i meant, when do you take it out of the humidity bin? last summer, i had good greenwood cuttings. some were soft and some were hard. hard ones did much better, but both types died on me.

i think the reason was that they were taken out of the humidity bin too early. so the question is what is the good sign for taking the greenwood cuttings out of the humidity bin? i have hardwood cutting down to science now. but still want to know how to getting the greenwood cutting going.

rooting and getting top started was no issue. they actually grow much faster and response well.. but once they looks good enough for outside.. they die on me.

Pete...I have a similar question in reference to the root riot system...the cuttings are coming on strong with both roots and leaves...my question is when to I take them out of the humidity dome? (temp is 70* and humidity is 80%)...I have had this problem in the past even before root riot...the plants are doing great until I attempt to take them out of the humidity chamber...then with many of then, the leaves wilt and the cutting dies ????

vince,

hardwood are much more simple. once the top comes up, you want start airing out some. even before you want to air out to possibly prevent mold issue. you leave the dome open 5-10 min at first, the slowly increase the time. at first, you know for sure that cup will have enough water, so if the leaves are drooping, it's due to lack of humidity around so you put the dome back on. later on when all the reserve water in the cup is almost all used up, you want to check and water just a little to perk up the leaves.

not sure how to work with root riot system since i haven't used them.

now with greenwood. thing is little different since the cuttings themselves can dry up, not just the leaves or branches. i assume that i can do the same as the hardwood, but when i did the saome with greenwood cutting, they all died. so i guess i can just simply cut down the airing time. but when do i know that the cutting are hardened enough for the outside? with hardwood, it's already hardened. no issue of cutting drying up.

Pete...thanks for your advice on the humidity issue...a little bit of exposure every day with increasing time intervals...Ok will give it a try.

As far as the green cuttings, there was a post back during the winter of a member who had rooted his green cuttings in rockwool cubes...I'm not sure how he made the transition to cups or pots with lower humidity, or if his efforts were successful.   The name of his post was "Worlds smallest fig tree,also how to get roots in 7-10 days"  posted by  Howie73x.   Hope this helps.

Hi, on the green cuttings I did I made sure the roots matched the leaves, then I took the humidity dome off. Rex

Greenwood cuttings get potted (without rooting) and put outside under a bush to be left alone. When they grow vigorously it means they have roots and then get transitioned to direct sunlight.

tried leaving it alone in a pot. no luck. tried with baggied tent, no luck. it's not all that important since hardwood cutting is readily available. but it would be nice to have a method that i can use for definite result. usually, i don't have issue rooting the greenwood cutting. the problem comes when it's time to take them out of humidity bin and introduce to drier environment.

i did stick few into a pot when i was prunning some branches off last year. even with our humid weather here, they all dried up and died. ones with tent all molded. once that i put directoy into the cup and left in the humidity bin rooted and started to put out good top, but once humidity was cut back, tney all died. it's frustrating.