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Part of socializing and having friends is being a good listener even when you don't actually give a shit about the subject.

Your are hurting other people's feelings when you bluntly respond with "Anyway..." and then change the topic.

It can not always be about your preferred topic.

Remove most of the leaves, I leave 2 on now - unsure what the equivalent is for needled plants exactly, tbh there’s more here than I would leave now but I was still learning. This helps reduce moisture loss since plants breathe through their leaves. Also remove any flowers or fruits. Any part of the stem that will be buried should be leaf and needle free.

Dip plant into rooting hormone, I recommend Hormex #16. Then place the cuttings into a 50/50 mix of sand and perlite (or pumice), the lack of organic matter helps prevent rot, and then just wait and keep the “soil” moist. Some people keep cuttings under humidity domes.

For aquatic plants/very moisture loving, I just put them into water with rooting hormone. Adding willow cuttings can help as well since they make their own rooting hormones that end up in the water. Mint, basil (I have downloaded a Thai basil from phó fixings before), willows, and cottonwood are all easy to grow this way.

Not all cuttings will take especially in the beginning while you’re still learning, you will fail but that is how you learn. Some plants do not want to grow from cuttings either (Pawpaw apparently is one).

https://www.getroots.net/index.html

It has a searchable database, which will give you a entry, or multiple entries like this:

(Unless they don't have it yet)

Which can be very useful. Some plants have multiple entries, using different media or times of year, etc, which let's you compare success rates. They do have an email where you can send your own findings if you want to help build it.

what the fuck

that thing is eldritch

acquired a dark mode version just to see what it’d look like. oh my god. this map is gorgeous