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[JMZ]

I've got three E. novo that are about a year old. They have easily grown by a factor of 20 or more this summer. I didn't see an old thread regarding rooting these plants. I took three cuttings a month ago and treated them exactly like I do kratom, and it appears that they have rooted! Since they are in rockwool, I can't really tell for sure yet, but I know that at least two have obviously grown over the past month and they seem to be well attached to the cube. The biggest one had a bit of a woody stem, and it was the first one to attach and it has grown the most. Maybe this is old news, I don't know, but I thought I'd share that with the forum.

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[modern]

Good job. A while back I read that they rarely root and mainly propagate through seeds which is easy considering they fruit so readily. I assumed it was from a lack of proper technique since e.coca is exclusively propagated by cuttings due to being sterile.

So you used no rooting hormone and just kept them moist? From what I remember only 'green' or very thin woody stems root and thicker/older stems didn't. When mine are large enough I will experiment with rooting hardwood stems.

[JMZ]

I used dip and grow for the hormone. Two of them had green stems, the other had about one inch of thin woody growth. I feel like that one became rooted after about two weeks.

[kykeion]

Good job. A while back I read that they rarely root and mainly propagate through seeds which is easy considering they fruit so readily. I assumed it was from a lack of proper technique since e.coca is exclusively propagated by cuttings due to being sterile.

Yeah, what he said.  That's almost word for word what I was going to comment. 
Fingers crossed these make it.  I have had mixed results with taking cuttings from woody plants. I can get them to root, but fro some reason I eventually loose them

[EIRN]

What happens with the clones?

[The Seedist]

I've got three E. novo that are about a year old. They have easily grown by a factor of 20 or more this summer. I didn't see an old thread regarding rooting these plants. I took three cuttings a month ago and treated them exactly like I do kratom, and it appears that they have rooted! Since they are in rockwool, I can't really tell for sure yet, but I know that at least two have obviously grown over the past month and they seem to be well attached to the cube. The biggest one had a bit of a woody stem, and it was the first one to attach and it has grown the most. Maybe this is old news, I don't know, but I thought I'd share that with the forum.

Did you try this method http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind/landscape/air-layering/ JMZ? I did it and got no success. Try this method and let us know how it works in your case. Thanks.