Fools brush in/b. About 10 years ago, I had a very successful rooting experience with acuba using 1/3 sand, 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 perlite. I was also much more aware of sterility. After seeing the state of my cuttings (which is quite poor), I'm pretty sure I made the following ... Not sterilizing my containers; Using too fine sand, maybe should be coarser; Going on bvacation/b and leaving them for 2 weeks; Not sterilizing my cutting tools; Not using rooting hormone? maybe? ...