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Don't know. Cuttings and young plants typically do better on the warmer side of their "ideal" range. As long as it doesn't continue to drop you should be ok. I strike cuttings in a range closer to 25 degrees and the drops are around 22. The heat from the light generally brings it up that high and I live in a much hotter area. Consider leaving the mat on around the clock, they should strike in a couple of weeks. I do it differently though. I cut parts and stick them in test tubes of distilled water like some freaky lab experiment. I keep my test tube rack under lights and it does fine.

Thats a good idea, but I have my heat mat set on the same timer as my lights (so its switched on for 14 hours a day) as I am trying to save as much money on electricity bills as possible.

I have also noticed a red/purple growth in one of the root cuttings and I am puzzled as to what it is. Could it be a new plant (not convinced as there are no other roots emerging from the segment) and it has remained the same size for more than three weeks?

Cheers.

Can't really see it but if it's coming from the root then it is propagating itself. It uses the main root as it's source for a time. It doesn't throw down roots immediately. They also do take a while to get going. Just keep doing what you're doing. It appears to be working.

Well, believe it or not I have what appears to be a plantlet (it's just a green bump at the moment) emerging from one of my root cuttings. This is kind of predictable because the root already has smaller roots branching off the thicker section, which I planted directly in the media in a spare pot.

Here is a photo of the plantlet, sorry the colours aren't very good (I have ringed the subject in green to make it easier to spot).