fingerlime cuttings?

I'm getting a fingerlime cutting soon and want the best chance at keeping it alive. no ands ifs or buts. Its my only chance really to get a fingerlime and I just need to do whats going to be best. ANY ideas would be apreciated. I have 2% rooting hormone powder and also a rooting hormone liquid to add with waterings. I usually add a tablespoon to my other citrus when watering.

very very important to me that I make these cuttings survive

Some kind of humidity dome- Some here have used a 2-L bottle with the bottom cut off, over small pots- I used an upside down 1-gal freezer bag, worked OK but you must prop it up so it doesnt knock over the cutting.

Most of the pros suggest misters but next to a humidifier or under a dome with occasional misting should help if you dont have an actual mister aparatus.

good luck!

I have had my best luck budding or cleft grafting. The buds are small, so budding is a little tedious, but it can be done. I use trifoliate as a rootstock.

I have not been successful in my attempts to root them.

Ned

I rooted some Australian Finger Lime cuttings in
3 parts sand and 1 part peat moss. They took all
summer to root. Some how you will have to keep
them warm during the winter. Maybe a heat mat.
Maybe 16 hours a day of florescent light a day,
one inch above the top of the cutting. You have to
maintain humidity or the little leaves will fall off.
I have two stems without leaves that are still green
after 7 months.

Ned's advice to graft is probably best.

cleft grafting.... can anyone give me info on that? I do have a calamondin or a meyer that I can graft on. I do have a mandarin that died back to the root stock, but the root stock is a bit ify still to try on that. It suffered a lot of root damage (fell off my deck in 110 degree weather and roots were exposed for a day)

would the meyer or calamondin be ok for a root stock? my flying dragon are still too small to graft on to (only 4 months old or so)

I saw a website awhile back on cleft grafting but I cant find it anymore. If I remember correctly, It looked to be fairly simple. even if success wasn't always as great budding. I want these cuttings to do the best they can as a fingerlime tree would be the greatest!!!

I am having luck with the gel rooting pots that are sold a home hardware and wal-mart. I have a cal. in the meduim and has one big root already and another starting to come out, i would say i started it in and around the first of augest. I keep it in my little green house which has high humidity.