I have used alot of differant methods for rooting cuttings. one of the best i found was to take 80% perlite and 20% peat moss and put it in a gal siz clay pot with a dish full of wayer underneath. the perlite lets them little hair roots go out and far and the little peat helps keep em from drying out. cut a 2 litre bottle and pop it over em And BAM in 5 weeks exploded roots on em. when the water in the dish gets low just add more. once a week i would water the perlite mix lightly.

another thing i did was mix corse sand and perlit with a little peat real good and put it in a tote with hole drilled for dranage. i put that in my small green house and set up a misting system i got on ebay for i think 20 bucks and got a timer where it would kick on every few hours for an hour or so. nothing to it really. and seemed to work rather well.

Never had luck with the baggie on the fridge but im giving it another go. got a hardy chicago i bagged up today up there. i hear this is the easiest but i have yet to get it to work. hope this time will be differant as i am wanting to plant five more of these as a hedge.

Any thoughts. or possible other methods. i like learning and trying new things. even more if it gets the desired result quicker, better, and with higher sucsess. make my brain swell;)

i stick with what works. for far, baggie with papwer towel to start the root then into cup with 50/50 MG perlite/seedling soil. works like a charm. once they spent time in 1 gal with 50/50, the move onto 5-10 gal of my own mix. i bare root them then put them into 5:1:1 mix of natural's helper/perlite/s-p-moss. so far so good.

If you use the ziplock method, it helps to have a stable room temperature. The fridge is generally too cold for quick root development, but is useful for storing until the late winter to start rooting later, many will find roots or nubs but the process is fairly slow in the cooler temps.

After several rooting experiments, my best method for rooting dormant cuttings is Jon V's baggie or new style baggie method (I am currently using 16 oz. clear cups from Walmart).

http://figs4fun.com/Rooting_Bag.html
http://figs4fun.com/Rooting_Bag_New_Style.html

The main thing to remember with any rooting method is to maintain the recommended optimal ambient temperature (Between 70 - 80 Deg. F) .
At 75 Deg. F. most of my cuttings produced root initial and/or roots within 2-3 weeks and were up potted to gallon containers within 5-6 weeks from start. At lower temperatures they root and grow at a slower rate. I have not experimented with temperatures above 80 Deg F.