Early December, some friends were kind enough to let me take some cuttings from their apples trees (I also got some seeds, just in case). I left them in the garage for a while to callus off, and as I was bringing them in I noticed they had quite the white fungal/mold infection. I threw away the worst offenders, and as I was putting them into their rooting pots I soaked them with fungicide/water mix and again sprayed the soil with it, and this worked for one tub, but not the other.
I know this is a common ailment of apple trees, and learned my lesson of being more observant of which branches I cut off to be on the look out for the white stuff that was no doubt present when I took the cuttings from the trees, but essentially my question is what do I do now? My fungicide treatments have worked only partially, so do I just keep at it? Is using that much fungicide on the cutting bad for them?
I did take some pictures, but it's surprisingly difficult stuff to photograph, this fungus:
I have them in a ~1/4-the-way-filled 5 gallon planter pot, with the top covered with clear wrap. I also have a light on them, but it is indirect and bounces off the ceiling first. Maybe taking the wrapping off would keep less moisture in and help with the fungus? I've never gotten hardwood cuttings to root, so I'm unsure of what's right or wrong, and I'm just spit balling here.
Thanks in advance!
