Thought this was an interesting set of suggested general rules: The time of year has a great influence on the success or failure of plant propagation. ...As a rule, cuttings taken when nighttime temperatures are 60°F (16°C) and above will root successfully. Do not propagate cuttings that are badly b...

Wondering how things have worked for you...?

I could give my opinion, but rooting small offsets in the UK may not be very relevant to rooting larger columnars in the Mojave desert. Right, that should go without saying... I'm deleting my comment re: "Mojave Desert." :usa2: But sound experience is still valuable and then can be adjust...

You've got lots of material, so why not try different approaches yourself, and see what works best for you? As Ed said, you have many cuttings and can try different approaches to see what works best for you :dontknow: Of course I will to some extent, but that's the reason for my post - to increase ...

As far as lighting goes, i'd give them so bright light. Can you clarify? Looks like a typo... "no" bright light? New growth is not necessarily a sign of root formation. Large cuttings like yours can easily grow and flower on their own resources. Excellent point. I'll remove that idea from...

Hello all, new to the forum and my first topic post. Tried searching the forum, but hoping to gather the consensus since suggestions and experience seems to vary. My first time attempting to root mostly columnar cuttings (i.e. Cereus repandus -Peruvian Apple, Echinopsis pachanoi - San Pedro, plus a ...