Too bad we don't have enough people talking but yes, the struggle of idle hands.

Truth be told, I have no idea what kind of tree it is that I want to take a cutting from. It is a rather large branch right in the lower fork of the tree. The girth of the branch is about 30cm and belongs to a tree I've never seen before - waiting for a tree identification group to get back to me which is amazing, they also seem to have no idea.

I assume it is a type of fig and it should easily be around 500 to 600 years old, the tree is huge. I'll be using a hardwood hormone powder to get it going - should be removing the branch from the tree this coming weekend.

I'll be sticking to a general soil mixture that is very light.

I wish I could get my hands on a willow tree here, they are considered an invasive so that pretty much ruins my day - I'd grow them from a cutting or from scratch but I have no idea where any are in my area. I think they are all over swamp areas and also riddled throughout parts of the Western Cape.