thanks to one of the forum member, i have received 2 RdB cuttings today. they look very healthy. however, due to the high temp during the transit, they have developed root initials already. therefore, i could not wash/sanitize the cuttings. they went straight into cups. also, they have green wood on top, and i will be keeping them in a bin to keep moisture high at constant 80 degrees.

having said that, i'm rather afraid that these cuttings will get molded. i had issue with one cutting last year with mold. i couldn't get rid of the mold and that cutting went straight into a trash can.

i would like to know if there is any member who can provide FRESH Ronde dB hard wood cuttings.

i have more Kathleen's Black cutting coming up in late june/early july. they will be one/two yr old cuttings. i'll be sending 4 cuttings out without trade to two of the members on this forum, and there will be about.. 2-3 cuttings left over.

each cuttings will have 3 nodes on them. they node interval will be rather long since i fed KB with fertilizer every week last year. the thinkness will be around 1/2" to 3/4".. might be thicker.

i'm looking for hard wood cutting that i can scrub and soak in bleach solution with thinkness bigger than pencil, however, was freshly cut before sending.

please PM me if you are interested. i'm not looking for air layer, and i can't set air layer on the KB at this point. only cuttings.

thanks,
pete

Pete,

Just consider yourself very lucky that you have acquired 2 cuttings

of the rare RdB fig.

Whatever you got; make it a challenge for you and them to root!

They should be fine. I rarely scrub and wash my cuttings. If they already have initials they will take off fast and RDB grows like a weed.

gorgi,

you are right, i'm lucky to have the cuttings. however, i hung around too many army divers, rangers and green berets. triple redunancy is way to go when i'm doing something that counts. if there are other members who is open to trade, great. if not, that's also great. i'll try to keep these cuttings going, but if it fails, i would definitely prefer back ups.

7deuce,

that's what i expect from these cuttings. will see what happens.

pete

Don't want to say how long it took me to get just one RDB And thank you to the member who sent it to me

Btw I the preto I have for you rooted. It should be ready in a few weeks. I'll keep you posted.

Pete,

I'm not sure keeping the entire cutting in a high humidity environment is really necessary at this point. If you feel it is, perhaps you should cover the entire cutting with your rooting medium. This year I used one of the Pro Mix formulations (can't recall which off hand, but it already had lime mixed in) just barely moistened in large tote boxes and buried all of my cuttings in that mix - about half an inch below the cuttings and another half inch or so above. I only saw mold where a cutting surfaced through the medium. Covering those spots up took care of any further problem. Then, just as soon as a cutting showed even the slightest root growth - I'm talking a quarter of an inch if I caught them that early - I transferred them to 1 gal pots filled with the same Pro Mix and placed them into totes with the lids askew so outside air could circulate. My success rate was so much higher than any other method I've used that I won't use any other method going forward. I'm pretty sure that the few cutting that failed once I transferred them did so because I broke their new roots sprinkling the moistened soil into the pots.

So, what am I saying? Maybe you should forget about the plastic cover and simply make sure the medium in the cup remains moist and those root initials should continue doing their thing below the surface.

@posturedoc- I do something very similiar except when I go to one gallon pots I bury almost the whole cutting so I don't need a bin. My success rate is also very high. I used to use paper towel method and then sphagnum moss/ Baggie method but this method works great for me ad much less work.

7deuce,

thanks for letting me know. did KB cuttings work out for you?

pete

neil,

that sounds like great idea. i'll go out and bury one of the cuttings now. one is mostly greenwood and other is mostly hard wood. hmm.. maybe i should bury both of them..

pete

When you bury them completely and horizontally sometimes they root all over the place and you can get two trees.

They are rooted and doing great.

I did it with less than perfect cuttings Pete, and so can you. Try to stay calm.
A big thank you to the generous member who shared from their young tree, it was worth it!

Pete

Patience  "Little Grasshopper"

Rafed,

Yes, patience. I need some of that. Just like to move little faster.

Neil, 7deuce,

Does green wood work if buried? One of the cutting is rather thin hardwood on bottom and older greenwood on top. Other cutting is rather nice thick greenwood, new greenwood.

Pete

Pete,

Do the best you can, that's all.
Win, lose or draw. No one can take that away from you.

I know the feeling all too well about losing a special cutting. If it is meant for you then you will have the opportunity to enjoy it. If not now then later.

I know, I've been there.

Good luck

Pete, these days I never bother to sanitize my cuttings. I trust my spaghnum moss. I would say either you pot up your RdB or trust spaghnum moss to help root the cuttings. It will be good idea to keep humidity high. This season I had quite a few cuttings where I root directly into soil perlite mix or reasonably well composted bark mulch. They have rooted well. I guess the high humidity helps. Good luck.

Thanks Paul. I decided at the last min to wait and see. Since they both have greenwood top, I'll keep em in the bin for high moisture. If I see any sign of mold, I'll wipe it off and bury them

Pete