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Jul 16, 2013 9:10 AM CST
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Yes, Sue, some root no matter what the conditions or time of year. Some refuse to root no matter what method, time of year or location. They run the full gamut. Some are very specific as to the time of year you try them. Another example from Tom Liggett; he told me years ago he only rooted Mermaid in August and September. Any other time of year for him there in old San Jose, it failed. Those two months, it rooted without issue. That, to me, sounds very much like a heat issue, not just the heat of the time of year, but also the ripeness condition of the material. At the time he shared that with me, I was rooting Mermaid at The Huntington any time of the summer without a problem. The differences were mist and heat. Sequoia could also root Mermaid any time during the hot weather. Carolyn didn't strike cuttings unless it was hot. The chances of them failing were very high when the weather was cool, but they could push pretty much anything through in very short order, as long as it was hot.

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