Red O Dogwood Cuttings

First post here on the site so... here i go...
I Just read your question on ROD.

I dont have a pic to show the method but IMO red osier is the easiest plant to do cuttings on.
In the late winter while still dormant I go and take cuttings; off healthy looking plants with a strong red coloration (just my preference). I take 1 foot cuttings from the ends of the shrubs -newer growth), then nip off a couple inches off the end most part - similar to doing scion wood for apple trees ( new growth but not the very end/tip wood).. So say 10" cuttings. I prefer less than pencil sized dia cuttings. Put them in a bag and take home. I dip the cut ends - both sides in candle wax, wrap/tie them together in bundle, bag them in a bigger Zip lock bag with a damp piece or two of paper towel. Last year I just took cellophane and wrapped those bags tight ... needed space , and put them in a fridge until spring, mid april. Just left them in there and didnt reopen the bags... I had - Im guessing 300 plus cuttings in bags. I have not had much problems with mold before but you could check for that while storing. Some may say poke a few holes in the bag.. im guessing you may have to re-wet the towels then in time.. my goal was to keep the cuttings from drying out.

Then in spring I got 6 big bags of miracle grow I believe the garden soil bags, 7.50 a bag? The big bags anyways (you could just use composted soil and garbage bags). Flopped the bags down on edge, side by side - fluffed them kind of like a pillow - goal is to have about 8" of soil depth to put the 10" cuttings into. Then I just take a pencil and poke holes into the bag on the top and upper sides an inch or two apart all over bags. The corners of the bag are now pointed up like ears on the ends of the bags as they are laid out on their sides, I just cut them off enough to poke a garden hose into each bag to water both ends. I get the soil wet like a damp swamp. Stick a cutting in each hole with at least two buds out and the rest into the soil. Looks like a porcupine with red quills. Pretty much just watch them grow,the bags hold in the moisture.. a little bit of watering. I get between 2 - 3 feet of growth by fall with 80-90% survival... you can plant when ever after that, I wait till spring, cut more cutting off the tops of them and then plant 1-2' bare roots taken from the bags. I only did the bags because I thought a few hundred would be enough for me, Ive done this now 3 years in a row and still want more cuttings...this spring Im making 2'x'10 foot wooden raised beds for planting more volume and I will poly up the beds and use free composted soil from our city landfill same concept just bigger container.

I got about 50% of m111 and b118 cuttings (left over from grafting) to grow by pushing them into soil upside down.