zeitgeist
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figherder
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Posted 1432209506
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The roots look good. The leaves falling happens to me sometimes too. Usually just as they come out of the humidity bins. Probably not enough humidity is the cause. Keeping them in the humidity chaber longer seems to help a bit. Also acclimating them gradually will help. Open the bin or baggie, whatever your using, a little at a time. If you in a baggie take it off for an hr one day. Then the 2 hrs the next and so on. If the leaves do die they will grow back.
zeitgeist
1428939457
Posted 1432222858
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Thanks Jeff. I bought these two cuttings on ebay so I really don't want them to die. Thanks for your help.
California Central Coast
eaglet2
1432240609
Posted 1432250121
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The same failure happened to my cuttings last spring, 15 cuttings from 2 sources. I ended up with 2 plants, im sure it was lo humidity as I used plastic bags to contain the moisture. This year I used plastic bins, 10 cuttings were from last fall from the internet, 30 were from a 30 year old tree that survived our maryland winters unprotected. but the above ground part didnt survive last years polar vortex. All were Refrigerated untill end of feb , of the 10 , 8 rooted and grew of the 30 that were cut at the end of Dec. (before this years polar vortex) from new growth that summer, maybe 2 will survive, roots and leaf survival were the failures, all 40 were rooted in the same bins. My conclusion is that rooting and surviving depends in some part on the cutting, as when cut, age of the wood, possibly variety, and maybe more. I also bought 2 rooted cuttings off the internet also both survived and all are now 3' high.
