That long piece is what was left of a much larger piece I was given. I wanted mutiple trees so took about 15 cutting and stuck them in pots to root with soil. Unfortunately they got rained on and I lost most due to rot. I took those I could save and cut the rot off and am trying bag rooting. So far two of the 5 I managed to save have good roots growing. That big piece doesn't seem to be doing anything yet, not sure if it will root or not. Next time I get a bunch of cutting like that I'll probably try gang rooting as Hetty mentioned. I got to see why works best and I'll stick with that.