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air layering
Hello.I've tried airlayering many times in the past with very little (almost
none) success. But recently i picked up an old houseplant book and i saw another method of airlayering in which the author cut a slit upwards into the tree (about halfway into the trunk) as opposed to removing part of the bark. He then slid a toothpick in to hold the cut open. Has anyone tried this method and is it anymore efective. thanks, Aaron |
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On 19 Sep 2004 at 23:09, AJCarroll1019 wrote:
Hello.I've tried airlayering many times in the past with very little (almost none) success. But recently i picked up an old houseplant book and i saw another method of airlayering in which the author cut a slit upwards into the tree (about halfway into the trunk) as opposed to removing part of the bark. He then slid a toothpick in to hold the cut open. Has anyone tried this method and is it anymore efective. thanks, This method works OK with houseplants (with a less woody trunk) but not so well with hardwood trees. It also does not produce a balanced ring of roots around the new base, which makes it not suitable for bonsai. You probably didn't keep the sphagnum damp enough in your earlier tries. Air layering is actually one of the easier means of vegetative propagation. Start them in the early spring and on most temperate hardwood trees you should be able to separate them by mid summer. There's a good article on air layering on our website: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ar....php?viewid=21 Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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On 19 Sep 2004 at 23:09, AJCarroll1019 wrote:
Hello.I've tried airlayering many times in the past with very little (almost none) success. But recently i picked up an old houseplant book and i saw another method of airlayering in which the author cut a slit upwards into the tree (about halfway into the trunk) as opposed to removing part of the bark. He then slid a toothpick in to hold the cut open. Has anyone tried this method and is it anymore efective. thanks, This method works OK with houseplants (with a less woody trunk) but not so well with hardwood trees. It also does not produce a balanced ring of roots around the new base, which makes it not suitable for bonsai. You probably didn't keep the sphagnum damp enough in your earlier tries. Air layering is actually one of the easier means of vegetative propagation. Start them in the early spring and on most temperate hardwood trees you should be able to separate them by mid summer. There's a good article on air layering on our website: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ar....php?viewid=21 Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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On 20 Sep 2004 at 15:11, LouF wrote:
On 19 Sep 2004 23:09:54 GMT, (AJCarroll1019) wrote: Hello.I've tried airlayering many times in the past with very little (almost none) success. But recently i picked up an old houseplant book and i saw another method of airlayering in which the author cut a slit upwards into the tree (about halfway into the trunk) as opposed to removing part of the bark. He then slid a toothpick in to hold the cut open. Has anyone tried this method and is it anymore efective. thanks, Aaron I have been air layeing in this manner for over 20 years with my Ming Aralias (Polyscias fruticosa) Yes. This method will work fine on plants like these -- which are really not hardwoods. But for "real" trees you will need to use one of the more traditional layering methods for decent results. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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On 20 Sep 2004 at 15:11, LouF wrote:
On 19 Sep 2004 23:09:54 GMT, (AJCarroll1019) wrote: Hello.I've tried airlayering many times in the past with very little (almost none) success. But recently i picked up an old houseplant book and i saw another method of airlayering in which the author cut a slit upwards into the tree (about halfway into the trunk) as opposed to removing part of the bark. He then slid a toothpick in to hold the cut open. Has anyone tried this method and is it anymore efective. thanks, Aaron I have been air layeing in this manner for over 20 years with my Ming Aralias (Polyscias fruticosa) Yes. This method will work fine on plants like these -- which are really not hardwoods. But for "real" trees you will need to use one of the more traditional layering methods for decent results. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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