I'm giving this another go after zero success last year. I took a bunch of cuttings of all different sizes about two weeks ago from a dawn variety I have. dipped in hormone, put cut ends into damp sphagnum moss and into the bag they go. no callous yet, buds swelling a bit. Anything i should be doing different?
This thread is interesting in that there is reference to planting out even if there is no callous? i'll keep mine in the fridge for 8 weeks and see where I'm at. i want this to work so bad!
I had 2 out of about 30 winter cuttings root, but both have seen their swelling buds now dry up in recent weeks. They still have the leaves I left on them though and roots are still looking healthy.
I had better luck with semi-hardwood spring cuttings with about 6 out of 20 rooted.
Both the winter and spring cuttings are still in my make-shift propagation box/greenhouse so time will tell once I start moving them out.
I’m in the southern hemisphere BTW.
The single hardwood winter cutting that survived from last season is developing nicely and should be able to go into a mame pot next spring.