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What do you do the cuttings that were stored in a fridge before rooting them?
I had some for a few months in a veggie drawer nicely sealed, they still look fresh but not as active as the freshly cut cuttings.
Do you soak them first in anything or just proceed as usual?

Directly from the fridge they go into quart deli containers filled with wet perlite and then into the humidity chamber at 80f with 14 hrs of light

After a few minutes at room ambient, I wash/rinse it at luke warm water and place it in a moist paper for the baggie method to start.

I see, so it seems you do as usual. I did exactly like Ottawan said and after a week in a beggie nothing happened, I thought maybe you guys treat the cuttings somehow.

From the fridge, wax the top, toss into pre moistened sphagnum in Tupperware bin. Keep in dark at room temp.

I don't do anything special.  They all get the same treatment.  Score the bottom, dip-n-grown, box with damp sp moss.

The cuttings that have been stored for a few months-are they generally slower to get started than fresher cuttings?

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Originally Posted by eboone
The cuttings that have been stored for a few months-are they generally slower to get started than fresher cuttings?


It's been my observation that cuttings taken in the fall and then immediately put into the humidity chamber take along time to root however if they are left in the fridge for say a couple months they seem to root much more quickly than before they went into the fridge.

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Originally Posted by RichinNJ
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Originally Posted by eboone
The cuttings that have been stored for a few months-are they generally slower to get started than fresher cuttings?
It's been my observation that cuttings taken in the fall and then immediately put into the humidity chamber take along time to root however if they are left in the fridge for say a couple months they seem to root much more quickly than before they went into the fridge.


Hey Rich...I agree with you 100% ! : )

I haven't really noticed any difference.

greenfig
In general one week from the start is too short to see noticeable progress. If you start with 10 different varieties with a couple of cuttings of each type, you may see some visible progress on some cuttings within, say, 10 days. Thereafter some more cuttings with good vitality may show progress gradually. However, it is possible that sometimes you may have to wait 3 or 4 weeks to see any visible progress depending on the cuttings vitality/health and the rooting conditions. Combination of so many factors/variables makes it an art rather than definite science...
Keep opening the bag every other day for airing to avoid mold. If you get suspicious of mold you may have to open the bag every day for airing and cleaning.

Good luck with patience and rooting.

Thanks, Ottawan, for your feedback.
I’ve been rooting in a baggie for about a year now (I prefer this to the moss in a box), and usually, you could tell when something is developing, either the roots or the mold. In this case I have 4 cuttings from 2 different varieties and see no change whatsoever. Maybe I am just not lucky this time? 
Patience is not a problem, I’ll wait. I just thought that some kind of a treatment was necessary.

I usually soak it in well water for overnight .... Then soak in fungicide solution for about 30 minutes then I root it in sand media in humidity chamber. If the cuttings is taken in dormant period, usually will grow faster..... Maybe in 5 - 7 days....like the pic shown in my profile picture

This time I soaked them several hours in a bleach solution, scraped the bottom internodes and put them two each in moistened 1/1 peat/perlite in plastic refrigerator containers and tucked them in a bedroom closet at about 70F.

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