I ordered from amazon, they carry round root pods, 3 different sizes. Cant wait to try my first air layering or propgating. Cant start till middle of july. Going on vacation and wont be home till then.

@Richard Kurowski Sorry, I'm not a vlogger....I use the cups that you can buy online, there are different sizes to fit various branch diameter, but you can also use wetted moss (squeeze excess water out), wrap it around the area where the bark and cambium has been removed around a bud area, form a tight thick ball that overlaps each side, wrap plastic foil around it tightly, poke a hole into the bottom, so any rain/water that enters from the top can drain out, then wrap alu foil around the plastic layer to keep light out and cool. When you cut the cambrium out, remove about 1-1/2 inches, make clean cuts (I use a clean sharp utility knife), then carefully peel it off. Any ruffled edges....make correction cuts to make nice clean edging. Check on it after a month to make sure all is OK...in about 1-1/2 to 2 months you should see enough roots to plant, then can cut the branch off at the bottom side of the clone. Looking at the remaining branch still on the tree, if necessary, make a correction cut just above the next bud to prevent a long stub which may otherwise rot and create disease. The bud will then grow and create another branch...check which direction on the branch the bud is to determine which direction you want the new branch to grow (left, right, horizontal, but never towards the inside). If the bud points in the wrong direction look for a bud that's better suited and cut accordingly. Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing ❤

Why would you not want a little water getting inside? Wouldn't that help prevent it from totally drying out?

@@jenniferlroberts5994 the moist moss is what supplies the moisture.....you don't want moisture flowing into it and accumulating, it will drown the process and the plant. Think of the covering as being soil in a tray, moist soil but not dripping, except in this case we use moss, and remember no light in the rooting area.

Yeah, I see what you mean. Thanks!

Lol, this was a fun video.

Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!!!

Hey Steve, good to hear from you. Yeah, man these trees are doing great and I can't thank you enough. Just wanted to make a fun video for you about them as a thank you. We had a tough year for figs this year due to the long cold spring. Everything got an extremely late start and I've only gotten a couple desert king's, 1 vdb, and 1 improved celeste to ripen this year. A lot of people on our side of the mountains seem to be struggling with fruit in general this season. I think these trees will just do better and better as they mature in ground so looking forward to the coming years.

You're so welcome Glenda! I really enjoy your being here and am glad you're learning. By the way, that rose you sent me is getting better every day. Can't wait to see it bloom next summer.

It's so rewarding and fun to see all those roots. You definitely have to try it next summer.

Thanks James, I'm humbled every time I hear that. Glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for your support. Good luck on your air layers!

Glad you're here Joni! There's always something more to learn in the garden.

Hahaha, it's such a huge dopamine hit to the brain after seeing those roots, lol

There's nothing better Steven, and I can't imagine you'd be unhappy about the decision. Nothing equates to owning your own piece of ground.

Great! I've got to get some deer fencing going too.

Lol, bro you can air layer a fig with saran wrap, easiest fruit tree to propagate

It was definitely a slick idea, whoever thought of it.

Yeah, I did an experiment with that idea a few years back and they rooted without stripping the bark but the roots were very few and not as strong.

Thanks!

Always great to see you to Camelia!

Thanks Mike! 🤗❤

It was fun to make. Thanks Robert!

You too Duaine

I hear ya. Every time I see an air layering video I get excited and want to air layer everything.

Thanks Paul, good to see you

Thanks Kent

Thanks so much!

And a lot of fun!

Thanks! Have fun air layering.

It's addicting seeing those roots, that's for sure!

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you for sharing this technique. I learn so much watching your channel. I had nene heard of this before.

Thanks David

Thanks John!

It sure was! Can't wait to do some more air layering this summer.

Best of luck!

Been there done that. Really like the clear balls. They add a new level of excitement as I can see the roots clearly.

@@MikeKincaid79 I have been cleaning all my clear plastic food containers peanut butter etc. Cutting them in half, lid as well, and building my own. Clear is the key, to see what is going on. Air layering is A W E S O ME

Thank you!

You bet, Carol

Yes!

The tree did all the work, lol

I actually had the opposite happen. I've had roots form with both methods but much more robust root growth when I strip all the bark. The tops look healthier though when I just make slits in the bark.

@@MikeKincaid79 I am thinking it's the difference in Atmosphere and climate where I have more lower atmospheric pressure and a humid climate. But that's what's great about your video's your like a scientists experimenting and giving the rest of us experimental idea's. Some will work and some will fail but no one truly knows the best methods because people who made video's on rooting a year or two ago have completely different methods now we never stop trying to improve and experimenting.

I have gotten to the point i only watch your videos Mike. Seems easier to learn from, even at age 73

Glad you found success Bernardo. Keep running with it.

Man, that is a fantastic idea, Brian!!! I may have to do a video about that when I get around to it. Drilling the holes out was driving me nuts, lol.

That would definitely require much more attention. A plastic sandwich bag would go a long way in preventing moisture loss.

True but, it seemed more likely to hold unwanted bacteria and rot. Thus the paper towels. My grandmother used cloth and twine after applying a tincture made from young weeping willow shoots.

I'll look for it, thanks.

All plants are different. I've had some of them root in a month, and some take all summer to root. Good luck on your projects and have fun!

You are so welcome

It works on many plants. Probably not enough time this year to get roots on air layers but that will get you excited for next spring. I’ve got a couple videos about blackberries. Here’s the first one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7ZlhKt5x7yXhps.html

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks, Mike! I'll give that one a try! I'm still wanting to try the air layer technique; but I can wait for spring. I want to at least get a couple started with what I'm gonna call your Ostrich method before the cold sets in and move them inside.

Yelm area

That's so cool to hear! Thanks for sharing that. Greece always looks so amazing in pictures. I'd love to visit your country someday and bring home a fig cutting or 2.

@@MikeKincaid79 You are welcome anytime! Make sure you don't come when the figs are ripe, in that case you won't be able to fit all the cutting you'll like in your baggage 😂

Here's a video about what I use for potting soil and rooting medium: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLd9bLJ2lq2WhZs.html and another video about rooting medium and what to look for: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7KIe9xlppqRqJ8.html

Hahaha, I always think of you when I say it wrong but just can't help myself!

Yes, I definitely need to pick up a wood burner because the dremel (although a great tool) made a huge plastic shavings mess, lol.

@@MikeKincaid79 can also use its cousin. a solder iron

It will but they take much longer to fully root. You can start them pretty much anytime. I need to do some videos about it but haven't yet. You could start some now, as now is the time to take cuttings of them, but they won't be fully rooted until the end of next summer.

Now redwoods would be an awesome tree to multiply. I love the coastal redwoods and have tried rooting them unsuccessfully so far. It was a halfhearted attempt though. I'd love to spend some time really trying to get a good system down for rooting them.

I’ll make an attempt at air layering my Dawn redwood this spring, and we’ll see how it goes. It isn’t rioting or air layering, but I was thrilled to find little redwood seedlings sprouting around the yard this year. So far I have four of them potted up, with one having grown from a little one inch sprout to a foot tall already. Now it’s just a matter of keeping them alive through the coming Ohio winter.

I actually purchased some peach trees last spring but haven’t planted them yet. I’ll do some videos about them.

@@MikeKincaid79 so looking forward to that. Ty mike

It really depends on the climate in your area and the plants you're working with. For apples, you can start these in the early spring or summer on older wood that is at least a year old. You should have roots before winter.

Haha, yep. I’ve been told the same.

Depends on how quickly it roots. It's only been 3 weeks so I'd assume it won't be ready until next summer.

Thanks Ben!

It would grow roots for sure.

I didn't purposefully water the pod but as I watered the plant I'm sure some water got down into the pod. I have had them dry out in the past so you need to watch them occasionally.

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you sir.

You want the callus to form only on the distal end of the removed bark. If you don't remove all the bark and get past the cambium then the cambium could grow and form a bridge between the 2 sections of bark. At that point it could heal the wound and resume nutrient flow from roots to the tip of the branch and instead of forming roots on the new air layer, you'd just be growing a bunch of cambium and new bark.

@@MikeKincaid79 thank you that makes more sense. I have cuttings form callus and then roots but they aren't airlayers. This will be another aspect I get to learn. Thanks again

Yes

Muito obrigado. Eu agradeço seu apoio!

I'd wait for it to go dormant and then put it in a pot and leave outside in a protected area.

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you,

I've found that these fig trees love tons of water through the summer. I actually put some of the pots in shallow water pans and keep them full of water. So the bottom roots sit in water most of the summer and they just thrive.

@@MikeKincaid79 Oh what the heck, cant get in any more trouble lol. Ill find a variety that can take our winters then. I will call them TREATS, ya thats it treats lol.

Whatever you gotta say to get it by the boss 🤣

Finely ground bark, peat moss, non-fertilized potting soil.

I just tried to do some air layers without cutting the cambium away and it didn't work.

I was thinking about trying coban. There would be no stickiness at all to it.

@@MikeKincaid79 Great idea!

Sounds like we have all the same hobbies, lol. I've got a few videos about my African cichlids on here. Frontosa.

I will have to check it out 👍 Absolutely love those fish I want a huge school of them

Ok I found the video I must say that was a lot of baby's and aswome to see ...if you have that problem again I'd like to take some off your hands😁 or buy some.

spring and early summer. Don't wait too far into summer or fall or there won't be enough time to grow roots.

Thank you so much!

I have a native to Indiana dogwood tree that I’d like to propagate. Wondering if you could help me decide which branch to use? It’s about 5 foot tall and there are two leading branches about 2 feet down that fork out from the center and then one pedal a branch in between them that should probably be cut out anyway. It is kind of skinny though. I have pictures but not sure if I can send them through KZfaq. Any recommendations which branch to use or not use?

*That should say one piddly branch

Oh trust me, it was rodents. The base of the tree had little bite marks all the way around it. Looked as if a beaver was cutting down a tree for a dam. Also, I don't have any grass clippings around the trees.

Yes

I don't have any ready to go so I'll have to take cuttings this fall.

Probably. I've never tried on that plant but I think it would work.

Yeah, more than likely, unless you bring it indoors.

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks, Mike, but my fig tree grows in open ground. So I'll wait spring to air-layer it.

Thanks!

It doesn’t need nutrients right now. It’ll be dormant in a couple weeks

Peat moss for rooting. Finely ground fir tree bark for growing.

The process is called layering and this method is done in the air, above ground. There are several types of layering plants.

Now that's a great idea

I'm sure you're right. Hopefully we'll have better luck the second time around. All the hay is deteriorating enough that it seems like less of a problem now. It did serve a good purpose in the beginning of keeping the ground moist and cool through the first summer and protecting the young roots through the first winter.

I don't. Actually don't even have one planted here. I suppose I better start reading up.

@@MikeKincaid79 For you….. walk in the park! I’m the one educating myself by your channel. Appreciate you replying!

Goofy and gimmicky? 😂. It’s just a plastic ball. No need for the adjectives.

I haven't tried to air layer apple trees yet but I did air layer a Bartlett pear and I still have the tree from about 5 years ago. I did a bunch of videos and follow ups on that one. It actually grew pears last year in a 5 gallon pot. I've also rooted cherry trees with air layering. I'm sure apple trees would air layer very well. Unfortunately, I can't just title the video like you mentioned or KZfaq won't promote it. KZfaq can be a very frustrating place for people on my end. You wouldn't believe the amount of time and energy that goes into doing this, it literally is a full time job. You put all that work into it and if you don't please the KZfaq algorithm gods, your video that you spend so much time on won't even get promoted. There's a really good video that explains the problem very well. It's longer but you should watch the whole thing to understand the problem from our end: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr6CiqqTqcy6nKs.html

@@MikeKincaid79 I should have been more clear. I meant these days it seems like it's always figs. Sorry about that. Maybe I'm wrong on that though. I did see the series on the pear tree you got to root. It didn't root very strongly so I wasn't sure it would work consistently but it did work & maybe you found the trick by cutting back the callus. I tried apple (kind of late in the summer though) & it didn't work. I also tried Chinese chestnut (1 year wood) and got a massive amount of callus but it didn't root so when spring came I cut it off the parent & cut the callus like you did with the pear & potted it up in sand. It grew a couple leaves & sat there all summer. I checked it a month ago and there were still no roots! So I tossed it.... I didn't realize the KZfaq algorithm was so messed up. I have been thinking of starting a KZfaq channel so I will definitely watch that. Thanks.

Stayed on half the summer.....seriously

@@MikeKincaid79 Sure, don't doubt you for one second. Seriously.

It’s in the video 😆

Not sure where you get your information but Mike is totally correct "Plant Cloning is the process of making a genetically identical plant through nonsexual means. Vegetative propagation or cloning from cuttings is the most popular and fastest method."

These roots start with a single viable cell, lol

This is a happy, fun channel. Why so negative?

Don't be so negative, Mike is 100 percent right, all you have to do is look it up and you will find out he is right and then you can apologize to Mike for being so rude.