Tylt33
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I'm having a major mold issue on my cuttings; white, peach fuzzish mold. I've got too much invested to lose them at this point. I did a 10/90 bleach/water with soft toothbrush scrub on some, but the mold came back. I have about 30 cuttings, evenly divided between partial enclose in a Baggie with paper towel, partial enclose in Baggie with sphagnum moss, and lastly potted in rapid draining gritty mix. All within a sealed plastic tub by a south facing window, cooling to 64 at night and getting up to mid 70s during the day.
cis4elk
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Posted 1385330252
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Need more info.
Tylt33
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Posted 1385334994
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Started about a week ago, cuttings came from a variety of people. No roots yet. Mold is primarily at the tips and at nodes. A few have it on the actual bark itself.
Frankallen
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Posted 1385335197
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Ryan ...Sounds like you may have too much moisture in your cuttings! I use a plastic box and put on top of fridge with sphagnum moss. I wet the moss in my sink and then I use both hands and squeeze all the water I can get out of them and then put the cuttings in the box (after dipping in clonex ). and cover with the damp moss. This is just the way I do it, not saying it's the best way. I have had pretty good luck with this way, but still get a rotten one every once in a while. Hope this helps bud... Frank from Bama - Zone 7-b Alabama ...................................................."Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi
Tylt33
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Posted 1385335476
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I'm wondering if I should keep the lid off of the boxes for a bit... Let some of the humidity escape?
omotm
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Posted 1385335559
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Are the moldy cuttings in Baggies only or also the plastic tub?
Tylt33
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Posted 1385336809
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I should have been more clear; the cuttings in gritty mix are also in the clear tubs. I'm going to go pop the tops off right now.
Ong888
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Posted 1385337944
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I think you should take the pics of the mold and the condition you root the cuttings, so people will have better solution for you.... That's my 2cent.....
cis4elk
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Posted 1385338746
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If it has only been a week or so with no roots yet, this is what I would do(and have done with success). I use the sphag bag method only. every last drop of water out of it. I think it is important to fluff the sphagnum up and then have the sphagnum in full contact with cutting on all surfaces, not just in there with the cuttings. Sphagnum does not mold and prevents mold, I just threw out some bags of damp sphagnum I found from last year and they were not moldy at all 1 year later. If I were broke I would have reused it following a very hot water soak to kill any potential fig diseases/viruses remaining. Lastly, if the mold ever makes part of your cutting black and dead, then cut that part off until you get to new healthy wood or it will just keep advancing.
Tylt33
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Posted 1385339143
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Thank you all so much! I will take a few pics later just to get more info.
Tylt33
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I spent a couple of hours working on my cuttings tonight. About 15 had no signs of mold. All of my paper towel cuttings were washed in the 10/90 solution and then re wrapped in slightly damp newspaper. All of my moss cuttings that were too long to enclose in a smaller ziplock bag are now in gallon bags with damp sphagnum moss. My potted cuttings that had only one or two spots of mold I left potted and will spot treat with hydrogen peroxide tomorrow. Thanks again for the help everyone!
