LJ01
Albo cuttings less than 1 yr old.

Select your healthy cuttings and keep them off the ground

          LJ02
Albo and many other great growers make good material

It is best to feed and care for your rootstock plants

          LJ03
New growth that is 6 to 10 months old is the best

This vigorous new growth roots well and makes great understock for your new cvs

         LJ04
Cut to length

I prefer to cut rootstock 20 cm long and leave a node at the top

           LJ05
Remove all leaves

I remove the lower nodes and leave the top 2 or 3 nodes undamaged so they will soon push new growth

         LJ06
Sometimes the newest leaves can help the strike

It is best to remove the older leaves but some of the newest leaves that are clean, might well help get the rootstock started

          LJ07
Some sized, groomed rootstock

It is best to root similar diameter cuttings together so the larger ones will not dominate the thinner ones

          LJ08
Soaking in a fungicide solution

I find it best to soak all cuttings in a fungicide solution. I prefer Captan at 1 TBS per gallon of water

          LJ09
Drying before they get stuck

I dry the fungicide on the cuttings before I stick them

          LJ10
Dip in a rooting powder or solution

It is quite helpful to use a rooting agent with all cuttings, even easy to grow Hibiscus

          LJ11
Stuck in Oasis cubes

I mostly use these 10 X 20 inch Oasis cubes that hold 104 cuttings

           LJ12
Rootstock pushing new leaves

Depending on the climate, time of year and temps, the cuttings will root in 6 to 12 weeks to be replanted into individual pots