Air Layering Bonsai - The Easiest Way to Make Bonsai!

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3 ай бұрын

Check out this step by step guide to creating air layers on your bonsai trees.
I bought this Shishigashira Japanese Maple with the express intention of using it as a source for air layers - and creating multiple smaller bonsai trees.
Check out this detailed guide about this unique and beautiful “lions head” Japanese Maple variety, and a step by step tutorial I. How to successfully create air-layers.
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@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

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@acer_p_bonsai 2 ай бұрын

Jason, great job providing this detailed air layering 101 class. I’m well familiar with it now, but wish I’d had this detailed video 4 years ago! 👏🏽 🪴 🍁

@TheBonsaiGarden 2 ай бұрын

Happy to help 👍

@dylanatkinson1426 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this well illustrated video. This is the best explanation I’ve ever seen/heard of the botanical process involved in air-layering.

@TheBonsaiGarden Ай бұрын

Thank you Dylan. 👍

@dermo1981 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jason. I had a failed air layer on a major Branch of a large trident maple last year. The tree has had massive die back as a result. Only a few small shoots near the base survived. I'm now terrified of Air Layers! Thanks for sharing 👍

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that.

@BonsaiDruid-qo9lo 3 ай бұрын

Aesthetically, I like the back bags; they kind of look like giant blueberries. Thanks for the tutorial. You made bagging those air layers look easy 🙂

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

They also look like dog poo bags 🤗😆😆

@BonsaiDruid-qo9lo 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden 🤣

@turkishdelight7083 3 ай бұрын

Have a very similar shishi that I would like to air layer so thank you usingthis as the subject.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@julidev1445 3 ай бұрын

That's a genius idea. Thank you sir, I'll do that same way.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

🙏

@Bonsaicrazy 2 ай бұрын

Great video Jason good luck with it 👊👊

@TheBonsaiGarden 2 ай бұрын

Cheers Andy.

@paulmbeckett 3 ай бұрын

Great vid Jason. This has spurred me on to do my first attempt on my Katsura. Fingers crossed!

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

🤞👍

@hyperionhelios190 3 ай бұрын

it has been rumoured to me that shishigashira is one of the more difficult JMs to air layer. But I have a smaller cousin of yours and I will be trying one air layer on it this weekend. Hopefully we are both successful and the rumours were just naysayers.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

I’ve not heard that. Hope it’s not true 😂

@danielfonseca5007 2 ай бұрын

Nah my shishi roots like crazy, unlike my disectum which is one of the most annoying trees ever. Pine air layers made in autumn work best, have done black pine and they grow crazy roots in sphagnum. Gotta scrape hard and use powder, the gel doesn't work. :)

@2588ryand 3 ай бұрын

Great timing. I’m also due to air layer my own parent Shishi next week. Popped some wire on the branches a couple weeks in advance to get some movement before air layering. I’ll try the black bag technique. I’ve opted for clear plastic in the past (wrapped in foil) to make it easier to see root development.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

That’s great news Ryan. Good luck 🤞 I have used foil to cover a transparent bag in the past but found the foil was counter-productive. Although it’s easy to use and keeps the roots in the dark, it has the effect of reflecting the heat which is beneficial to the root development. I’ve had greater success with black bags since they absorb and retain heat. Hope this helps 🙏

@a.dkutzbarber 2 ай бұрын

Great video and very helpful I didn’t really know how to air layer before this video Thank you

@TheBonsaiGarden 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 3 ай бұрын

Great little guide Jason and I will be doing a few airlayers in a couple of weeks time too :)

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Look forward to seeing that 🙏

@PumpkinBecki 3 ай бұрын

Wow, very cool Jason 😊 I've got a big birthday coming up next month and I'm thinking of getting a Deshojo to grow in a big pot...and maybe do the odd air layer, you never know 😀 xx

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Becki. I’m guessing 21? 🤗😁

@PumpkinBecki 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden you're on my friend list forever 😘

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@markjagger7139 3 ай бұрын

Excellent demonstration, fingers crossed

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark 🙏

@markjagger7139 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden your welcome

@sueb1317 3 ай бұрын

Really great tutorial. Hoping to use this information next year. Do you water the airlayers throughout the season, or do you find tit unnecessary? Best of luck with this project -have crossed all my fingers!

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Sue. I have had issues in the past with them being too wet and as a result calloused over, so occasionally check and add a little water if they appear dry but don’t over-water the air layers.

@sueb1317 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden Awesome! I hear conflicting instructions re watering. Your climate is similar to mine so I'll likely have similar observations. Thanks again.

@wesleychater5565 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks, ill be doing an airlayering for the first time this weekend and i was just wandering do you water the airlayering and how often thanks.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Water the tree as usual. And from time to time just moisten the moss so it doesn’t completely dry out.

@malsrfun2956 3 ай бұрын

About to do this for the first time on some crabapple trees I got on sale last fall, as well as my Japanese maples and a large wisteria. My crab apples are taller than your shishi, so I'm hoping for a lot of starter trees. Direct sun or keep them shaded while air layering if mother plants are in pots?

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Good luck. Some sunlight will gently warm up the moss and help the roots develop but perhaps not prolonged direct sun which might be detrimental.

@bonsaibywally 3 ай бұрын

really interesting video. I'm personally experimenting with airlayering as well. Can I ask you this question? Do you scrape of the remainder of the cambium layer or is just removing the bark enough disruption? Thanks for sharing, love your video's

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

I suggest you scrape off the cambium fully otherwise it might just bridge over and heal up without forming roots.

@bonsaibywally 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden thank you

@dannycraig6704 2 ай бұрын

Where do you get your Holy basket/ pots??

@TheBonsaiGarden 2 ай бұрын

Those baskets are just storage baskets from the hardware section of my local garden centre. They are not specifically for bonsai.

@Rob1337 3 ай бұрын

I hope I’m on the gift list lol 😝 be nice not to have a grafted one, I’ll also gift a tree in return 👌

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Ha ha. I will be able to offer possibly 7 of them (I will want to keep one myself) to UK based bonsai KZfaqrs. Since you are in Scotland if you send me your address Rob I’ll add you to the list when they are ready 🎁

@Rob1337 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBonsaiGarden how do I contact you outside of here pal to send it?

@julidev1445 3 ай бұрын

Question: How come you did not water the moss? and Other say Layering should be a year wait? Thanks for your anser sir.

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

I didn’t film watering the moss but it was moist when applied. Air layering can be successful in a couple of months or over a year depending on a whole range of factors including species, weather, location of the tree and microclimate etc. I will check the tree for roots in about August or September.

@starbell5407 3 ай бұрын

Ive done alotve airlayers & 40 or 50 of my favourite cultivar "Shishi"😂 ,& one major thing ive noticed is you can get away with using sphagnum on shishigashira but they tend to weakn the roots & just stop resulting in having to re-apply along the calloused area.So ive switched to a more course substrate like kanuma /sphagnum 60/40 in the the last month of spring (melb.aus) & get better results,also i have rootd shishigashira cuttings in sphagnum which was with winter cuttings that started budding near to spring! Anyways all the best & your content!!!cheerz!!

@TheBonsaiGarden 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this 🙏