Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Questions re rooting in vermiculite, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
P.S. - 6 CF of perlite will be used up in no time. Buying it in that size saves a lot of money in the long run. It's hard to find but worth it if you ask me. A big bag might last me a couple of years if I dabble in propagation. If I got serious about propagation then I'd probably go through a bag every couple of months.

Any plastic cover will help - here is a salad bowl cover put over Challenger and some earth stars for example from last winter. This year I placed a small drinking cup (6 oz.) over a cut leaf of Peter Sharp on a tray of perlite and the whole leaf is not covered - it is rooted but no pups yet.