Steve:
I am sure there are more experience on this list, that will chime in,
but rather than chop the tree and air layer in the same year sounds like
a lot of trauma for a tree. Plus, the best time to air layer would
probably be in late spring after the new flush of leaves have hardened
off.

If it was my tree I would do the trunk chop, wait a year or even two,
style the part you want to keep and then air layer.

Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48


Steve Wolfinger wrote:

Im thinking about air layering rather than "digging up" a large field maple
in my back yard. Is there anything special about doing this for wild trees
vs trees established in containers? The tree is about a 15-20 foot tall
maple. trunk diameter maybe 2-3 inches. My plan is to chop it to a stump
sometime soon. Then in the spring... I'm guessing it will get a rush of
some new growth and after it hardens off i can layer it and remove it by
summer.

thanks
steve lancaster pa




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