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27 FEB 21
February 28, 2021 - Seems to strike easily. Three cuttings were planted in 100mm (4 inch) pots, with the pots inside a clear plastic storage box. One cutting has roots starting to poke out the bottom of the pot after 17 days. It and another cutting are looking very strong, with good foliage. The second one will probably show roots soon. Third cutting not looking as good, but still appears to be alive.

Update: March 2 - A second one has started showing roots, but funnily enough it's the one I thought was weakest.

Update: March 18 - Ended up with one cutting left. It looks great up top for foliage, and has plenty of root development, but is starting to look like it may rot at the soil surface.

In the case of this last cutting the culprit seems to be a node which is close to the soil surface. Apparently it wasn't deep enough to decide to form roots, nor high enough to decide to form leaves, so is now likely to kill the whole thing in a fit of pique. Moral of the story: make sure all nodes are either well buried, or well above ground level.

The other two cuttings also suddenly started rotting after striking, except they rotted from the top down. It seems essential to have good growth, or existing mature leaves, close to the top of the cutting. If there is any stray wood above the highest growth point it can tend to rot after a while, which then proceeds downwards until it kills everything.

So, although this cultivar will strike easily, getting from a struck cutting to a usable garden plant seems a bit trickier. It's undoubtedly possible though. It will just require more care in stock selection and planting depth.

Update: March 19 - Added two photos, showing overall state of rooted cutting and necrotic section at node just above soil surface. This is bound to kill the cutting over the next week. Mme Jules does seem to be somewhat susceptible to suddenly failing after rooting.
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