I've seen the Encanto Farms instructions for rooting dormant cuttings. Can anyone point me toward similar information about working with cuttings from an actively-growing tree? Is that even a viable approach?

I thought I was on my way to success when new leaves appeared on a cutting from a neighbor's tree (they were immediately eaten by some four-legged critter), but when I took it out of the pot there were no signs of roots. Then I read the above-mentioned info about rooting in zip-lock bags and learned that leaves are no indicator of root growth. I also learned that I had no idea what I was doing! (Too wet, wrong substrate, etc.) This cutting is about eight inches long, half from last year's wood and half of this year's growth.

I think this cutting is still alive, and would like to salvage it if possible--so any sage advice would be appreciated.

Rooting in a bag works for green cuttings, as well. Moisture control is more critical with green wood cuttings (current year growth) but non-dormant cuttings of previous year's growth work the same as dormant cuttings.

Great--Thanks! I'll see if I can salvage this one with your zip-lock method.