I think I'm confusing or maybe misleading you
My cuttings are just fine now. They are doing there thing. Nothing wrong with those anymore
I was referring to cutting the leaves that are sun burned on the ones I bought from home depot. Those leaves are much worse than in the previous pics. I'll take some more pics and show you.
I've seen videos where they cut the leaves right smack in the middle of the stem. Between the trunk and where the leaf begins on the stem.
I've seen other videos where they say to cut the leaf off about an 1/2 inch where the leaf starts on the stem to reduce less bleeding. (Basically the whole stem is still there and about 1/2 an inch of the leaf as well)