I think @Fairygirl does this when hers go flat and bald in the middle. I remember making a note to try it. The temptation is to keep lifting them up to see if they've rooted. Don't!
I do indeed Wonder if it works with hair?
I just peg bits down with plastic covered wire [dianthus - not hair!] Couldn't tell you how long it takes for them to root, but it helps to just keep bits of the plant in place, if nothing else, and it all knits together. If you do it early in the year when growth is really moving, that's probably best, but you could do it any time. Otherwise, they are quite easy from cuttings most of the time.
All my cuttings so far have died tragic deaths, that’s why I was so happy with this solution. The wire is excellent, I was musing about weighting them with stones or something. But is a much better idea!
My sister is a whizz at taking cuttings (pipings ?). She uses the traditional method of trimmed stems, hormone rooting powder and a light potting compost. They root in a few weeks. I’ve tried and failed, I just take hers !
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