I saw others had success rooting in water in old posts, and thought I'd give it a try. Pic is my experiment about a month after the cutting was made.
After cutting, I added rooting powder and sulfur to the fresh cut end. I just swirled the cut end in the the dust cloud inside the powder containers rather than dipping it in. I let the end dry for about a week, then put it in a shot glass filled with tap water in the windowsill.
I changed fresh water about once a week, and each week water evaporated over time and you can see the water stains how much water level dropped.
After these roots appeared I took it out of the water and let the end and root tips dry out for about a week , then planted in soil which is currently outside and getting watered occasionally. Will report back on future progress.
by 101mix
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Damn, I was going to make a post kind of like this as a joke soon. Maybe I could still do that though.
Hypothesis on why it didn’t rot: I think the combination of initial sulfur application, exposure to sunlight, and chlorinated tap water all helped to prevent fungus.
I’ve got a basal pup of a Scop I got forever ago that won’t root. I was going to give up on it and stick the shriveled thing in the dehydrator. I think I’ll try this for shiggles. May be too late for my guy. Perhaps I’ll run another freshy side by side.
Did this a few years ago with some stubborn clones and it works really well. Add a few liquid/salt nutes to the water and itll keep growing.
There is a guy here doing clone b with hydroponics