Ficus carica (fig tree) Fig #1 Snapped from tree: 29 June 2001 dipped in rooting hormone and potted: 30 June 2001 I am trying to create "greenhouse conditions" by sealing it in a plastic bag overnight: [photo taken 30 June 2001] Half a month later, all of the leaves have died off and there is no sign that the rooting has taken. [photo taken 17 July 2001] Figs #2 & 3 dipped in rooting hormone and potted: 30 June 2001 These two figs were potted on the same day. One is doing poorly; its leaves have fallen off and its stems are browning. The other is doing well; its leaves are still green and have only wilted. [photo taken 17 July 2001] Figs #4 air layering begun: 30 June 2001 removed from tree: 15 July 2001 My boyfriend's first air layering experiment was the only fig that kept its leaves for any length of time, but eventually they too all died off. [photo taken 17 July 2001] On Monday, 20 August 2001 I noticed the first of the new leaves had sprouted. [photo taken 26 August 2001] Persistent watering helped the fig to grow a new set a leaves in 2003.