Cuttings

Ok I received some hibiscus cuttings this weekend. I have them in water now. PLease tell me what to do with them?

Thanks,
Marie

since nobody has answered you... I'll give it a go.... my uncle has the greenest thumb I know... and all he does is dips the cutting in root hormone powder and sticks it in the ground... they take off like gangbusters.... he is the neighborhood hibiscus thief... my mom always said if you steal it... it'll grow...HA!! what a philosophy.... he's lucky he hasn't been shot... HA!... he took cuttings from mine.... and got it to bloom on the small cuttings within week.... Good Luck Marie...

--Helen

Hi Marie:
Here goes what I do. If the cuttings have spent several days around the world I rehidratate them in water with a lot of sugar during a pair of days. If the cuttings come from my own I don't do that.
I prepare, as medium, a mix of coarse perlite and vermiculite as they are fungus free material. I water the mix well, in small pots, and I have it in that way several hours to let it get the highest water retention.
Then I make holes in the mix with a pencil and, as Helen says, I dip the cuttings in root hormone powder and put them in the holes taking care that the powder stay in the cutting and not in the medium.
I put the pots with the cuttings in a plate large enough with water at the base to let perlite/vermiculite to make water absortion when it's needed.
Shade, good light, enough temperature (25-28 ºC) (== 77 - 83 F) and a high humidity will give you a high rate success, depending on the variety (some cultivars don't root at all).

Regards

Carlos

Well my cuttings already look horrible. I just have them in water now. I will try both of your ways. At some point I have to suceed right???? Iw ill ask for some more cuttings to try both of these.

Thank you so much for your answers.