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Cutting Help

I've been trying to propogate different plants from cuttings. I take a cutting at a node with at least one node above it, slice the bottom at a slight angle, dip it in take root growing hormone, and put it in water sitting on a window sill that gets good morning light with moderate light throughout the rest of the day. My problem is that I can get roots to grow, but when I plant them in pots they die. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong. The two cuttings that died were fushcia plants. They were 3" long. I let the main root grow to a couple of inches with 4 or 5 small roots coming off of the main one. They died within a week. I now have a peace lily leaf cutting trying to grow roots now and I would like not to kill it and waste my time, so If anyone could tell me what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate it.

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