I used to do the 2nd cut under water then dip into a small container of gel before inserting into a 2nd hole poked in a rapid rooter plug with a bamboo skewer. 99% success this way.


Now i've started scraping the stem, then rolling it in a small puddle of gel, THEN do the 2nd cut while still in the puddle of gel before stuffing into the plugs.

The last run had one with roots sticking out of the plug in just 4 days!!! It was a fluke, as the rest haven't done it yet after 7, but none the less WOW!!! That girl wants to grow!!!!!

As for the rest of them, it's looking like it will eventually be 100% rooting.






Edit;

I use a humidity dome, and small heating pad as well. The dome has been there from the begining, the pad is a recent addition