I recently got some green and active cuttings, what should I do with them too root them.

I got these cuttings while on vacation, so right now I am going to put them in wet newspaper on a counter and start to root them on Friday. Thank you for the information

 A couple of pictures of green cuttings rooting. Notice root coming out of drain hole on cup.     One of four bins going at this time in addition to many one gallon pots. Advantages over dormant cuttings include no moss, no paper towels, no plastic shoe boxes, no heating pads, no stepping up to cups. In fact if done in one gallons nothing but water and fertilizer. I do believe green cuttings could be traded through the mail if done correctly and shipped priority. I plan to take a few cuttings and place in a ziplock (wet) for 3-4 days before starting to test this. Also I am open to trades with others as I have many varieties with green cuttings available.

I think they can be shipped also. I usually remove all but the top leaf, but with other plants I have left half leaves on. Maybe for shipping, removing most leaves would reduce water loss. I think shipping with the stems wrapped in slightly moist paper towel then in plastic might work, you just want to make sure the leaves don't rot. Maybe I will try some experiments too. It will be nice to trade cuttings during the warm months.

Mike in Hanover, VA

This is a great thread as green cuttings have always been difficult for me.

My experience has been that green cuttings in ziplocks arrived nicely steamed and dead.  Sending them in wet soil (but not saturated) covered with bunched up, moist paper towels to keep the soil in may work better.

So I put each cutting in a red solo cup with newspaper on the bottom. Then I put soil and then I watered it thoroughly. It is under a humidity bin and I was going to put rooting hormone but I did not have any. I will get some soon and put it on the bottom of the cuttings. The leafs are a bit droopy but I think they will pull through. I will post pictures soon 

Hi ekierk,
I pinched -my way- some 4 weeks ago. So I ended up with 5 sticks of 5-8 centimeters and 4 of 1-2 centimeters.
They all went to two water pots after removing all leaves except the last small two leaves - no rooting hormone.
Well, one I forgot to add water and all smaller are bone dry ... that's life.
On the other container - water changed every 4 days- the sticks are showing white root bumps.
Yesterday, they were looking wilting and softy so I potted one to see which one will be looking better .
But, this is an ongoing experience still ...

http://www.treesofjoy.com/content/rooting-softwood-fig-cuttings

I just went out and checked some of my one gallons under ziplocks. I haven't opened them since I started them about 4 weeks ago. All are rooted, no failures. I now have new 4 Maltese Falcons, 3 Brooklyn Whites, 2 Syrian Longs, 2 Condaria, And 1 Violette Solies. Have a lot more to open and place under shade to harden, but the Blueberries need picking (400 bushes).

A little off topic but I purchased "Clonex Rooting Hormone Gel" for exactly the purpose of propagating green cuttings.
I have tried it on kiwi, mulberry and persimmon but no luck.  The gel actually seem to promote rot instead of roots.

Wonder if anyone has experience with the Clonex gel versus the powder or liquid? 

When i start out in water, I try to change water at least once a day, usually twice. As soon as I see root bumps, they are good to go into my pro-mix/ perlite potting mix. With our hot humid weather, I just put them in a lower light area on the back porch. I will keep the humidity high with plastic bags if the humidity is lower.

Those rooting gels hold a lot of moisture, and I have heard they can cause problems with rotting.

Mike in Hanover, VA