hi everyone,
I have had some cuttings in water since Thursday. They are approx 6 inches long, with nodes near the middle of each.
One is soft in the top half, just about 1/8 inch deep, for a couple inches. When I touch it, I can feel firmness underneath that soft layer. This soft area is starting about 1/2 inch above the two nodes. These 2 nodes are at the same height. The very top of the cutting, where the cut is, it is firm about 1/4 inch downward. Then going down there is about 2 1/2 inches of soft, then the nodes, then firm the rest of the way to the bottom, about 3 inches.
Anyone have advice please?
Do I need to recut just above the nodes to save the bottom half?
Should I just let her keep trying to root?
thank you very much.
cutting soft near top
I would leave them alone. As long as it isn't the part in water that is getting soft. I have cuttings that have done that and myself, I think it is more stressful to be tugged at and squeezed on to cut it off than to let it dry naturally and then it will come off easily. I have three cuttings in water right now from MM and the inside of the cutting has shrunk down inside but the outside is still nice and green and firm. The bark at the base is pulling away from the inside, but getting ready to root, so for me it's a matter of "if it isn't broke, don't fix it".
thank you !!!
yes, it is completely green all over
ok good, as long as there is good green stem up to nodes, I will leave her alone
thank you !!!
Karen, I think that the rot will stop at the node. I have been told that and I also think one of mine did that. I still left it and it kind of healed itself and the bad part eventually dropped off. Jeanette
thank you
Karen....how are your cuttings doing???
Good I hope!
Margie