Tropicals & Tender Perennials: a huge problem, 1 by mrs_colla

mrs_colla wrote:
The nubbies you see are the beginning of the long roots that follow.
However, they are not true roots; they are water roots. True roots would definately rot in water for longer than a day!
The nubbies, which become water roots adapt better to soil than a cutting with nothing growing. That is why people root in water first.
But if you have a lot of them rotting, I would suggest planting them in pottingsoil, length wise, burrying half the cutting, or standing up, after putting rooting hormone on the burried ends.
Succes!