tekmanx

I'll just get straight to the point.. I suck at getting cuttings to root. For the past month.. almost two now, I've been trying to get these Ficus Benjamina cuttings to root. I got books telling me to use pencil size cuttings and put a plastic bag (for humidity) over the pots, then people telling me don't use a plastic bag because here in the Bahamas temps of 80-94 should be just fine. Still.. no luck. I've tried cuttings in perlite, vermiculite, soil mix and my most recent.. water.

Almost a year back I was living in Miami and my very first attempt every with a cutting was with this very same Ficus Benjamina.. It worked on the first try and only took about two weeks if that much. What's so different now other than the fact that I had that cutting in the humid bathroom window? I am using the same rooting hormone. Help... :/

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