I collected a red oak (quercus rubrum I believe) which has been dwarfed
by constant grazing by deer. It's about 2 feet high. The leaves range
in size from 1/2 inch to about 1.5 inches. It is too tall right now,
but what I'd like to do is airlayer the top 8" or so to lower the height
but save the apex, which will make a nice shohin tree on it's own. I
realize I should wait until the leaves have hardened off. Will this
work? I thought of cutting the apex off and just tossing it, but it
seems a shame to waste such marvelous ramification.

Craig Cowing
NY
zone 5b/6a

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