Fig Tree Cutting

A friend has a wonderful fig tree that lives in a huge pot and has loads of figs almost ripe now (but then she has a very sheltered walled garden). She has offered me a cutting from her fig tree but neither of us know how to take the cutting.
Does anyone know how to take a cutting from a fig tree?

 

Best to take a hardwood cutting in autumn.
Take a well-ripened shoot of the current season's growth trim off leaves and soft tip.
Take cuttings the length of 12 inches (30cm) cutting flush to the main stem.
Trim cutting to 9 inches (23cm)
Bury cutting two thirds of its length and if one or more cuttings are taken, place 4-6 inches apart.
They will take several months to root.

 

Thankyou!!! I'll have a go.

 

Your probably right fonzie, but I'm sure I have managed a few semi ripe cuttings taken about now.
I take a shoot about six inches long of semi ripe wood, cut off all but the top leaf and tip bud.
Pot it up in gritty compost and keep it just moist, not wet.
If that fails Flowerchild you can always have another go later via fonzie's method.

 

I have grown them from seed and within 12 months they are the same size as a rooted cutting.......break open a ripe fig and put it in a pot of compost and you will get a couple germinating. Otherwise I do what webmaster does.....I have a couple of different ones and find the black ones take the easiest and quickest.
Layering works as well, but for me it takes a whole 6 months to root.
jardiner.

 

Thankyou for all the suggestions......I think I'm going to try all of them....something is bound to be successful.
I'm really keen to try one from seed, I love growing things from seed!
Who knows, I may end up with a fig tree plantation if all these methods succeed! :eek: