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Originally Posted by soonami
The cuttings that I have rooted, like it best in soil that is just barely moist and a little on the dry side. Keep them away from full light and cover them with a bag to seal in the moisture and reduce the need for watering. The roots at first can be very delicate and sometimes just misting them can damage the roots or make them rot. What I tried and worked well for me this winter was take serissa cuttings dip them in powder rooting hormone and just lay them right on top of a seedling tray filled with moistened sand (I used the fine stuff and coarser, both seem to work just fine.) Then over the tray with an air tight clear cover of some sort and sit them somewhere with a little light but not too much to dry the surface of the sand. And now all you do is put it somewhere warm and in a few weeks you will have tons of rooted cuttings.
I find that drier is better with serissa cuttings, for some reason those in drier and looser potting medium work better,
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So what works best for you in contrary to some of the other processes I've seen - glass of water, soaking wet potting soil, etc.
okay, so, light, or lackthereof, is not important in rooting and seeding?
Just the temperature? and warm.
I guess part of the trick is to use healthy, vigorous subjects for the cuttings. perhaps mine are too weak right now having just come from the nursery.
thanks for the detail on the sand. see, this is one of those things where people just say "sand", without detailing the type.
any chance of some photos of your lights? I understand the bulb choices and the reasoning behind them, but just trying to get a feel for scale now.