How do you start a ficus tree?

Answer 1

Fig trees propagate quite easily by seed. So planting some fig seeds will do the trick.

Also, you could grow one by slip. Cut off a short growing shoot, dip its base in rooting compound and plant it in warm damp soil. The slip will grow roots and develop.

And if you're really high tech, you can grow figs by tissue culture. Its not how figs are usually grown, though many orchids are grown in this way.

You can also lay part of a branch (no breaks and still attached to the tree) on the ground and put a brick on it. It sould root.

Answer 2

Ficus species can be grown from seed. Cultivars should be propogated vegetatively by air layering.