"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
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"Kay" wrote in message
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I usually start my cuttings in a pot (about a dozen to a pot) and
wait
till I have roots through the bottom before gently separating and
potting up. I wouldn't say I had a good rate in striking
cuttings,
but I
have no problems at all in keeping them going once they have
rooted.

Do you use sand, sand/peat, sand/potting compost or potting compost
for rooting them in the first place?

I usually use New Horizon peat free potting compost, so they're
getting
nutrient from that, but I've never felt it has much in the way of
nutrients. I don't make any claims for it being a good rooting
medium,
but it's what I have around.

I have tried all the mixes I mentioned, and have never found any
statistically significant differences in rooting efficiency between
any of them.

Rooting in neat sand has the slight advantage that the cuttings can be
inspected with minimal damage to new roots by submerging the pot in a
bowl of water and just pulling the cutting out It is easily freed
from the slurry. Similar reinserting under water also works like a
dream.

Franz

Franz