I don't understand why it is so critical not to water. I have been successfully growing the mother plant for over a year with regular watering. I got a lot of blossoms so I must have been doing something right. This novice thinks that the cutting will send out roots seeking water. Why isn't it good for the roots to find moisture quickly? Doesn't the callus protect from rot? I would think that the amount of moisture in the soil mix is mostly a function of time lapse evaporation, rather than absorption by the plant. So why not water the cutting as if it were a rooted plant?greenknight wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 8:42 am Yep. Don't give any water until roots start to grow. You can just pull it up and look - but if there's resistance, don't pull it up, it's rooted down. Water very shallowly when it first roots, gradually give more as the roots go deeper. Caution is the key, better to under-water than over-water.
Also, pulling the cutting up to see if roots are forming seems a bit reckless. I question if newly forming rootlets will create enough resistance to be noticeable, particularly since they may not be very long or strong.