I am new on here and in my wanderings the last few weeks found this posting, am wondering if a technique like this might work well on cuttings. Would wrapping and layering the bottoms with hormone and paper prevent the hormone from washing away or get scraped off a bit when you put it into the soil. I'm guessing you would skip the wire in the case of cuttings though. Thoughts? Also any comment on powder hormone vs. the gel kind?