New cuttings are very easy to over water.. I have a dozen or so in a bowl with just a couple of inches of water out on the porch in the shade and they rooted in just a few days.. The 30 or so in the house have rooted as well.. I prefer water or sphagnum moss to potting soil but adding perlite will help if soil is your method of choice..

Kylie

I agree w/ chena....I always pot up cutting in sphagnum peat-45% & perlite-45%...occasionally w/ a little added potting soil-10%, just to hold some nutrients.

Fresh clean materials and supplies always help and your SP & P w/ small quantity of soil should have enough micros to get your plantlets off to a good start. Pot up with slightly more soil next time and then start adding your nutrients(Superthrive..ect).

Welcome & best of luck w/ your cuttings...!!!

-Scott

Believe it or not, I am not the best when it comes to rooting cuttings. Give me a seed or a rooted plant any day and I will be happier.That being said.... on the occasion that I do have to work with a cutting, I sterilize some potting soil, moisten it with sterile water, make a hole for the cutting with an implement, gently add the cutting, back fill and now the most important thing for me.... Bag the cutting, pot and all in plastic and place is a shaded spot and forget about it for 4 weeks. The bag works as a mini greenhouse and the dampness of the soil will condense on the bag walls and the leaves of the cutting will transpire and the whole thing will not need watering as long as the bag remains closed. You will have to remember to open the bag gradually over a few days and allow the now rooted cutting to harden off to the less humid environment.

Working with sterile equipment will pay dividends down the road, you will be less likely to introduce harmful diseases and viruses to your collection.

I ran out of peat & thought I would use just potting soil. I think I will take all your suggestions & go get some peat & perlite so everything is sterile.
Thanks guys.
tim