I transferred my first trial run rooted cutting to a clear cup about a month ago.  It is in 100% Vermiculite.  The first 2 weeks i had it covered with a plastic bottle for humidity.  I started to see roots growing well and extending to the sides of the cup.  Once the leaves got too big i could not keep it covered  with the bottle.  Since then there is about 4 inces of growth in the cutting and 4 leaves, 2 of which are pretty large but i have not seen much more root growth.  The plant does look health.  Is this ok?  Could the loss of humidity cause the roots to hault?  I tried to put it in the bins Jon uses but it is too large.  Any ideas or suggestions?

Pete

Get a bigger bottle, if necessary, or a bag. If the leaves are not wilting, there is probably not a real issue with humidity.

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There are 101 one ways to ame a "greenhouse".

Thanks Jon.  The leaves are fine.  I will try the bag. 

Pete

Easy & Cheap and it works.

Nelson, your office orchard looks great!

LOL Pete theres allot more here is a better picture of the office Orchard.

WOW i want to work with you.  My wife is driving me crazy because i have fig stuff all over our bedroom.  Everyday there is more and more in there. 

Welcome to the club Pete, I know exactly what you mean I went through it already and since I had better success at rooting at work I just been doing everything Here I did have 12 plants in my Condo at one point but Had to bring them here since someone kept complaining that we were living in a jungle lol.

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Hi Petea,
You stated your plant looks healthy.
Actually how long has the plant been uncovered ? 

 I ask because you say it looks healthY, perhaps it does not need to be covered anymore, usually to assimilate them folks slowly take cover off each day for a short time and increase the uncover time a little bit at a time observing the plants leaves frequently for any negative change.

If your plants been uncovered totally for several days or more and still looks healthy i would leave it uncovered.

Martin it has been uncovered for about 2 weeks.  My concern is that i havent seen much more root growth since it has been uncovered.

Pete

Petea,
 if its been uncovered for 2 weeks its fine left uncovered.

The roots sometimes do this stall sometimes a plant will stall as well has been my experience when transplanted but then picks up.
If i were you i would not worry about the roots as long as they look healthy by recovering it will not make a difference in the roots growing.

thanks

Pete  - I had the same experience when rooted cuttings were taken out from my rooting chamber(aquarium). They slow down in root growth as well as top growth. After coming off rooting in tray of spaghnum moss, 5 days in my rooting chamber with soil mix, I had a mass of roots for Brog Bianco, Adrina, Corynth, Latarrula Red. A lot of root growth versus top growth.

Am I the only one that goes from the baggie, with roots to cups with no tops?  If you have good roots do you still need to cover the cupped cutting?  I put the rooted ones with leaves by the window and the ones w/o roots elsewhere.

Ed, I don't care what's happening on top.  Roots are my motivator.  When I see them, they go into cups.  I don't care if I have a forest on the top of the cutting, if there aren't roots, it's staying in the bag ... leaves get plucked when they blacken or mold. 

Hasn't failed me yet.

I never take the cutting out of the baggie if It dosent have roots.  What I am saying is if a cutting has decent roots and is cupped, what is the point of keeping a humidity dome, especially if it has leaves that in my opinion are negatively impacted by a dome? 

Oh, I can't answer that.  I don't bother to tent at all.  Wait for roots, put in cups, put in a mostly sealed clear storage bin till good set of top growth is formed.  But, like spoken about in another thread, the advantage of the bins for me is moisture control/stabilization, and not having to water every week.  Maybe this is why folks are using the greenhouse?

Hi EJP3,
hope this males some sense.
If cuttings are in a closed humid bin with leaves and then taken out without cover lots of times the bigger leaves start to droop because of the Sudden loss of humidity. In my house in the "winter" the most humidity is at the windows thats where the botoom of the window has all the water droplets on it and is most humid.

Now as we all know sometimes the scion develops nice root system with a bud on top that has yet to open, when taken out of a closed humid bin and left basically anywhere in home it will be fine oh sure the bud might shed its outer surface as it sometimes happens it will turn dark but the new growth underneath appears usually fine out of the bin.
This has been my experience in my house only with my leaky windows meeting the warm air.
Best Health