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Mary Fisher wrote:

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Thanks Mary and Nick.
Interesting. It's Alan Mitchell for one who says cuttings don't strike
- and he usually knows what he's talking about, so I'm puzzled.

My donor was a botanist so I'm confident that they were true. I suspect that
being stuck in on the side of the stream was a very important factor.

While I am a very amateur botanist, I am certain that I got the right
species! I think that your comment about water may be the point; it
is very likely that they are very sensitive to drying out before they
have established a proper root system.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
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