I had a question at the end of this recent thread:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/my-experience-and-success-with-rooting-in-coir-8442546?pid=1295401178

When rooting cuttings if they are horizontal during rooting are the roots more likely to be all along the cutting? Mine rooted in an upright position largely had roots only on the bottom end.

Having roots all along he cutting might be an advantage. But I'm sure they'd fill in higher after potting up.

I forgot about a few cuttings I had in moss. Those that did root did have roots along the stem but the longest ones were from the nodes. Haven't tried coir yet.

Thank you Cheryl. I assume the ones with roots all along the stem were laying flat. That's what it looked like in the link above: most and longest roots from each node. It might be worth it to start them that way rather than upright like I tried this yr.

I do like the coir. I'm going to use it next time only wet it a little more than this yr.

You're welcome.  Yes, they were laying flat.  When I've taken the time to make tall skinny bags with Saran wrap and the Seal-A-Meal I've also had roots develop on the surface of some of the cuttings not covered with growing medium.  I wonder if anyone has taken the time to do a comparison between a cutting that rooted all along the cutting and a cutting with regular roots at the bottom to see if one generally grows better, faster, quicker to fruit.

Hi,
Rooting flat is a call for drowning the cutting IMO. But, I may overwater my cuttings all the time ... They tend to take all the water next to them and rot.
To be safe I root cuttings pointing up with a slight angle, not totally straight.
Then whatever works best for you ... keep on doing it.
I have never had luck with burying and laying cuttings flat. They always rot on me.
Another drawback is that a cutting pointing up will make a bud and leaves at the top and those will have light to do photosynthesis from the start and produce energy for the cutting,
while a cutting that is buried will send white shoots that will reach the light and then start turning green. Sometimes they fail at becoming green and rot.
But I'm perhaps just unlucky when burying them ... I'll keep on making sure that they point up :) .
If I want more roots, I just bury more length of wood from the cutting.
Good luck !