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Originally Posted by Jeff Layman[_2_]
About 4 months ago I noticed a branch of Daphne odora aureomarginata hanging
by a thread of bark. I broke it off, and cut the end square just below a
leaf, so that the cutting was about 12 cm long, and removed all lower
leaves.
I stuck it in a small container of water on a shady window and forgot about
it, other than to empty out the water and replace it when I remembered
(about every 3 weeks!). It lost one or two leaves, but started growing more
small ones.
After 3 months I checked it but there was still no sign of any roots.
Replacing the water, I added a couple of drops of hormone rooting liquid and
put the cutting back in. It's still alive a month later, still with no
roots. Any guesses as to how long it will go on like this?
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No idea! But the trouble I've found with rooting things in water is that it seems very difficult to make a successful transition to soil.
Mint roots readily in water but it does so in (if I remember correctly) a couple of weeks.
When I root things in soil, I don't disturb them until I can see roots coming from the bottom of the pot. This is typically about 6 months - ie I take cuttings in late summer, and there are roots coming from the bottom in the following April. Obviously the root will have started to grow some time before this.
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