Hi Richard, Yep, plain old styrofoam. I use a pencil to punch a hole through it. If you cut the styrofoam just a tiny bit smaller than the water container it floats in, it moves freely up or down with the water volume. Later you may have to break away the styrofoam to avoid damage to the roots when you want to transplant them, but hey, it's cheap and abundant anyway. The water rooting seems to be much slower than media rooting with some species but has the advantage that you can easily lift it up to check on progress and you can pretty much just forget about them for weeks/months at a time without worrying. Good Luck!
~Shawn
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Originally Posted by Richard Hole
Hi Shawn
Thanks for sharing the photos. With your water rooted cuttings is that white material polystyrene foam or Coolite that is commonly found in packaging?
I assume that you punch small holes in it to push the cutting through and use the polystyrene foam to support them. Is that correct?
Your help is appreciated,
Regards Richard.
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