Best medium for rooting cuttings in monsoon

[khabbab]

Last year i used 100% coco peat and my cuttings rot due to over humidity maybe. What is the best medium for rooting cuttings? What about 50% sand and 50% cocopeat? Any tips for preventing rotting?

[Izhar]

I have used plain soil and coco coir 2:1 ratio..

[khabbab]

I have used plain soil and coco coir 2:1 ratio..

Great, i will try out this year. Can i use glycerin to prevent rotting?

[Izhar]

I didn't used anything for prevention of rotting ..but commercial antifungal powders and fungicides are easily available...

[KAMasud]

It can also be dipped in pure honey. Honey is not a rooting hormone but it provides anti fungal protection plus the required sugars. For further research, net is there.
Regards.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I will be experimenting with two, pure Perlite and Perlite+Peat half and half.

[khabbab]

I have used plain soil and coco coir 2:1 ratio..

Your soil must be sandy as compared to our clay soil so i will have to put some sand in it i guess.

[Izhar]

hmmm ...you are right Khabbab bhai... our soil texture is coarse..

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

hmmm ...you are right Khabbab bhai... our soil texture is coarse..

Most Karachi cuttings are in local yellow sand. It is experienced that these rooted cuttings when planted here do not survive. An experienced deputy Director of PHA on seeing the Brugmansia rooted cuttings that Izhar had sent meTold me that I should have washed out all sand before planting, they wont survive and they did not.
Well life is lke that.

[haris.kabir]

hmmm ...you are right Khabbab bhai... our soil texture is coarse..

Most Karachi cuttings are in local yellow sand. It is experienced that these rooted cuttings when planted here do not survive. An experienced deputy Director of PHA on seeing the Brugmansia rooted cuttings that Izhar had sent meTold me that I should have washed out all sand before planting, they wont survive and they did not.
Well life is lke that.

And I thought only I killed mine !

P.S Tried my best to save that Brugmansia rooted cutting.