GoDawgs wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:15 am A direct stick into starter soil works just fine. A few years ago I had an old, large Tuscan Blue dying and took five cuttings off the still-healthy part, cut off the top 3" tips at a 45 degree angle, stripped leaves from the bottom 1", dipped the ends in rooting hormone and then stuck them all in a 3" pot. All five rooted. That's how they did it at the nursery I worked at.

I think for the first week I put the top half of a 3 liter soda bottle (cap off) over the pot to keep the humidity up around the cuttings. At the nursery they just put the trays out in a greenhouse and had a timed mist going. It will take a little while for the cuttings to root so give them several weeks at least before you do any test tugging. As long as they're green and looking good, all is well so don't monkey with them.

Barb_FL wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:52 pm I posted to this thread but it didn't go thru.

I strip just the bottom leaves and stick in mix. I'm going to take a couple more cuttings today and try Rockwool and the rapid rooter spongy things. Then the race begins on what will root the quickest.

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For my cloner, I find that the water temperature sometimes gets too warm and then it isn't even faster than the non-cloner method.

Barb_FL wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:52 pm I posted to this thread but it didn't go thru.

ponyexpress wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:16 am

Are you only stripping the leaves or do you also strip the bark? I strip the leaves and put in a pot with damp soil. I put a ziploc bag over the whole thing so it doesn’t dry out.

I’m trying to get a sage cutting to develop roots. Have it in a jar of water for at least two weeks but no sign of roots. The leaves still look healthy though. Will try putting a couple drops of liquid fertilizer in it.

Clkeiper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:41 pm you really need a rooting hormone to encourage the roots to develop in a soiless media on a heating mat, not in water.. a drop of fertilizer wont make a lick of difference.

pepperhead212 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:50 am Looking at the photo of your sage, it looks a little woody, for lack of a better term. That happens with me with basil, late in the season, when the cuttings are sort of old growth, and not new growth, which roots much better.

Barb_FL wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:42 am DSC_1417.JPGUpdate - Looks like all 6 are rooting in the potting mix. I split one of the cells to look for roots - I was pulling / tugging before but didn't want to disturb them.

I think the mail will be faster after the election so will mail then (if your clones didn't work).

pepperhead212 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:25 am And something I do, which seems to help, is to score the stems very lightly, with a paring knife or razor blade, many times about 1/8" apart, perpendicular to the stem, 3 times down the sides. When the roots start showing, it is usually in these score marks! I don't know where I learned this trick, but it does help

Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:26 am All I did with mine was get store bought rosemary sprigs, strip the leaves from the bottom of the stems, and stick them in moist promix. No hormones, and they rooted, new growth is present. If I think about it, it is creating wounds where the leafs were, so scoring the stem might essentially be just what stripping those leafs is.