Tim Ahlen wrote:
Greetings All,

I've been off list for awhile but am back now. I started an air layer early
in the spring on a Japanese maple. It now has at the air layer site more
than enough roots to support the tree, and it has put out a new flush of
growth in the last three weeks. Question is... should I wait until Fall or
next Spring to chop off the bottom of the tree? Or can I do it now? I'm in
Dallas and will be enjoying (?) 99+/- degree temps for the next few weeks--
assuming it doesn't get hot!



If you layer has been doing OK on the tree, I suspect it
will do OK cut off, too -- assuming as you say that there
are a LOT of roots. They should fill the plastic wrap or pot.

Be careful not to break any tender roots when you remove the
plastic or pot. I never try to remove the spaghnum, but
plant it spaghnum and all in a largish shallow pot, tie it
in carefully, then sit it in a shady spot (in your case into
early fall, I suspect. A bit of morning sun probably would
be a benefit.

I'm surprised though that Japanese maples do well in Dallas.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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