Large versus small cuttings.

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DaveW
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Large versus small cuttings.

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It is often best to allow a cutting to grow as large as possible, at least to a reasonable size on the mother plant before removing it to root. Particularly with Cerei to avoid etiolation and narrowed growth until it resumes normal growth.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb3HHhr-xS4
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Re: Large versus small cuttings.

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DaveW wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:14 am It is often best to allow a cutting to grow as large as possible, at least to a reasonable size on the mother plant before removing it to root. Particularly with Cerei to avoid etiolation and narrowed growth until it resumes normal growth.

See:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb3HHhr-xS4
I was just about to write up a post asking MANY of the questions he covered here! Glad I found this.
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