Hi Sharon...

I have tried that method before, rooting in a bag just as you described and it works good for me...I also have done it with the Krimson Queen and it works well doing it that way....i have also rooted bella and lacunosa cuttings in perlite and rooting hormone with a baggy over the top and a few air holes cut in the baggy (same - high light and no direct sun)...that method seems to work well too i have found anyway....hope that helps...

Sandy

That method worked well for me too. I know others who use that method exclusively to root their hoyas. Personally, I don't like it because it makes roots all over the cutting, and I don't want roots on the part that doesn't get planted in the soil. I think it looks messy. My 2 cents.
Christine.

You are right Christine, it does....it seems like it always grows roots more up at the top of the tender vine first rather than where you cut it off, where the thicker part of the vine is..

Sandy

When I was in college, with no money or space to speak of, I rooted everything in an old aquarium. I put a couple of brick s on the bottom, filled it with RO water to just below the tops of the bricks, and then placed a plastic grate on top of the bricks to hold the pots out of the water. I ran a small aquarium air pump with a very fine airstone in the water to break the surface tension and keep humidity higher.
On top of the aquarium I had a piece of glass sitting on some felt spacers to allow airflow and I used the double bulb aquarium strip light, with full spectrum bulbs for light. I ran the light on a timer 12on 12off. In winter I added a small submersible heater to keep the temp up.
I rooted just about everything under the sun, germinated a ton of seeds, and even grew ferns from spore in this old tank.
I tried just about every, small scale, method under the sun during those years, but nothing compared to the old fish tank.

Sandy and Christine - I decided to remove the cuttings from ziplocks and just put them in a glass of water so I'll hopefully get roots where I want them. Thanks for your sharing your experience and thoughts on this method.

durch - It sounds like you had the perfect setup for rooting! Do you still have it and use it for plants?

No. I don't have it any longer. That was many moons ago.
We use misthouses at the nurseries now.

Durch- The fish tank idea is great! I have an extra as we upgraded to 30 gal from 20, so I think I will try and figure out how to rig one of those up! What a great idea, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Durch - I think that sounds like a FABULOUS set up! I'm going to try it, too!

Thanks for sharing!!

Michelle in Massachusetts

`I have a cutting from my Hoya Compacta, which is 14" long with the first two inches stripped of leaves in a tall vase of water in my north facing kitchen window. i just kept adding water for about six months. Decided today to change the water and pulled the roots out of the vase. The go all the way to the bottom. They are golden in color.
Surprise, surprise. There is a large 2" across blossom.I have no idea how long it has been there as it faced outwards behind a curtain. I have also pinched off several other branches and stuck in small pot of plain dirt and they are growing like crazy. This pot sits on a west window ledge and the soil is always wet.

Sounds like you had success rooting your compacta in water and a bloom as a bonus!....obviously it was very happy sitting in the north window sill growing roots and blooming away......

Sandy