An alternative method is to fill a one or five gallon plastic bucket with rooting, media, and stick the cuttings into the media. Be sure to put drain holes in the bottom of the bucket. Then, put several boards vertically on the inside edges of the bucket and lay plastic over them, creating a miniature greenhouse. Root development can be monitored by carefully slipping the cutting and media from the container. It will take about three months to sufficiently root cuttings.
Cuttings transplanted to one-gallon pots generally show better growth.
Ground pine bark with coarse sand or a commercial greenhouse soil mix can be used as a soil mix. Maintain the repotted cuttings in a greenhouse or shadehouse until they are ready for out planting into the field, in approximately 6 to 9 months. Time of year of out planting to the field can be critical. Generally outplanting is done in the spring after the danger of frost. Some growers have successfully outplanted in the fall, winter, and early spring, while other have lost transplants due to killing frost.