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rooting a soft green cuttings

Has anybody tried using a soft green cutting! I heard that it is possible, thanks happy figging!

rooting isn't hard. the hard part is keeping the cutting and the top from drying out and keeping mold away. if you can control the moisture just right, it shouldn't be too much of an issue. from last summer's experience, i lost all of them due to either not giving enough moisture and killing them by getting them dried out, or giving too much moisture and having to die by rotting.

I have done it many times. Leave only 2 to 3 leaves. Cut away 75% of the ones left. Pot up in damp 50/50 peat perlite in a cup. Place cup and cutting in a one gallon zip lock. Place in shade. Forget about it. Check next month.



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Originally Posted by ilovefigs
Has anybody tried using a soft green cutting! I heard that it is possible, thanks happy figging!

I rooted a few 1ft green RdB shoot a couple of months ago from a 1 gallon plant I did not allow to go dormant and live in my sunroom for the winter.

I did as instructed above, removed all but 2 leaves and cut them by 2/3rd. Placed in a pilsner glass full of water (that had previously been boiled and cooled) and put a 1 gallon ziploc bag over it in a light but not directly lit space. Month later I have some roots. I am going to leave it there and see how many develop. I do swap the water out every other week.

Contemplating how to pot it up as I've read that roots that grow in water are different that roots that grow in soil. Will let you know how it turns out.

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I using a gel2root cup on one of my cuttings and it hasn't wilted yet. I'm on day four and a root is starting to grow. I'm this would work great on a greener cutting. 

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I like green cuttings.
I cut all the leaves off but half of the top one.
I put in 1 gallon pot of fafard #52 soil mix (a dirt less mix that drains very well).
I put a stick into the pot to keep the plastic off the cutting and then put a large ziplock bag over the entire thing.
I then put in the shade on my porch and wait.
This method has always given me as good a percentage of rooting as any other.
Just a note; sometimes certain varieties seem to take forever (like Kathleen's Black) but as long as they don't dry out or rot I've had them finally leaf out after 6 months. Usually, though, it's a pretty quick process.

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