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I would like to ask as many of you as possible to chime in and please help me save my most expensive cutting. I have been talking quite a bit to Willc threw pm and I do not want to bother him too much as he has one person and you are many. About three months ago I had purchased a cutting from a gentleman off the Internet and I pay $60 for one cutting. It was listed as "G.E Neri Fig tree cutting" huge fruit size. Show a fig as big as tennis ball and tomato. It was my very first cutting to try and root. I did exactly what the seller told me to do and I rooted it successfully in smag moss. I was told once it had 1/2 inch roots to transfer it into 100% pure perlite and water it every few days which I did. The cup is well drained and perlite held moisture. Soon after the transition I noticed a small bud that turned into 3 small leaf (no root showing threw perlite yet) and they were doing good the suddenly they wilted and fall off. Now almost a month later there is no new leaf and what was once a healthy looking branch that hosted them 3 leafs is slimming down slowly. There is still no sign of roots unless I am blind. I think this may have been due to over water and maybe cause root rot? I have not watered since just a light misting from spray bottle as I do daily to the entire bin. This actually happen to 2 of my cuttings but this one I'm most concerned about because of its expensiveness and I can not get anymore. I will attach pictures but being they're in 100% perlite should I flood and float the cutting loose and air out the roots for a few minutes and replant in a better airy drier medium ? Should I try this hydrogen peroxide method (that I can't figure out measurements ) or do I leave it be. I feel it's had long enough left alone to show signs of recovery and I thinks it's time to help it? Also hypothetically speaking if I did cause root rot and the roots are garbage can I move up to the next node and cut it there and try to reroot it again?
Grazie
I would like to ask as many of you as possible to chime in and please help me save my most expensive cutting. I have been talking quite a bit to Willc threw pm and I do not want to bother him too much as he has one person and you are many. About three months ago I had purchased a cutting from a gentleman off the Internet and I pay $60 for one cutting. It was listed as "G.E Neri Fig tree cutting" huge fruit size. Show a fig as big as tennis ball and tomato. It was my very first cutting to try and root. I did exactly what the seller told me to do and I rooted it successfully in smag moss. I was told once it had 1/2 inch roots to transfer it into 100% pure perlite and water it every few days which I did. The cup is well drained and perlite held moisture. Soon after the transition I noticed a small bud that turned into 3 small leaf (no root showing threw perlite yet) and they were doing good the suddenly they wilted and fall off. Now almost a month later there is no new leaf and what was once a healthy looking branch that hosted them 3 leafs is slimming down slowly. There is still no sign of roots unless I am blind. I think this may have been due to over water and maybe cause root rot? I have not watered since just a light misting from spray bottle as I do daily to the entire bin. This actually happen to 2 of my cuttings but this one I'm most concerned about because of its expensiveness and I can not get anymore. I will attach pictures but being they're in 100% perlite should I flood and float the cutting loose and air out the roots for a few minutes and replant in a better airy drier medium ? Should I try this hydrogen peroxide method (that I can't figure out measurements ) or do I leave it be. I feel it's had long enough left alone to show signs of recovery and I thinks it's time to help it? Also hypothetically speaking if I did cause root rot and the roots are garbage can I move up to the next node and cut it there and try to reroot it again?
Grazie
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