Salvia cuttings - what to do next

[EezyOozy]

Hello,

I have my first ever garden and I'm trying to fill it with plants on a budget!

I bought some salvia from Homebase a while Ago and after flowering attempted to propagate by taking cuttings. So 2.5 weeks ago I prepared the cuttings in the recommended way (from gardeners world website) and they are all looking healthy in little pots on a windowsill (with tents made from sandwich bags). Some also have new leaves , but they are still very small cuttings/plants. They are in individual 7-9cm pots.

Could anyone advise what I should do next? When should I take the tents off/put them outside/plant them in the garden?

I am in the Scottish Borders.

Thank you!

I take cuttings from shrubs in the summer and leave them in a sheltered spot until the spring. They need to not be frosted.
I can then plant them out but they are small and can get lost so the other option is to repot them and keep them somewhere out of direct sun to grow on a bit.
I keep them at the north end of the garage so no direct sun, and amongst other plants on earth rather than on concrete slabs or similar.

Growing cuttings is great and so satisfying, well done. I don’t pot any cuttings on until there is substantial new growth or the roots can be seen coming out at the bottom.
As your in an area where frost is frequent even in early Autumn, I’d keep them sheltered over winter, but cool. Do you have a shed with a window? Or an unheated porch. If not I’d consider getting or making a cold frame to place in a sheltered spot.
Wilco’s sell cheap plastic mini greenhouses, which would do the job.

I keep mine outside the garage btw, and am in the sw of Scotland.

Thanks. No shed but I do have a cool porch with a (small) of that would do!

*a small window

Porch sounds fine, just make sure they don’t dry out, but water sparingly.