I have knives and secateurs which I sharpen and I use these for cutting the branch I'm going to use for cuttings ... I use scalpels as part of my work in the studio ... re-using scalpel blades (which are no longer perfect for studio work) for the finer work of preparing a cutting is to me a form of recycling. I certainly don't discard scalpel blades each time I use one ... perhaps once every six to nine months ... I'm probably not discarding much more metal than is lost when sharpening a few knife blades.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
While we are on the subject, rooting penstemons in water has been 100% so thanks for the tip.
Purplerain I have never tried this. So your saying it works just by standing them in a little water? Can other cuttings be done this way like rose cuttings?
I saw the tip on here @CraighB but I'm sorry I can't remember who advised it. Anyway, it works well and I might try some pelergoniums and a few other things that way. As for roses, well I have followed Monty's advice and put them in compost today. This weeks GW has a section on rose cuttings. I did hear once that you can root a rose in a potato but I might be imagining things.
Im definately going to try that @Purplerain. I have already taken rose cuttings last year in compost and already have quite a bushy little rose bush now! Im so proud of it
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.