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Does any start cutting off first in rainwater
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I always do lots of fuchsias in water, not rain water though.
Yep - it's standard practice with tomatoes - shove the sideshoots in a glass of water for a week, then plant them.
A lot of things are happy to root in very wet vermiculite.
Try putting a few cut willow stems in your jar of water .... it seems to aid rooting.
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The compost, unless it's been sterilised, will contain bacteria and fungi that cause rots. Tap water won't, and also has chlorine that'll kill much of what finds its way in.
Willow is THE best plant for rooting - just cut a stick and shove it in the ground, and you get a new tree. But I've never heard of it helping other cuttings to root. Maybe it secretes a hormone that promotes rooting.
Bet someone knows.