trimmins

[@SuperManning11]

Some folks are just naturally gifted in being great teachers and presenters. Mike is absolutely one of those folks! Watching this first thing in the morning is so much better than watching news channels. Maybe the world isn’t such a bad place after all.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Man, what a nice comment. Humbles me to hear such wonderful things being said. Thanks for that, Stephen.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Cool to see a trunk rooting. You usually think of a cutting being tiny. I will have to try this myself!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, it's definitely not tiny, lol. Just couldn't help myself!

[@davinatest8467]

What a wonderful gift to give his girls…..the lovely memories and the great knowledge for gardening and growing.❤️🙏🏼

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes, I love spending time with them and involving them in everything I do around here.

[@davinatest8467]

@@MikeKincaid79 a very wise man

[@cromcruach2958]

Did the same with a large fig tree, with a 10cm trunk and about 150cm high , I had it in a very large plastic pot that died to root rot after a rain storm at the end of the spring, I sawed of the rotten bottom of the tree until I hit fresh wood, put some steril media in a bag added hormons and opened up a few minor holes in the bag bottom and tied the top of the bag. Moved it into the garage so the wood wouldn't dry out from the sun, a few months later I had roots and branches

[@MikeKincaid79]

Nice save!

[@elbabecerril9414]

Awesome! The first figs I rooted 2 years ago fruited this year, its been great learning and comparing what you have been doing with yours, but you just took it to the next level not gonna lie, next time my husband says I'm crazy about my figs I'm showing him this video, LOL, keep propagating, I love the videos, saludos desde México!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

So glad you enjoyed it, Elba! Keep growing those figs!!!

[@febrianwijaya6648]

Man woke up oneday and decided to speedrun bonsai

[@MikeKincaid79]

hahaha, that's it

[@greenthumbelina7331]

W👀W! Mike, those massive 'cuttings actually rooted! Now that's impressive, and your lovely assistants are growing like, well, weeds! I'm looking forward to seeing you prune and shape those into Bonsai Fig Trees. I love your enthusiasm for propagation, it's positively addictive. Have a great week, Kincade family! ~Margie

[@MikeKincaid79]

So glad to spread the enthusiasm. Thanks for watching, Margie! I'll definitely do update videos on whatever we do with these cuttings.

[@wilsonpaul3599]

I've actually taken whole limbs that drooped real low on my fig trees and buried them whilst still attached to the tree and had them root. Cut them off later and place elsewhere. Marvin the fig man in Arkansas showed me that trick

[@HadiHadi-zx3vs]

Hello Welcome How are you I want Shiraa Rooting hormone Minka please

[@TriggaTreDay]

Thank you sooo much for not making this process so complex. You kept everything so simple and you just made sure to water it ,give it sun, and give it time. And nature did what nature is good at. I will be getting some rooting hormone today, because I have 8 different fruit trees that I will be propagating this season. I hope they will be well established by the Full so that they can survive the winter.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I try to keep it simple. Good luck with your fruit tree propagation.

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

Oh my goodness! Wow! Figs are super amazing! Great fun 🤩

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

Hey Mike do you happen to know what type of fig bonsai you’ve got there?! Phat fig! Nice

[@MikeKincaid79]

No idea of the variety but it sure does produce great figs!

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

@@MikeKincaid79 😂 that’s awesome thank you 🙏 for sharing.. the girls did a good job too!👏 YESSSS

[@KIMJOHND]

This is amazing. I never even seen a root hormone use on massive log like that. Great job, this will be my next experiment. Thanks for this video, great work.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you enjoyed it, John. This project was a lot of fun. Good luck with your experiments.

[@AndeeKiss]

Just WOW! 🤩🥰 Those roots remind me of lightnings at night. ⚡🌌 I am really glad you tried it and I am happy that it worked out sooooo well! 👌🤞✌️

[@MikeKincaid79]

Aren't those the coolest roots ever!

[@patrickperry4533]

I started with two Chicago Hardy Fig sticks smaller than a pencil for $20 at Costco. Every year I prune the tree and root all the cuttings. When people are given a ripe fig to eat, they ask how much a starting fig tree costs. They take home their own fig tree growing in a 2 gallon or larger pot! I ask them to share what they have been given. We are in this life to help others. This principle needs to be passed on and followed. Patrick Perry Salt Lake City Utah

[@patrickperry4533]

Thank you Mike Kincaid!

[@homebuddha]

only a gardener relates to this level of enthusiasm and excitement well done Mike! Love the log & branch fig cuttings. Huge success! Envious!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@audreylundmisner8888]

I LOVED THIS ONE!!!! 🪵🌱🪴

[@trevormanuel9869]

Hello dear how are you doing?

[@MikeKincaid79]

So glad you enjoyed it, Audrey! Thanks for watching.

[@margaretmarshall3645]

Just wow. I found this video when I was trying to find out whether fig cuttings need to be from the newest year’s growth or not. Apparently not!!! Very impressed-and inspired to experiment this winter. Keep up the good work in the garden and on KZbin!

[@MikeKincaid79]

So glad you enjoyed this one and it helped answer your question, Margaret! I actually prefer wood that is at least 3/4 inch in diameter. I did a video on fig cuttings over a year ago in which I took cuttings from wood that was further down the branch in the beginning of the growing season. The tops of the branches were already growing leaves. They still rooted. Figs are so much fun to experiment with.

[@JacobSimpson]

Mike that is awesome! You rooted a log! You’ve given me yet another idea to try

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL, have fun with it man!

[@tarfap.kpamber9732]

Exactly. He rooted a log!

[@PsychicIsaacs]

Not figs, but I have succeeded in rooting any size of Opuntia ficus indica (Indian Fig Cactus) cuttings and also sections of Yucca elephantipes trunks just by digging a hole and planting them in the soil. I grow figs and took three suckers off my (comparatively small, 3 ft tall) parent Black Turkish fig, and apparently, they have all taken, by just planting them in the soil! I noticed this morning that one of the transplanted suckers has new Spring growth (I live in the Southern Hemisphere), so I will have to check the others later. A neighbour gave me some Goji suckers a couple of weeks ago, and I think they have rooted as well. I love gardening and knowing how to propagate takes your gardening to a whole new level! Thanks for the videos, from Victoria, Australia.

[@MikeKincaid79]

You're welcome, and thanks for sharing your experience.

[@janb8015]

Just stumbled upon your video while looking into Air Layering. Awesome job with these cuttings. I hope you still have them. At the end of this video I was thinking how it was fate that you chose to do 2 cuttings because one day (hopefully in the far future) each of your daughters will have their own tree to reflect on and remember this amazing moment they had with you =)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you found me. Still have them both and that sounds like a cool idea!

[@bernardbokenfohr4368]

First time I see a cutting this size and didn't expect it to root that good. Greetings from Costa Rica. And as a matter of fact, I love figs.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hey, thanks for hanging out on the channel and I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@dberar55]

WOW. Hilarious but amazing. You could also graft numerous other figs onto the top. Watched someone else on another channel do it. This may qualify as your best propagation video yet. Congrats

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was great getting the girls involved.

[@wildchook745]

Wow! Impressive, Mike. I cannot believe you rooted a fig trunk, so cool :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sure was fun! Love these types of projects.

[@John-vr8bb]

You are great Mike! The enthusiasm and the way you involved your family... All I do is appreciate you enormously. Good job! 🥰

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks so much John! That comment means a lot to me and I appreciate your support.

[@naturallynorthfarms6387]

Your positive enthusiasm is soo engaging! Nice to see you have two all star cultivators ready to take the baton!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, training them up right! Thanks for watching!

[@Toddis]

Love the dad energy when you pulled it out of the pot I love to see anyone get that excited about plants 🌱

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, the girls and I had a lot of fun with this one.

[@Kai2z]

Holy cow I didn’t know you can root a cutting this big lol it’s kind of funny I don’t know why. But great job Mike as always

[@MikeKincaid79]

I didn't know either but had a feeling it would work. Sure was fun!

[@tonypeperoni5818]

@@MikeKincaid79 im pretty sure are long as you keep the cambium alive the cutting has hope to root and grow or so it seems

[@helenachase78]

Bahahaha ! Awesome

[@helenachase78]

Good thing you didnt put it on upside down.

[@silverio6691]

@@helenachase78 I'm glad he didn't do that either. otherwise we would not be true believers in Mike Kincaid. This guy and his two little girls performed a great theatrical magic trick or we are seeing a miracle. It does not matter which. What does matter is that his enthusiasm and excellent lecturing talents when combined make it so inspirational. Mike is telling me to hang on and to continue my experimentation with rose propagation. The lady at the local STOP SHOP store flower department (her name is Wendy 😎🤩) who provides me with a vast number of broken stems from damaged Ecuadorian beautiful rose blooms, is so sorry for me that she has guaranteed an endless and unlimited number of cutting from any plant displayed behind and in front of her counter. And, after all this, I still put my David Austin Lady of Shallot upside diwn in the King Clone Hydroponics tank!... 😎🖤

[@instakillgaming]

definitely don't stop doing these, genius idea. I'm going to wait until I need to cut down a tree or find a live log somewhere else and do the same, might need more rooting powder though lol

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm constantly trying new things. You never know where this channel will take us.

[@ChocolateMelanin]

Your enthusiasm makes me smile 😀 I planted a fig tree in my moms garden about 2yrs ago & it’s doing really well. I’ll get a cutting from it & see how I get on with it. You did a great job 🪴

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck!

[@johnhamilton9229]

All the smiles of your team made me smile beginning to end.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it John.

[@Ninjatron318isgaming]

Awesome to see you are interested in Bonsai! Get a lot of projects going, these figs could be used and also Japanese Maples make great bonsai. Going to nurseries and looking through the more neglected plants or trees sometimes leads to cool finds to work on too. Keep up the good work!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, I've still got a ton of Japanese maples in 1 gallon pots and thought about turning them into bonsai.

[@jessicasmith270]

Thank you so much

[@interstellarsurfer]

MFW professionals do this every day.

[@vl.3552]

love your videos! you plant interesting stuff, never boring. always excited to see what you are doing. love your energy and enthusiasm. i learn new things from your channel. thanks for sharing and keep up excellent work!

[@MikeKincaid79]

You're welcome! I'm so glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for stopping by for this one!

[@georgel1055]

Bonsai: One week you have two trees, the next month you have twenty (or more) and you have no idea where they all came from. I know from experience. Amazing to see your results.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks George, and yes, plants can quickly become a hording problem.

[@1tonygunalan]

Mike you have done it again. Rooting anything you can get your hands on. It is a success. That is important.

[@denvernow7294]

The most enthusiastic and wholesome commercial for rooting hormone I've ever seen.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Lol

[@simplifygardening]

Love Herons bonsai great channel

[@heystevo]

Quite impressive, Mike! Were these cuttings from the Jim Wilson fig tree? You've definitely opened up possibilities for propagating much larger cuttings.........especially in areas where larger fig trees exist. I would love to see someone take a large cutting like you rooted and graft a bunch of different varieties onto it.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That would be really cool, having multiple varieties on one of these cuttings. Yes, that was from the 'Jim Wilson' tree. That particular trunk has to be at least 50 years old.

[@marshalllee2509]

Yes, that would be awesome

[@armengeorge]

Hi, did you do a further follow up video on them? I'd be curious to know how similar cuttings would do a year and two years out if planted. Would the figs produced be larger/sweeter than those produced one, two years out from smaller cuttings? How different would the yields be even between the two cutting you rooted one, two years out following planting. Btw, love what you were able to do. And, thank you for sharing.

[@kanenechiokolo3887]

I don't get the substance spread on the upper cut and what it is for.

[@armengeorge]

@@kanenechiokolo3887 I don't believe it's the upper cut. I suspect what you believe to be the upper cut is in fact the lower cut when the limb was inverted so he could apply rooting hormone--the white powder--to stimulate root growth when it's potted.

[@minda2677]

WOW ! I really love what you're doing ! You inspired me sooo very much , Mike ! I am 79 years old widow , a retired Nurse , from the Philippines ! Sending my best regards to your wonderful family ! GOD BLESS U , ALWAYS ! ♥️🤣💚😂💙

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks so much, Minda, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! God bless you too!!!

[@randyscrafts8575]

Kimberly Hughes commented on your enthusiasm. Can't agree more! Keep that spirit man! It's contagious and as she said, and yes your daughters show it. It's a great environment for them to grow. 👍👍

[@monkeygraborange]

You should talk to Nigel Saunders at The Bonsai Zone here on KZbin... he’s extremely experienced and knowledgeable and I’m sure he’d be able to give you some good pointers.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good idea. I'll look him up.

[@kaepora]

I think of him as the bob ross of bonsai.

[@kevinkaczowski1254]

I’m really surprised that such large cuttings took root. Of course the timing and the fact that they were in best environment surely helped. I’m wondering if other plants can be propagated this way as well-I’ll have to try myself. I was a little surprised that you did not gingerly spread the roots apart and place into a larger container. But maybe bonsai protocol did not call for that?

[@MikeKincaid79]

I will definitely work with the roots more later this winter now that they’re hardened off

[@ggriffith2097]

@@MikeKincaid79 Any chance we can get some updates soon? Really interested in your bonsai idea.

[@giselau5606]

Graft different figs on top! Would be cool to see it develop different branches that can be told appart…like 4-5 main branches of different type! Also, can you do one on olives? Would be much appreciated…just an experiment to see different sizes and their rooting speed! If you buy a decent sized, cheap olive for about 100 dollar you have plenty of material and so many Bonsais to sell/give away!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'd love to. Not sure if they'll grow in my climate though. I'll have to look into it.

[@giselau5606]

Mike Kincaid I’m based in Germany, which has mild climate and doesn’t get too cold in winter, but yea you need a certain temperature….although i’m sure in a greenhouse they’d do just fine!

[@guynorth3277]

Olives would be so awesome!

[@MoonGoose-9876]

@@MikeKincaid79 I am in West Oly and I have a potted olive. Let me know if you want some cuttings.

[@pottersjournal]

@@MoonGoose-9876 I have a potted one in Pittsburgh but can't root any. Hope Mike can show us the trick to rooting the olives.

[@zgns145]

Great video. Your shared experience and enthusiasm crowns you the Steve Irwin of Plant Propagation.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm honored

[@loloholmes2793]

Holy crap you never cease to amaze me with your propagation skills.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Much more to come!

[@HOMESTEADHEART]

Okay Mike I'm gonna do this! I have a 5+ year old peach tree with 4 huge branches coming from the base. 4 in. In diameter at least. You've inspired me. Can I do this now in Georgia or should I wait until spring?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like a fun project. I'd wait until closer to spring, just before the bids start to break.

[@HOMESTEADHEART]

Awesome Sauce!

[@DankFroot]

Peach tree might be a bit more difficult. Figs are known for their ease of rooting from hardwood. It certainly is possible with peach still, so best of luck!

[@WVRetreat]

I tried rooting my peach tree from cuttings and it did not work. Also, tried air layering them. After doing some research I found that peaches are much more difficult to root than figs.

[@enigmaoffc3148]

Let us know how it went!

[@jorgecanales798]

That was so cool! I have a question that I don't know if you've already answered but, where do you get your pots from? I'm currently looking for nursery pots at a good price

[@MikeKincaid79]

All over the place. I buy them used and find them on Craigslist, Offer up, Facebook, etc. I've also bought them from nurseries that are going out of business.

[@brinkman4925]

hey mike, i'm wondering about trunk rot. i always hear about not getting the trunk covered in soil or mulch because of rot, but there's plenty of trunk under the soil here. Is it different because its a cutting or do you have to do something to mitigate rotting of the cutting during planting?

[@MikeKincaid79]

This isn't really soil. It's finely ground fir tree bark that drains really well and is inert. If I had done this in soil, it would more than likely have rotted.

[@brinkman4925]

Ah I see, thanks. 😁

[@Hohmies86]

@@MikeKincaid79 just learned something new! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Samsung-zp8io]

I have shown this one to my grand daughters for inspiration. Surely the wonderful girls will take up as a hobby when are grown-ups. Love and admire their enthusiasm.

[@MikeKincaid79]

“Raise them up in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart from it”. -somewhere in the Bible Good luck to you and your granddaughters.

[@googlejeon5232]

I've never seen a big fig tree before It's been 40 days You've done a good job. Good job, little lady

[@MikeKincaid79]

Figs are a lot of fun to work with and very tasty fruit. Definitely a nice tree to have and you can grow them just about anywhere.

[@TheGiveittomeall]

It's so frustrating to see such amazing results when everything I cut and try to root just dies. I guess for now I'll just buy the clearance stuff from the hardware stores cuz propagation clearly isn't working for me.

[@MikeKincaid79]

It does work. Don't give up. You may be only one more try away from getting it!

[@triciac1019]

Are you using rooting compound?

[@wordvendor1]

Keep trying!! I've been doing it, so I know you can!

[@TheGiveittomeall]

I won't quit!! But it IS September, so I'll just try other avenues next year like putting up a small hoop house. Maybe cutting from larger stems. Maybe I need to water less, maybe more. I'm just experimenting at the moment. The honest truth is I've hardly grown anything until this year, so I'm really just in the elementary stage of learning. The positive is I've learned that I DON'T have a black thumb as I have lots of near dead, clearance stuff I've purchased and planted... and it's thriving!!! I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you so for the positivity and encouragement!

[@TheGiveittomeall]

@@triciac1019 yep. Always with the routing hormone.

[@laud2574]

The roots of the tree are bad, they aren't growing in the right direction, they should be growing down straight vertically so then they can reach the water that is acumulated in the ground. They are in spiral, in horizontal direction and growing up, not down. This is because they arent planted in the ground, but in a pot that is too small for the right growing of the Roots in the time. When these trees with these bad roots are planted in the ground, they can't survive too much because of this problem. A way to revert the problem is cutting this roots that took the bad direction, including the mother root or the first big root , so it can continue growing in the good direction or branching in the right direction. Sorry for my english, I'm from Colombia but I have read many articles of this topic because I'm very interested in growing trees in the Amazonas.

[@ronaldhagan2373]

That is amazing,good work, this is the reason I watch your showes Mike, also you get so excited

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'll have to do an update on this soon and get it potted up into a bigger pot.

[@kennethwoolard5910]

I love your enthusiasm! I have just propagated my first hibiscus! Working with nature is so much fun!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes it is!

[@natewelch6608]

🤩 wow amazing. My in laws lost a huge weeping willow and I propagated a ton of them and some were big branches. But nothing like that. How cool! So neat. Keep it up Mike!

[@ramanathann4937]

Gardening needs patience and passion. Boundless joy .love from india, chennai.

[@kdh130]

Thanks. What a great way to re-cycle unwanted trees ... and get an almost instant tree in the process. Great work.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes! That's exactly it, an instant tree!

[@Zackking109]

So much exciting, many tree can be saved from this method

[@leopardhorses]

THAT is amazing !!!! Have never seen anything like that before !!! So inspirational!!! Your daughters are so sweet !!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kathrynpiche7060]

I saw this on your FB , wow!! Your excitement is contagious! Love this, congratulations Mike.

[@trevormanuel9869]

Hello dear how are you doing?

[@lobe2032]

Mike you are the BEST ever, I would never have even tried that, heck I would never have even thought of that. You are so enthusiastic about everything and everyone, with git up and go, catches it, thanks for inspiring me once again. Love to you and your family. 😊😊😁😁🤗🤗

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Glenda, glad you're a part of this. I love showing all the fun I have around here with cuttings!

[@StevenBCrosby]

I agree with the Steve Irwin of the plant world. I watched him as a kid and now i find myself watching all of your videos as an adult lol. Love it man. Very cool.

[@MikeKincaid79]

What an inspiration of a man he was. I’m humbled and honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as him.

[@stelviodelbrava6218]

Hey Mike, I think fig trees are a miracle. They multiply so easy and produce fruits in waves whole summer until fall

[@MikeKincaid79]

They are amazing! Can't wait for my trees to get established and start pumping out figs.

[@boscobear123]

Yessss!!! Peter Chan at herons is amazing I have 3 potted black turkeys and they train very easily. Great work dude!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks John! I'm really interested in training some of these figs as bonsai. They do seem to train well and look so cool as they grow. They are such resilient plants.

[@PAFigs]

I'm speechless Mike! I'm also sitting here looking at a puny cutting I started and feeling a bit inadequate 😆

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahaha, this was a fun one. I was so excited to see it root. These figs are amazing man!

[@dakotalindsay706]

Right now I'm doing a 4 foot tall by 3 1/2 inch wide pair cutting and it's been a little under a month and it has started rooting love your videos keep it up very educational

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like fun! Good luck Dakota.

[@jiggjohns1028]

That’s awesome, my cuttings of mulberry, blueberry, and gardenia are getting roots to following your method with the totes.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's so great! Glad to hear it.

[@sugardoll5236]

I love how passionate you are!! I don't know anything about plants but you got me totally into it!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Lol, great!

[@ikabexit7585]

Great dad teaching real stuff to his kids in a world full of BS. thank you for your video and th love you share

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, love the comment! "In a world full of BS" LOL. Ain't that the truth. Well, I guess the only way to turn it around is to raise the next generation better.

[@pjqziggy]

Love the enthusiasm. I know the feeling after getting ONE cutting out of 4 take root last year. Also Herons Bonsai is chill.

[@mnilsson2704]

This was the best plant video I have seen this year. Impressive tree in the making.🌴 I do large cuttings of ash, horse chestnut, lilac trees and willows. Mixed results but great fun.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wow, thanks so much for the compliment! Yes, it's a ton of fun working with plants and trying different things!!!

[@mnilsson2704]

@@MikeKincaid79 obvisously the climate in Scandinavia is a huge challenge.

[@sarahtco3230]

How exciting and FUN!!! I am definitely going to try this. My friend's have a ficus in the floor of the bar at their house. They moved to SD and I was wanting to try and root some branches to regift it to them in their new home. Now I'm going to take some cuttings and try but going forward I won't be afraid to try bigger things!!! Thanks and thanks to your girls for helping us learn more!!! 💜💞🙏🍀💫✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@MikeKincaid79]

Have fun!

[@sarahtco3230]

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks!! And thanks for taking the time to share!! Have a great afternoon!!!

[@letsgetfiggy7785]

ALWAYS LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS !!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you like them!

[@WS1_AUTOS_N_STUFF]

Awesome 😎 kids definitely need to get more involved with things like this 👍 I turned this on quick and my son and I watched the whole video 👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks so much! Yes, less screen time and more outdoors for kids.

[@itzikvil1]

I like your enthusiasem and patient with your girls and also how you have them be part of the process abd feel part of it. Cheers for that you gave me lot of motivation with my kids and my plants :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Awesome! Glad to hear it. Your kids need you and will never forget the time you spend with them.

[@studentofmed]

Amazing you guys, keep up the good work, mother nature is proud. Love from Switzerland.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Much love to you as well!

[@birgitjohnsen159]

I found you while searching for growing mulberry trees from cuttings - and then this fig tree! Marvellous, and I myself even got both an enormous fig tree and a mulberry tree (little one, only 30 berries this first year). Just you and your sweet daughters.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you found the channel! Enjoy the videos and your mulberry trees.

[@RRaucina]

I followed your lead and stuck my shovel upside down in the dirt on the north side of the barn. Got a nice hickory tree started now.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahahaha, that's pretty funny! You'd definitely be getting calls from all the local news outlets, lol.

[@robertdurkin7596]

That wonderful video, amazing to your 2 daughters to helping you with gardening, awesome of big log to plant to grow big tree in your yard, Good job, Mike! 😁😁👋👋🌲🌲

[@MikeKincaid79]

We'll have an update of this one soon.

[@robertdurkin7596]

@@MikeKincaid79 I'll forward to see your new video soon !😁😁👋🌿🌿

[@RocketPipeTV]

When someone is that enthusiastic, you know they’ve found their passion! I can’t wait to root my 7 cuttings from the fig I had to leave behind in my old house. Didn’t find that bark, I’m gonna try in my home made compost mixed with some perlite.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck and have fun with it! I know you'll get some to root. Figs are a lot of fun.

[@hamidbenabbou6886]

So great work ! So proud of you Beautiful family !

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thank you so much, Hamid!!

[@MicaRayan]

That was an exceptional growing method! I just love it 😍 very nice garden

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, it was a lot of fun rooting this huge cutting!

[@MicaRayan]

@@MikeKincaid79 Great experiment! Is this hard wood you working on, similar to those of fiddle leaf fig? I have some. But just tiny and heaven knows, it took months and months to propagate thus its root get solidifies

[@bartsexton1652]

Nice job bro . My mom was given a yellow rose so I brought her and the little cut rose up to my home . The Rose opened and was a beautiful yellow and smelled good to . So when the rose started to die off I thought why don’t I try to root it . And I took it cut the rose part of trimmed back the leaves to two and clipped them half way . Stuck it in root tone and put it in a pot with potting soil . And then I put sticks around on the inside of the pot and wrapped it with clear wrap. Set it in the garden window I have and plum forgot it .Then probably about a month or so I thought at checking it . Boy was I so excited I had new grow . So I left it . Later that new growth had grown more . So I took it out side took the wrap off and to my surprise it bloomed . Well the other day I saw another bloom coming on it . It’s a miniature rose but I did it . So I’m gonna wait tell next spring to set it out .

[@MikeKincaid79]

Congratulations, Bart!

[@marambula]

what a cool video. I have heard that people have air layered huge trunks but never even considered mega cuttings! nice!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, yep, this one was a lot of fun. Got more awesome ideas coming down the pike.

[@rydaug79]

I'm into bonsai and found your channel looking for tips on air layering apple trees and watched your pear and apple air layering videos. This video popped up in the side bar and I had to check it out. Never would have thought it possible to root a log that size. After watching this video I see you are into bonsai and now you have another subscriber.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks so much, Ryan! I appreciate your support. Did an update on this tree last summer and will do another this year.

[@mjw7124]

Got you beat. 3-4 foot wide log from lower portion of a curly Willow. It was too big for my chain saw so I dragged it into my chicken pasture for a roost. It grew.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, I knew I'd hear some stories eventually. We had a cottonwood that we took down and I left the old tree trunk laying in one of my rhody beds and planted rhododendrons all around it. This was about 6 years ago or so. The tree trunk (about 3 feet in diameter and 10 feet long) started growing, lol. I had to poison the trunk so it would die off.

[@johnlone207]

I watched this video months ago, now I just potted and trying to root a small apple tree trunk. I also used the same rooting compound. Hopefully, it will be successful as yours! will keep you updated. Thank you!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck!

[@johnlone207]

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you!

[@UrbanHomesteadArtist]

How did you go with your apple tree?

[@johnlone207]

@@UrbanHomesteadArtist Hello!! My first attempt, the trunk gone bricked on me. I followed your steps, but I think did something wrong or failed to follow something. 2nd attempt was a success, did the steps, but the difference is I used foxfarm soil, put the pot inside a Lowe's bucket for watering....I have to do it indoors since it was the start of winter. But, it rooted and has been growing some leaves & buds!! Can't wait for the weather to warm up so take it outside. Thank you kindly, Sir!!!

[@AndrewFroude]

Well done! You are a legend. Your enthusiasm is absolutely contagious.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! 😃

[@BjorkL]

I saw the still of this video and yelled holy ****! 😆 I never even thought of doing such a large cutting. I'm going to try a black cherry I have. Let's see what happens. 😊 Oh, and, Emily has gotten so tall! 😆

[@MikeKincaid79]

Oooh, I'd love to hear how the black cherry works out for you. These girls are growing like weeds right now, lol.

[@BjorkL]

@@MikeKincaid79 I will definitely keep you posted on the black cherry. 🤞🏻 I think I'll do videos to show the (hopeful) progress of it. 😊

[@randyscrafts8575]

Who knew?!! I had no idea a log can be rooted. Gives me big ideas! I have 4 acres I'm intending to tree it. Was going to buy trees. Maybe not now. HUGE money saver here!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah man, you can save all kinds of money rooting your own plants. Looks like Randy found a new hobby!

[@tschichpich]

Plants are so fascinating. Just the middle of a tree can become a new tree. awesome

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love exploring the possibilities with plants!