I had the unfortunate chore of cleaning out the refrigerator today.

I was saddened to find a ziploc baggie buried behind the fruit drawer.  Inside were five cuttings of the same variety someone sent me - they were unlabelled, so I have no idea what they are and who they are from.

The cuttings had unique shapes and cuts, so I'm hoping the person who sent them will recognize them, or recognize the way my name was printed on the front (assuming this was the original baggie).  The cutting pictured was bigger around than my thumb, a virtual "log".  Four of the five cuttings were beyond salvage.  This last one pictured looks like it may be viable. 

I feel bad that I lost these in the fridge.  I'm hoping I can salvage one from what I've got.

If you sent this to me, can you drop me a PM or email to let me know what it is?  It would've been sent between February - April.



Thanks!

Definately not my writing or cuts Jason. So, you can rule me out. Hope you get it figured out.


EDIT: This is kind of a side note here but thought it might be helpful if anyone is interested in storing cuttings in the fridge for an extended period. Hope you don't mind Jason. If so, we can move it to its own thread.

Before putting cuttings in the fridge;
> Rinse ctgs in clean water.
> Let them dry completely. You can gently wipe & pat them dry if you want.
> Wrap them very well in plastic celophane wrap (Do not add anything for extra moisture such as damp paper towels or shpagnum moss).
> Place the wrapped bundles in a freezer baggie & stick 'em in the fridge.

I have a feeling that the cuttings I'm doing this with will remain viable for much longer than we expect.

Nope. This is how it shipped. All of the cuttings were like this - branches with several 0.5" - 1" stubs. That's what made the cuttings so unique and why I figured the sender would know what they were.

Bumping this thread.
Someone hopefully will notice there writeing.

Jason,

I know this must be frustrating, not knowing who the cuttings are from. Thus no idea what the variety is. Have you tried making a list of people you rec'd cuttings from this season? Maybe your next step could be trying to contact them individually - ?

Just trying to offer suggestions as well as help keep this thread alive.

I wonder if your mystery cuttings are from Bob in CT. He sent me some Hardy Hartford cuttings.There were a couple of logs in in my package as well and if I remember correctly the cuts were similar.

I keep my private message box pretty clean, so I've probably deleted the post.  I went back through emails but that didn't help either.  I have only one clue who it might've been.  I need to go back and look at what's left in the fridge.  I got started on bagging a batch recently, but had to put it all back in the fridge.  It's been a rough couple of months.

I finally got around to finishing bagging up the last of my cuttings today and by process of elimination I finally figured out what this was.... 

Great for you Jason !

Soooo what was it??

Cuttings of Bob's "Hardy Hartford".

Unfortunate.  After getting stuck in the back of the fridge, almost all the cuttings were rotten.  The one that survived was inserted directly into a great mix outdoors in full sun where it should flourish.  I can't put it in a bin because it literally was covered in a thick layer of white fluff (mold colony) and no amount of bleach will kill that. 

Well I hope it makes it, keep us posted.

Good luck, Jason. When you say you put it in full sun, do you mean that unrooted cutting, basically just the way it appears in the photo? Won't it get dried out, or is it totally buried in the mix?