Have you got a bar bet running on this?

Who are you, Pete Rose?


"John McGaw" wrote in message
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Just curious. When you folks set out to propagate a plant from greenwood
cuttings, what sort of success rate to you expect? I haven't done a lot of
it but I do follow the "rules" including sterilizing the cutting tool. I
use a regular powdered rooting hormone and keep the medium moist and
protected from direct sunlight. Still my success rate with Pierus japonica
and Aucuba japonica (goldspot) is only about 50%. I guess I shouldn't
complain since the process takes little time and the cuttings came for
free from plantings around an old house that is being remodeled and which
will probably not make it through the landscaping to follow.
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com