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Nov 28, 2014 11:15 PM CST
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Congratulations! That's very exciting that your baby cutting is showing new growth. Your soil mixture sounds exciting too! If you're going to continue growing the plant in a container, I think you should stick with that same mixture, although I personally would leave out the vermiculite after the rooting stage. It retains moisture better than perlite does, and it's therefore a good ingredient when you're trying to root a cutting, but some of the existing vermiculite available to us has been contaminated with asbestos. In any case, it isn't that useful in a potting mix after your cutting has developed good roots.

I usually start cuttings in a 1-gallon container and gradually move the successful ones into 2-gallon, 3-gallon, and 5-gallon containers. After that, they usually go into the ground, mainly because I've discovered that I'm now too old to lift larger containers once they're full of soil and plants. Big Grin

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