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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 02:28 PM 7/6/2006, Donna wrote:
>  I'm surprised
> that no one has jumped in with the answer to your question.  Lucky
> must be out of town. 
Yeah, I was.

Bass, 
I've had better success with M.rubra as summer-collected(seems like I did
'em in July) semi-hardwood cuttings than as dormant-collected
cuttings.   M.alba & the M.a.XM.r. hybrids would probably
work as well or better than M.rubra.

Pencil-diameter cuttings of current-year's growth have worked fairly well
for me, 8-10 inches in length - I'll leave 2 or 3 leaves attached, but
cut about half the leaf off (just a transverse cut, halfway up the leaf)
to diminish transpiration losses.  Wound and dip the basal end in
your choice of rooting hormone and stick in a soilless potting mix. 
I water daily, and keep the cuttings in a shady spot - no direct
sun.
I've tented some by placing a plastic bag over the pot the cuttings were
in, and left others 'untented', and really didn't see much
difference.

LLP