Morton Bay fig propogation.
I live just down the road from a 30M tall Morton bay fig that is on it's last legs. I'd like to get some replacements going from it. As it stands, my wife pulled one seedling out from a gutter, and before it was mowed, it was surviving. While it was living in a pot it was perfectly happy. I don't intend to make the same mistake with the next one, so want to plant it out as an epiphyte. I'm pretty certain the land I am planting out (private land which I have an interest in, and some control of how it's planted) is big enough and far enough from houses to fit four mature fig trees as well as others. Anyway, I found another one growing at the bottom of a fence the other day, about 30 cm tall, so I tore it out (salvaging as much root as possible) and put it straight in a pot with soil. As with the last one it didn't miss a beat. 24 hours later, it is quite happy, hasn't wilted, and one of the new leaves is uncurling. So, does anyone have any experience with planting epiphytes of this nature? Any advice on techniques to help ensure success would be great. -- Take my first and surname to email me and replace the abuse without placing an intervening dot. |
Morton Bay fig propogation.
"Andrew G" writes:
"Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish" wrote in message ... SNIP So, does anyone have any experience with planting epiphytes of this nature? Any advice on techniques to help ensure success would be great. I am not sure what you mean by planting them as epithytes. Sorry, I want to grow a strangler rather than a ground dwelling tree. .... You mention the tree is on its last legs. Sorry, I didn't mean to give that impression. It's a pity, 'cos the best way to propagate them is aerial layering. Basically you choose a branch approx the thickness of a broom handle, and a foot or 2 from the end of the branch remove some bark by making a light cut around the branch, then another a couple of inches along, and remove the bark between the cuts. Pack some moist sphagnum(sp?) moss around the wound, then wrap alfoil around the moss, tying string at each end of the foil to seal it. Roots will form in the moss, then you can cut off the branch at the section with roots and plant it. Instant plant! I guess that it's not in the outside realms of possibility that you could do air layering directly onto tree bark or into a crack, with a suitably advanced specimen, with a bit of extra help form sphagnum or similar. Thanks for the advice. -- Take my first and surname to email me and replace the abuse without placing an intervening dot. |
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