The glass of water didn't work, and it rotted in moist soil. Any luck for anyone?

Did you put a cover over the cutting in the moist soil? I stuck a bunch of osteospermum cuttings in moist soil and this time I put a dome over them and they ALL took. (Tried it before without the dome and only got two to take.)

Yup, sure did .... it was right next to a rose that is *also* not rooting.... grrrr....

Grrrrr, I'm with you on the roses not rooting. I have tried and tried to take cuttings off the local wild roses. Hmmm, could your problem be the temperature where the cuttings are? Too hot? Not warm enough? I think they like bottom heat, sort of like starting seeds.

Yeah ... I have bottom heat on the roses, but I don't think I tried that with the Passiflora. Not that I'm sure the heat works when the room is already 80º, lol. Maybe I should try it in soil that isn't quite so moisture retentive.

*I* wouldn't work if the room were 80 deg.! Yuck!

LOL, my plants don't get to be so picky, I'm afraid....

I do have a cutting of P. Quadrangularis that has put out roots in just water. I left about 6 leaves on it, and of course we have high humidity here these days, which very likely also helped. It's been in the mid- to high-80's for the past few weeks already, and I have at least 4 kinds of passi's that love the heat here and bloom all summer. So by all means, give it heat, give it light, and give it as much humidity as you can!

Wow, Elaine - you're my new hero! And quadrangularis, too.... impressive.

Okay, you've inspired me. I have a little (12" high, 5x5" square) terrarium, think I'll stick it on a heat mat and try, try again....

Sheryl, I was so busy bragging I 'forgot' to tell you that I've been trying to root cuttings of this one all through the spring, and failed twice until this one worked. I'm thinking the vine needed to be growing, and that the heat and light were critical to success. Your terrarium sounds like a great idea! Put it by the window, too!

My others, P. Lady Margaret sends out suckers, and I have dug up and potted those before. The one that we get lots of fruit from P. incarnata 'Purple Possum' had seeded itself all over the back fence, but all the seedlings got nipped by cold weather in March, of all things! Now the vine, which was huge, and only 3 years old has died of trunk rot - a common thing down here when they grow big and fast - and I have to go hunting for one to replace it! I also have the bright red one P. coccinea rambling all around the back yard under an oak tree, and there are red flowers 40ft. up in the oak tree. I have yet to find where it came from, but I'm pretty sure it must be spreading by suckers, too because that one never makes fruit or seeds.

Oh pretty!

Brag away, you're still waaayyy beyond where I am, lol! Have you only tried water rooting? We're talking about using willow water on another thread, I wonder if that might help.

Funny, I just got a Lady Margaret - wouldn't have bought it this late in the summer, but it was on sale from my fave on-line shop: http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com... Looks like they're sold out, but there's a few more.kinds ... and the plants are always tops from them.

I do root most cuttings in plain water at least until I see roots starting, then I pot them up and keep them in bright shade. I've never heard of willow water. What is it?

Some things you can just 'stick' a cutting in a pot or in the ground and they will take off. Again, heat, sandy soil and humidity all help that little miracle to happen. Florida is one big greenhouse in the summer, c/w bugs and fungus.

dyzzypyxxy said:...., c/w bugs and fungus.

Shew. I guess I should be grateful that at least we have few of either of those two in Arizona.... I'm guessing they'd be cooked, here.

Willow water is simply water that has been soaking twigs or whips from willow trees. ... ah, I see you found the thread! Anywho, it is (usually) cheaper and maybe even more effective than a rooting hormone.

Okay, off to get more cuttings - wish me luck!

I root passies all the time .. I just cut off a stem about an inch below a leaf node and stick it in some dirt with the leaf node about a quarter inch under the rooting medium - the first 2 days I keep the soil pretty wet then let it start to dry out eventually keeping it just moist - more dry than wet and spritz the cuttings with water every time I happen to be around them .. I get about 75% success.

I do not use the rooting hormone ... I did an experiment a few years ago and found in my experience that plants root just as well without it as with and in some cases faster without it.

I also use a Forsythe Pot on some of the more stubborn ones which is all vermiculite (see picture) and I have had some passies take up to 6 months to root.

For the really, REALLY stubborn ones I've found that putting the cutting next to the donor plant also increases the odds. I think this works because the chemistry of the soil is what the plant is used to - kinda like the Coke/Pepsi thing.

The first picture is of all the passies I rooted last fall. The 2nd is the Forsythe Pot.

Hey, learn something new every day! I'd never heard of a Forsythe pot. What a neat idea!

They are real easy to make .. I'll post a "how to ...".

Yes! Do it as an article and collect some acorns.

Already done in this forum .. articles take too long to come out.

Terrific, thanks so much, Xeramtheum. Perhaps I just kept it too moist, for too long. I have been doing all I can just to keep the mother plant from wilting at this point, so I guess I'll hold off hacking on it, too. It was a new planting about a month ago and we're way past 100 degrees, now....

You can still do it as an article. And that way, more people are likely to see it.