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Originally Posted by jaycee
Hi, I'm looking for a Ficus Melany to buy - can anyone help? I've Googled it but all I get are office decor sites or scientific pages. I already have one (bought from a garden centre years ago and it's now looking rather tatty - I've asked them and they say it must have been a one-off), and I'm nervous of taking cuttings because I dont have a propagator, and you can't really depend on British summers to be warm!!
Thanks, Jaycee
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You don't necessarily need a propagator. Take your cuttings, dip into fresh hormone powder and stick into pans with damp sand. Cover with a clean glass jam jar and put on the northern side of the house. Every so often lift the jar to let in fresh air. check to see if the cutting is holding [when the rootlets have started to grow]. My father used this method for 35 years and rarely lost a cutting.