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outofthegreen said:
Now Laurie, when you say you rooted cuttings in your window's vase and they died, what is the difference between roots grown via Jay's method and the window vase method? I mean, assuming you took cuttings from yard plants and they had been acclimated to heat and outside conditions...was it that the roots were not as robust, or there weren't as many? I'm very new to this so I'm trying get a better understanding.

I see you haven't gotten an answer yet, so I'll take a stab at it. I think you kind of nailed it when you said "the roots were not as robust". I'm really not sure why it is more difficult to plant cuttings rooted in water rather than soil, but the thought is the roots grown in water are not as strong. They get no resistance when grown in water, unlike soil grown cuttings which have to force there way through the soil making them stronger. I'm not sure if this is 100% true but that is the theory.