Originally Posted by beccabunga

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.