I've read soil for cutting shouldn't have fertilizer in it. but i couldn't find anything without fertilizer. so i got MG for seed/cuttings and MG perlite. i'm thinking of doing 50/50. would that work?

pete

If you are using mist I would do a 50/50 mix but if you are jus putting them in shade and watering them I would use less perlite.
I know alot of people say don't use fert for cuttings and that may be true for winter dormant cuttings I am not real familiar with that yet but I have always used time relese fertilizer in every stage of growing and that comes from being in the trade in the past and my wife is the office manager for a grower now who uses nutricote in his rooting media.
none of my contacts in the trade have done winter dormant cuttings and my first try was this past winter so I can not speak to that.
Good luck with the cuttings

For my summer cuttings this year, I used about a 1:2:1 mixture of MG potting soil, screened well-composted yard waste (city mulch,) and pine bark.  A month later, they are all putting on lots of good new growth.

Pete,

If you are looking for mix that does not contain fertilizer then you might want to stay away from the big box stores and go to an independent nursery or garden supply.

You can check out this site if your curious , they do not sell it at big box stores.
http://www.drearth.com/

there organic products contain strains of mycorrhizae and also humic acid.
Im not promoting it so dont get me wrong.

I was given his magazine at a town nursery when i asked a lady there about that product when i saw it on the shelf.
The magazine is a good read in my opinion explaining about humus , mycorrhizae and many other things in soils and how they work.

It funny you talk about the Big box stores. I was able to find, for the first time,  2 types of Pro-mix at HD plus Canadian peat moss for the self watering containers. But the only type of Perlite found was MG with fertilizer.

Seed starter soil, if you can find that, usually does not contain a fertilizer

Poor little seedlings always use fertilizer when starting seeds the difference in your transplants is amazing the main roots will be shorter but with far more feeder roots.
but never use granular only pelleted or liquid.

Thanks for the heads up Dom,

The local HD and Lowes been carrying Canadian peat for the longest. Just didn't think about since are thoughts are on the pre mixed.

Dom is right. Get the Canadian Peat moss and mix with aged pine bark and perlite.

We have weatherspoon rose here in Durham NC. I'll drop by and bug the heck out of the ladies :) out by the ocean and nicely toasted with coors light... and it's only 5 in the afternoon.

Pete