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Lost Wo More Cuttings!

Akram one was from you and one was from my black turkey.
The first one had good growth but very little roots and it looked
like it exhousted itself.
The black turky cutting just had a lttle green growth, but no roots
what so ever.

The other five look good and have very healthy roots.
Let's hope they all make it till spring.

Jerry

Jerry this has happened to me in the past when I rooted cuttings in soil from the beggining wich I would put a cup on top for that dome effect. The top would start to grow and no roots would be visible. If that is what your doing just drill a few holes on the top cup before the top growth starts. You want the top of the cutting to be cooler than the soil until you have visible roots again this what I have noticed with my own experiments.

Jerry
Nelson is right.
Since humidity (Moisture) and temperature helps rooting, shooting, rot and mold, so think of ways to keep the bottom side relatively warm and moist while the upper part is relatively cool and covered to avoid drying up of the cutting.
Sometimes ago I saw a write-up on a small fridge size equipment for rooting of  cuttings on the same principal i.e. keeping the top portion cool (but humid) and the rooting portion warm.

Beside, the nature of the cuttings also has a factor. My cuttings are from plants grown in Zone 5 summer which may not yield ideal cuttings for all plants. The ones near the south side wall  seem more lignified (where they ripen too!) than the ones in the open

Thanks Guys,

I put the cuttings back into the furnace room
and have a plant light over them.
They are sitting on the water heater, so they are getting good bottom heat.
I think that will start the roots going for the two that don't have any.

Also I transplanted one into a clay pot because it had a lot of roots already
and it is the tallest of the bunch about seven and a half inches.

I have the plant light on a timer for 14 hours of light.

Jerry

Lost another cutting today and checked on another with out roots.
I have three with roots and one with out roots left over from the ones that Akram sent me.
I have learned alot from this experimentation.
The cuttings must have roots to servive and that means bottom heat until the roots are well established.

On the flip side my Brown Turkey I brought from the garage and put in the furnace room has three buds on it.

This is fun!
Now to get a few cuttings of the Pinache tiger fig.

Jerry

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