Propagation: rooting fuchsia gartenmeister?, 1 by woodspirit1

woodspirit1 wrote:
I love this carefree and productive plant. But they are hard to find and buy so after I cut them back and put them in the basement for the winter, I had a nice bouquet. Then it occurred to me that I should root them once they finish blooming and I cut back the bloom area.
So I dipped them in rootone and put them in a nice potting mixture and they are in a warm place with light.
Do you think sitting in the water for a week will stop them from rooting? Also, there were no leaves on the bottom half of the stems once I cut the top half off, they are just sticks right now.