I removed the cuttings from the plastic bags after about 4 days. My reading on the subject made it sound like the leaves needed to be retained on the cuttings. One method even talked about splitting the leaves in half so they wouldn’t use plant resources. Maybe in a different environment where plastic sheeting instead of plastic bags are used, that method might allow the leaves to survive. The leaves on my cuttings shriveled in the plastic bags even if they were not touching the plastic bag sides. Was worried that the experiment was over. I took the planters out...
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