My cuttings are 6 to 8 inches and the one pictured is a little over 2 weeks old. For me, this is way better than average. I treated it with R.E. for the first time 9 days before the photo was taken. On my next round of cuttings I will be using R.E. as a pre-soak for my cubes and I expect even better results.how big was the cutting and how long since you took it, that looks about average for that size tree