Thought on first attempt at propagating cuttings?

[StruggleBus]

First attempt at propagations. Today took some cuttings from a ficus benjamina and then a juniper, not sure what type, from my yard. I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottoms and put a good layer of drain rock at the bottom.

 

[brentwood]

Ficus want to grow, you can stick them in almost any soil and they'll root. I find junipers need heat, usually don't anything for me until they start feeling that. I will take cuttings in the spring and put them in akadama, maybe perlite, mist them and keep the soil from drying out - that's 70-80% effective for me by summer. If I try too early or late, rare I get roots. If you can use a heated mat, that would probably change that drastically.

Good luck
B

 

[StruggleBus]

Ficus want to grow, you can stick them in almost any soil and they'll root. I find junipers need heat, usually don't anything for me until they start feeling that. I will take cuttings in the spring and put them in akadama, maybe perlite, mist them and keep the soil from drying out - that's 70-80% effective for me by summer. If I try too early or late, rare I get roots. If you can use a heated mat, that would probably change that drastically.

Good luck
B

They are on a heat mat. Thanks!

 

[Shibui]

Looks good to me.
I always use rooting hormone on cuttings. Ficus will probably root without it but I did some tests many years ago and found that with hormone I got more roots sooner than cuttings without so I now dip all cuttings in hormone.