With proper care indoors, fiddlehead figs grow into stately specimens. Unfortunately, the plants below often lose all their leaves and appear bare. Simply plant several offshoots in a tub to make the plant look bushier. How to pull new offshoots from your fiddle fig.

Growing fiddle fig offshoots is very easy

Grow offshoots from head cuttings or by mossing

In order to grow new offshoots from your violin fig, you need a healthy mother plant that should have multiple branches. Young, soft shoots are suitable for cuttings. In order to gain offshoots through mossing, the violin fig should be older and quite tall.

The best time to breed offshoots

The best time to grow new cuttings is early spring when the growing season begins. Then the young plants have enough time to develop.

If you cannot offer a bright location, provide more light with plant lamps.

How to grow offshoots from head cuttings

  • Cut head cuttings of about 15 cm in length
  • Briefly hold the cut ends in warm water
  • Let the cut ends dry a bit
  • Put the cuttings in the prepared seed pots (€16.68).
  • wrap with cling film
  • set up bright and warm
  • Air the film regularly

Moss removal - only advisable for older plants

To pull offshoots through moss, cut a half-woody shoot of the violin fig at an angle. Make the cut from the bottom up to about the middle of the shoot.

Bend the shoot slightly and insert a stone into the resulting gap. First wrap the area with sphagnum and then with cling film.

After about four to six weeks, roots have formed and the offshoot can be separated.

Grow fiddle figs from seed

Of course, you can also grow fiddlestick figs from seed. Seeds are available from specialist retailers. Fiddler figs cultivated indoors do not flower and therefore do not set seeds.

Sowing is easy, but you need to provide adequate moisture, light and warmth for the seeds to germinate.

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With a bit of luck, the violin fig can also be propagated using leaf cuttings. For this purpose, a healthy leaf is separated and placed in potting soil. In order for roots to develop, you need to provide adequate moisture and warmth.

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