Water rooting question

[Taverna78]

I have kill enough cutting between cubes and moss to build a log cabin resort... One thing I have notice is I put all cutting in water to hydrate before any method to root. EVERY cutting shown initials so far but when go into moss or cube or direct pot fail. So I plan to try rooting some in water. My question is if cutting successful root in water how do I acclimate rooted in water into a pot? Burry in mud?
Grazie

[Erick]

I've tried this before and it didn't work out to well for me. You have got to change the water every few days. Then when they do root and you take them out mine died. Maybe I done something wrong. Hopefully someone that has had luck with this method will give us some pointers.. I'm with you Mike don't feel alone I've killed half of a fig orchard seems like.

[Taverna78]

Oh si si. I change every day water. I hope someone says after correctly

[SarinaP]

It worked for me, I potted them in cups when they had 1/2" roots and kept them watered in fluffy potting mix. The bonus was that I got bud break when they were in the water and the new growth never dried up or dropped.

[greenfig]

For me it was 50/50. The water roots are different from the soil roots. There is a small window when you can pot the cuttings up, after that they seem to die fast. I think Sarina found a magic root length of 1/2", when it is still ok.

In any case, the air is a must, any fluffy soil is good to go.

[SarinaP]

For what it's worth, I did it with my own cuttings, super fresh, as an experiment. Of the 3 I had in water first, they all rooted and leafed out well. My direct pot cuttings had about 65-70% success. I've got to count up all my definite failures.

[Taverna78]

Well maybe I try tis with one cutting and the rest let make small root but then into smag moss to finish.

Grazie

[Rafaelissimmo]

I have been prerooting in water all winter long. I notice that it is taking a very long time for some cuttings to go from lenticels to roots. I mean over a month. One cutting went into mix yesterday and I hope it works out. I have had some work out and some fail. It appears difficult to coax real roots-I had thought that putting cuttings into perlite or cloner after they leaf out and cutting is full of white bumps would be sufficient but it is not. Not if you want a high rate of success. Also, using this method I have consistently noticed that lenticels and roots NEVER appear on the bottom node, it is always the next to last node. As a result I have been clipping off the bottom node before transitioning to cups or cloner.

[paully22]

Lately I have been lazy rooting and toss the 2 variant cuttings into a cup of water. I potted cuttings when roots were less than 2mm.
I was lazy, only change water when I felt like it. Did well for Violet Sollies and Ull de Perdiu(Spanish) cuttings. I used super coarse
perlite 70% to composted soil

[The Figster]

I have been having good results with soaking in Dyna gro KLN for 8 hours to 24 hours. I have tried this with various varieties. Maltese Falcon, Nero 600m, KB, RDB. I stand the cuttings up right and only soak the lower 3/4 of the cutting. My theory is to only initiate roots where I want them to grow. The Nero 600m put out initials in 5 days.

[Orchidee]

for me rooting in water works well. It need longer to start rooting in water. I have 1 cutting, that need 6 month I take them out of the water and pot them direct in a 0,3 l-pot in a mix of 50/50 soil/perlite. The pot has 2 holes (0,5 - 1 cm) over the bottom. Than water the pot till the water run out of the the 2 holes. The soil was completely wet. After this I put the potted cuttings under lights and let them nearly dry out. When the pot was nearly dried out, I water again, but careful. Light is for me the key. If not enough light the potted cutting don't grow well. I loose water rooted cuttings only when I overwater the soil. Fresh cutted cuttings work better, than long stored cuttings
(cooler)

second and third Pictures is the same cutting

[SarinaP]

I plant sweet potatoes too, and you have to let the slips root in water before planting in soil. That's what made me try to do fig cuttings the same way; not sure why it works, but with sweet potatoes, it's like clockwork. 2-4 weeks to produce slips, about 2 weeks to root slips in water, then 2-3 weeks to acclimate slips to being planted in soil.

http://www.food-skills-for-self-sufficiency.com/sweet-potato-slips.html

[bahamadan]

I don't think you have to root sweet potato slips in water before planting out, I plant out bare slips all the time and they root very easily, or snip off a section of a vine and bury most of it in a new patch and it roots well. Certainly nothing wrong with rooting them in water first, but don't feel like you have to or they won't take

[SarinaP]

Really??? I need to try! Thank you! I learn everything on YouTube! Lol

[Taverna78]

Okay I thinks I figure the trick... Try tis...

Tis steps.
1) put no cut no score cutting into fresh water cup and set on warm surface enough to warm water. (I have mine in my t5 light system) NO HOT SURFACE WARM😘
2) exchange water every day
3) when you see big spots put in sm shoebox with 1inch space between heat mat and box
4) cup and keep in humidity bin until acclimated.
Finish

Tis first photo 3 day in water
Photo 2. 5 day in SM.

Is both different cutting but same steps. Time. Results. No hormones. Capise?