Soft doesn't sound good...there may be rot.
I let the 'hang' from wire shelve - wherever I find space, but sometimes I keep cuttings in empty pot supporting each other.

Here is the larger dia cutting after callusing for about a week, I did dust cut end with cinnamon. It was just sitting on wooden table.

Don't use any heaters - unless room your plants are in is freezing (I am sure that's not the case). Maybe a heat mat for bottom heat - but I am not sure if that's necessary.

Rina

Thanks Rina. I like the wire shelving idea. I dont have any in my apartment but I do in my garage - which doesn't get any sunlight. But I will figure something out like that. I know some people have sucess potting it up, but I cant help but think that being exposed to the open air would be helpful.

My cuttings are not doing well. I just have them out, in open air, near a north facing window. So they are inside and aren't getting too much sun. Well, I checked on them today and they were soft - like they were hollow. Here is a display of the inspection of one that felt completely hollow

cutting before inspection - "looks" fine right?

but doesn't feel fine. I cut into it and saw this.

Thats rot, right?

So I cut to get healthy tissue, and it is literally just one node up.

Hopefully, with nothing on it, it will just callous and then send out some roots. But I am growing increasingly skeptical. Maybe this plant was just too unhealthy and it doesn't have the stored energy to root? I just don't know what to do. I have 3 more nice side cuttings that seem to be doing the same thing. I have 3 healthy jades, so maybe it shouldn't matter. But I hate not understanding why these won't root!

Thanks,

Deva

Deva, very first photo - it actually doesn't look right; it is dark and large part is looking soft (what you thought perhaps that is just shrivelling).
It may have been infected, I can't see other reason. Did you water it or used any spray (water) to mist it? I leave cuttings completely dry until they are potted, sometimes even months.
Rina

Hey Rina,

What do you mean it looks dark? The whole thing or just at the bottom. There was some shadow that may make it look a bit darker, but in person it is the same shade. I haven't watered it or even touched it in weeks. I just checked it today and noticed its doing this. I'm kind of over it at this point. This just keeps happening. I cut, and try again and it just happens again - no matter how aggressive I am with the cut. The cutting will look good, but rot sets in after a few weeks. I've decided to set them outside this time. Its warm enough now that the cutting won't have to deal with any cold nights. I set them under my plant shelf. I'll check again in a few weeks, and if its the same crap I will just trash all the cuttings. At this point I can only assume that the plant as a whole was just too far gone to give any healthy cuttings.