Hibiscus: Rooting Kopper King Hibiscus, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Thomas--

One question you did not answer....

Should I re-cut this stem to a shorted length, strip off those leaves growing up the stem (under water) and hope roots will emerge from those areas?
OR---should I just leave it be as is? You talk about tip cuttings...this is not a 'tip"--it is the whole stem that broke off at the base--about 12" long....

Went out and took more pictures....

Here is a close-up picture of the 2 stems. It is in 2 pieces--as I cut it thinking it was too long to begin with. The bottom part is the one growing leaves from the stem--under water. You van see that the bottom part of the longer section has NO leaf-nubs on it. So--where is it going to grow roots from?

Sorry I am so insistent on all this--I just need this to "make sense" to me......