I just recieved a cutting of an apothecary's rose (gallica, easy to start) from another DGer, and it was a little soft,maybe less than generously wrapped, anyhow upshot of the story is the cuttings looked pretty wilted by the time they arrived. I slammed them into some water and quickly after that into some hormone and medium. Extra wet, hoping to revive it. Have I done wrong? should I have put it in water first? Was it hopeless from the start?
Should I simply try to get another, harder cutting?
stressed/wilted cuttings in the mail
I would have re-cut the stem before putting it in water - it arrived with a callous on it, and unless that's removed, the cutting has no way to take up water, UNLESS you mist it several times a day.
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