If you are asking about soil propagations, anything you can poke a hole in will work, like a butter tub or plastic coffee can, fruit cup, french fried onions, water bottles with the spout cut off, salad or cupcake containers, egg carton, whatever you have. Small and mini clay pots are not terribly expensive. I have a lot of plastic pots that came with plants but I would only give $ for an unglazed clay one.

For water, you can use any jar, bottle, vase, you can find. If you're hoping to get your cutting out later, bottles are the least attractive option because a lot of cuttings develop too much roots to fit through the hole surprisingly fast.

For more tricky cuttings, you might find it worthwhile to invest in a Forsythe pot. Use distilled water to prevent hard water/limescale buildup.

I only root in soilless mediums. I've never done water. I have always thought I needed tall containers for 2-3 notes underneath and room for the leaves on top when a bag or clear cover goes on top.

What I struggle with is finding something when I want it so I really do need to gather the tops and bottoms ahead of time. I will definitely check out the dollar store.

If you like Lay's Stacks chips, those containers are great for taller cuttings.

Generally, soft, green material will take root in water, while woody entities so often just rot. Some things I would allow to caullus/dry at least overnight before sticking in either a pot or water.

While it's warm outside, I find that cuttings take root most easily in the ground if I'm not doing them in water. I do tons of both but pics of soil/medium props are not as interesting to observe or photograph and share. Even if one prefers a pot over water, seeing how the roots form in water can be helpful in having an idea what is going on under the soil, and whether it's just at the nodes, or all along the stem.

Dollar-type stores often have sets of inexpensive bowls that are a lot less expensive than pots, easy to add drain holes. Or cups. Red solo cup, I fill you up. Most people sing that about drinking but I use these as little pots a lot. The generic brand ones are much cheaper.

I do like lays Stacks! Good reminder about the red Solo Cups. I assume you put a plastic bag over those. I like a firm type of top when I can find one lying around so I don't worry about the bag deflating. I was going to ask what plants need to be callused before potting but I just found a great article. When to callus and when not to

I don't put anything over propagations. My rule for callusing is if it wilts, I don't let it dry.

Do you root rose cuttings in water too? Sweet Basil & Dusty Miller root pretty easily in water. I saw a Dave Bang post on rooting in water and it looked difficult.

I have not tried roses in water, but they do root easily by ground layering. I do not know who Dave Bang is but there can't be anything easier than cutting stem and sticking it in water - for the plants that will take root that way.

Dave Bang bred bunches of miniature roses. How do you do the ground layering?

OK, thank you. I love mini roses! I hope he does a lot more.

Ground layering can work in a couple of ways. If you have branches that will bend to the ground without breaking, you can lay a rock or brick to hold the branch down so it is touching the soil. Or you can bend your branch to a pot of soil and hold it down there.

Do you do this with any rose? I had heard of it for climbing.

Yes but I've never had any of those hybrid tea roses. I've had various climbers, heirloom shrubs, fairy roses, mini roses, anything but HT's. Also works on many other kinds of plants besides roses. Hydrangeas in particular propagate easily this way.

Perfect...thank you! I have a couple I will try this with.

Happy to suggest. :)