That's good to know some of your soft cuttings have worked. I am new at this and not really considered successful with many cuttings. The last one grew 5-6 leaves then rotted on me. I tried in great vain to save it but failed. ChefMike told me Red is one of the hardest to root. So I have been reading up on planting techniques and combined quite a few ideas that made sense to me to prevent rotting. I thought they needed warmth to root? Seeds, cuttings, everything I read about them say to put them in direct sun. The rocks are to hold the cuttings stable as the roots I hear are quite fragile. But I also used the staking idea to hold them up. Overkill, perhaps?
But I noticed the rocks got warm, too and assumed it would OK. I will move them away from the stem as they are not needed for stability. Probably, if I quit babying them and moving them between two locations, it would stay stable!
I am a little Obsessive, I know this. Thanks for your opinions. You've given me hope. I am not to water again until they have 4 leaves, right?
