What would you do with these Japanese Maple cuttings?

[Shibui]

Doyou have such low rooting percentage in general with AP, or is this particular variety hard to root? Most AP cuttings I get 90+% rooting?

I've certainly had very low rates of rooting with all Japanese maple cuttings. And then most of those that do root, slowly die off after potting on. I don't even bother taking cuttings of JM now. Seeds much more reliable and just as quick though I obviously cannot propagate named cultivars from seed.

 

[The Barber]

I bypassed winter dormancy on all of my Kingsville boxwood cuttings and acorns that I collected last year and they've all done fine this year. I'm in the boat of experimenting and splitting them up between indoor and outdoors.

How do you keep the pumice fines from funneling out the bottom? A screen?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Doyou have such low rooting percentage in general with AP, or is this particular variety hard to root? Most AP cuttings I get 90+% rooting?

I have almost no experience with JM cuttings, so I can't say if it is due to the season, or the method, or the cultivar. I was surprised simply because I didn't think I would get any success since I started in September. My understanding (from what I have read here on this site) is that some cultivars are relatively easy to root, others less so. These were "relatively" large cuttings, since people have been talking about using this bottle method for larger hardwood cuttings.