How to succesfully air layer trees | Two tips to avoid failure and explained on a Japanese Maple

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Often when redesigning a tree, there is a need to remove large branches. Sometimes it is worth the effort to use air layering to create a new tree from the branch. Air ayering is a propagation technique where new roots are grown along a branch after which one can cut the branch off the tree, plant if up and have a second tree. (How to do the separation and pot them up see: • Potting up air layers ... )
In this video I will explain step by step how to air layer a Japanese Maple. How to create a second tree from the branch using this technique of growing roots on a trunk.
0:00 3 tree propagation techniques
0:30 Airlayering Fundamentals
1:02 Why I make slanted layer cuts
1:19 How does air layering work? Plant physiology behind air layering
1:53 How to stop the tree from bridging when airlayering
3:10 Airlayering. Rooting homes yes or no?
4:02 What substrate to use for air layering and why?
6:16 About schielding the airlayer against the sun
5:45 When to start air layers?
6:56 How does it take an air layer to produce roots?
7:03 Why airlayer trees?
Credits!
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Licence: License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

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@johnholloway691 2 жыл бұрын

Good explanations, Jelle. One thing that makes air layering much easier is ditching the plastic wrap for plastic spheres made for this purpose (search for "reusable plant rooting devices.") Plastic food tubs work almost as well by cutting notches through both sides for the trunk to path through, secure with tape, fill with sphagnum, and snap the lid on. I get rooting success with either sphagnum moss or bonsai soil. Also, in warm sunny places, air layers can fail due to drying out. To prevent this, first make a small hole in the top so water can be added when needed with a syringe, or even better, by inserting an irrigation emitter, and then cover the whole thing with aluminum foil. With these techniques, I get nearly "ready-made" juniper bonsai from fairly large branches styled before they are air-layered. Sorry for the long comment, but I thought people might find these tips useful.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hi John, thank you for the tips. Later this year I will do a deshojo restyle video, on which I layer using an old pot filled with regular substrate which I water every time I water my trees. I prefer that over plastic wrap too. Sometimes it is however impractical. In this case I wanted to show the basic setup.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

I have had them newrly dry out at the end of the layering. Once they start rooting the roots can quickly drain the water from the layer site. making sure ot is well watered I find important.

@johnholloway691 2 жыл бұрын

That's true, especially when you patiently wait for lots of roots to form. Drying out is also an issue here due to our annual 266 sunny days, low humidity, and 230mm of rain that comes only in the winter months.

@avssify Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai i air layered a lot of integra salix and found it easiest to use clear plastic cups (rubbery ones as they don't break). I'd just staple the sides of the cup when i put it on and make sure the cup leans on another branch so it doesn't move. I'd just use any substrate I have at hand. I'd water it irregularly. 100% success but salix is stupid easy, it even rooted when i just wrapped it with clear sticky foil for bugs. This year I'm gonna try japanese maples for the first time

@user-hx2hl1zw3w 4 ай бұрын

Temu for those domes

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 2 жыл бұрын

Another easy to understand and informative video Jelle. Great stuff!

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

thank you! Great to hear this content is well received!

@carolholt416 2 жыл бұрын

Really loving your videos! I like how you explain slow enough for us to understand. ❤

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, you misunderstand.. I go slow so I understand 🤪

@scheers100 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and very good explanation! I have successfully airlayerd my bougainvillea, wisteria Last year and my dawn redwood callused over the first two times, this year I got it right. It’s real satisfying when you got it! Keep growing 👍👏👍

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Wouter, it is nice to see the new roots, isnt it!?

@KambizNazir 2 ай бұрын

To the point, informative and instructive, love this video!

@lufe8773 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation, first class, and a good tip tying the bottom of the plastic making a bag out of it for the sphagnum moss. Thankyou

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words Lufe!

@RaraAvis1138 Жыл бұрын

You really covered all the bases. Thank you so much, i feel much more comfortable doing this for the first time🌱

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Love to hear how this works out for you!

@elainefleischmann4175 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! I will follow this meticulously this coming spring. Thank you very much.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Good luck! :)

@malcolmmacartney7825 7 ай бұрын

This video is the first one I have watched on this topic of why air layering works on a hormonal basis. it always seemed counterintuitive to remove the cambium layer and interesting that the roots generate from the bark. Very cool!

@GrowingBonsai 7 ай бұрын

Glad it brought you something new!

@zawarshah508 Жыл бұрын

Great explanations no nonsense enjoyed your vlog very much. Many thanks for your hard work and time in making such a great video.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for dropping this comment. It is feedback like this that make me feel it is worth the effort to make these videos. (Some of them have 20 hours of work in them). Great to hear!

@JoseRuiz-vm8hr 2 ай бұрын

Best explanation on Air Layering!

@rajeshmarfatia4250 2 жыл бұрын

Clear and concise explanation. Brilliant. Continuing to fine-tune my techniques through these demonstrations. (The devil is in the detail and many of those details were covered here). Many thanks.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhww.. Thank you! Which details were particularly interesting for you ?

@smokyhillbonsai-gerrettmor6373 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! I am currently at sub 50% success rate with air layering. This video will encourage me to keep working on it!

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

ohw, that is not too great! Hope your stats improve!

@sunchaserw1477 Жыл бұрын

very educating and great presentation, thank you

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Now of to the garden and try it yourself?!

@nickrobson2753 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jelle, this video answers a question I asked in another one of your videos.

@GrowingBonsai 7 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@mebbaker42 3 ай бұрын

Air layering on my Bloodgood acer started today. Fingers crossed!! 🤞 Thanks for the advice and guidance!

@alwayslegit 3 ай бұрын

I’m starting mine today, too.

@a.wartongarden1957 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for the clear explanation. I had a go last, late summer to do multiple layerings of Fagus Incisa [Feathered or cutleaf beech] Its quite a rare tree but suitable for the larger bonsai, we think. While the ground layerings have taken, my first attempts of air layerings dont seem to have taken yet....I am waiting for the first buds to break for my next attempt. We are in north Lancashire UK so that will be mid April . I have tried sphagnum moss with rooting compound powder and shallot ! ... I now have gel ready for the next attempt!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

fingers crossed!

@natrjack965 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that video Jelle well explained and the quick change of clothes was quicker than superman 🦸‍♂️ lol 😆...

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

yes, sorry.. Sometimes you are editing and realize you miss stuff... I do not plan out the content well enough!

@abtsamroobe9633 2 жыл бұрын

Great information thank you

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Hope you are also succesfull layering!

@hongbinli5597 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Failed last year. Will try again next year with your tutoring.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

keep in mind that not all cultivars root easily. Some take in what feels like days. Others need months! I jave not found clear info on whoch do and which dont unfortunately

@BONSAIenCORTO 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

very welcome!

@theoschmitt3037 2 жыл бұрын

Genau so hab ich vor 5 Wochen den unterarmdicken Stamm aus meinen Ahorn, vorne im Beet, neben dem Arakawa, behandelt. In 2 bis 3 Wochen schaue ich mir das Ergebnis an.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

ohw.. In 1 bis 2 wochen komme ich mit eine Sage vorbei!

@theoschmitt3037 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai dann stehe ich solange Wache

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

@@theoschmitt3037 haha

@onlythetruth883 4 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thank you.

@GrowingBonsai 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@denisoconnor6343 5 ай бұрын

Very well explained 👍👍

@GrowingBonsai 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@BlueJayBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Jelle!

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

hey Jay, good to see you here. I doubt you needed any help there though :)

@BlueJayBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai We can all only get better with practice! 😀

@gonesbonsai57 2 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing brother🙏

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

very welcome! Hope it helps you!

@user-gn5zq2xs4q 2 ай бұрын

Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

@akhtarshahzad600 5 ай бұрын

thanks well explained air-layring

@GrowingBonsai 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@greenmachinesweden 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid Jelle. I do excactly as you but I have never succeded. I am not giving up, one day it will succeed.😀👍

@BONSAIenCORTO 2 жыл бұрын

Try a plastic pot and water it normaly. Soil mix 50 % moss, 50 % akadama and wait a year, from spring to spring.

@greenmachinesweden 2 жыл бұрын

@@BONSAIenCORTO Thanks for your advice. I guess you are in a warm and dry environment? Up here keeping the substrate wet is not a problem. Akadama breaks down to mush in winter so I have stoped using it. Every try have calloused over totally before summer, so I guess I need to scrape more/deeper.

@gayefanner731 2 жыл бұрын

Hello again!! Have you seen Sam’s latest air-layering vid on Nillys Bonsai n Gardening? Genius!! (my word for the day!) ✌️

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

strange! how wide do you make the cut?

@greenmachinesweden 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I make the cut around twice the diameter of the branch/trunk to airlayer.

@starbell5407 Жыл бұрын

Ive been doin airlayers for a while with both pine & broadleaf,so what i done so that my roots remained horizontal was using a round disc of plastic or bottom of a plastic pot & attach it under were the roots will form so that my roots will remain horizontal & better radial roots!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Hey Star Bell, thank you for your input. I know the technique, but I have never really seen the need for it. How big of a difference is it making for you?

@starbell5407 Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai it shortens the time in which you still have to develope nebari (root flare) ,it works & ive seen on some other sights of others using this method.But each 2 there own im just giving you other ideas whivh may help you!!!Cheers mate!!!!

@kylepurvis6231 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jelle, great video, really like your channel and the clear concise style of your videos, keep up the great work. For the first time in several years I’ve had a bunch of my air layered branches simply die, I propagate a lot and have never seen this? The air layer point turned black with-in several days and the branches died - any insight from a fellow propagation guy?

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

to be honest.. Not really! Did you leave part of the debarked area uncovered? Maybe that dried out killing it? Maybe cut too deep in the wood? Just throwing some thoughts out tbh..

@JK-qz1sw 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@robertbrawley5048 2 жыл бұрын

Easier demonstrated than done. I like your explanation about the need for oxygen contact to the rooting area. Presently I am using partially rotted wet straw on a 2 inch thck Mulberry tree. . I will try another one using foam rubber. And I will get me some that saguaro peat moss From other channel experiments root grow better in light than dark and I have made some airlayers using clear plastic and clear packaging tape . Experienced successful airlayers practioners typically wrap aluminum foil around the plastic airlayer envelope . I'm experienced but not successful at airlayer So I can't follow your method to the letter . . Thanks for showing us your method. I learn from you and others

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, that sounds interesting. Are you recording your experiments? Which site showed better layering results in the light than in the dark? Would be keen to look at that!

@robertbrawley5048 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I will get it for you. It's soft wood cutting hold on. TECHPLANT channel

@robertbrawley5048 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai here is the channel . He does softwood cuttings . I do mostly hard wood cutting and airlayering as well as other layering but like your presentation he empathize the importance of oxygen in the roots which many youtube presenter don't mention . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5t-ga2kmaynhKs.html

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertbrawley5048 OK, found this video. I think what he is showing is that providing light to the cutting is causing better growth, not that light to the rooting area causes the extra growth?

@robertbrawley5048 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5t-ga2kmaynhKs.html At the 5:30 his narration says more roots and longer roots for the roots development . What I saw the development of the roots look about the same.

@dianachavez6232 9 ай бұрын

Do you have a video of when the roots have emerged and how you cut and plant the branch? That would be helpful. Thanks

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

At your service kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bt6cgcd21sXWZps.html

@stanhill3980 2 ай бұрын

I have done exactly as you did, I had no luck , around 6 times

@stratotramp6243 9 ай бұрын

Edit: you answered at the end! Thanks fot the video - What time of year should this be done in? Or what times should be avoided?

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Normally you do this once the trees have started to grow in spring. After mid-summer you are too late.

@mikeswain1945 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another helpful video Jelle. Can I ask for a link or a name for the knife you used in the video please? Most of the sliding knives I can find here in the UK only have smaller 9mm blades and it's not so easy to cut around branches with these as they flex so much.

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

have a look for carpet knife, i think they are called. Mine has replacable blades and the grip is just that, a grib. Mine is a nobrand knife. Stanley makes these too, but the grip is much bigger.

@mikeswain1945 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thank you for the help Jelle. Really appreciated.

@thetreestyler Жыл бұрын

Giving me the inspo to air layer my maple. Thank you

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Go for it! Lots of luck!

@davidn3841 Жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. When is a good time to harvest it. I have a maple airlayer with roots now. We are in late summer. Is it advisable to remove it now or will I wait for spring? I am in Australia.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I separate as soon as they have roots. Have you seen the follow-up video on succesfull separation of airlayers?

@nilrem999 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Just a question: What type of Japanese maple did you do the demo on? The one with the beautiful pink/red leaves?

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

No idea! I picked it up wothout a nametag!

@BonsaikelapaBambuApusTangsel 2 жыл бұрын

Hadir nyimak kawan

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

thx!

@kjdubs5877 12 күн бұрын

Does the cut site have to be by a node, or can it just be a bare branch?

@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 2 жыл бұрын

My expirience is to cut the Ring below the Node makes more sense than to cut in area of internode...because roots will grow directly from the Node where the active zone lays 👍👍👍

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, this is really not my experience. I get roots to grow out of the bark just above the cut. Node or not.

@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Ok ,it might depend on the species??? I have found this phenomen with Cornus Mas Thanks for getting on the idea🤘🤘🤘

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 perhaps. I have never tried cornus, so can't really tell. :)

@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I have a piece of a failed Airlayering where it is clear why it failed from the internode...

@mapleticker Жыл бұрын

Great video Jelle! 😊 How many cm is the thinnest Japanese maple branch you can airlayer? Thanks

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Not sure. Smallest I have done was half a cm.

@mapleticker Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai super, 🙏

@snejinka_in 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Jelle, very nice video ! I made some air-layers on my japanese maples in late july. Is it safe to remove them (if they have rooted) during september/october or is it too late? (I live in the North of France). Thanks !

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Snejinka, you are so goign to like my video next week: "How to plant an airlayer so it survives"! As for your exact question: I ant to plant things not later than 6-8 weeks before the first frost date. In my opionion that leaves enough time to get settled in the pot!

@snejinka_in 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Haha, well I can't wait to watch that video. Thank you very much !

@1968303 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your videos. I’m trying to air layer lions head maple. I did it mid May and used pro mix as grow medium plus covered with root tone. So far nothing. Can I start over in same cuts. Thank you.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Patience is a virtue. If it did not bridge, just let is sit.

@jazzrat2000 28 күн бұрын

I'm only two minutes in but I'm impatient, can I use coco coir instead of sphagnum? PS I'm finding that my impatience is such a gift when I'm working with Bonsai😆

@peteryoung9164 9 ай бұрын

thanks for your videos. Is there a season or time to air layer trees or type of species to do so. please advise. Pete Young

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Normally in spring this is done.

@backbudbonsai Жыл бұрын

Hi, Jelle! I recently started two air layers on two different Japanese maples. Where should I put the bonsai’s whilst the air layers are still on the parent bonsai? I’m trying to “play it safe” and have the bonsais in a shady area. How much sun exposure should I give them? I think I heard you say “full sun” in the video. Is that true? Give ‘em full sun? I let them get a few hours (2-3) of direct morning sunlight and then full shade the rest of the day. Can they handle more sun? Any and all info would be greatly welcomed and appreciated! Take care, Jelle, and happy bonsai!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I do keep mine in full sun. To the extend that they are on a bench that somewhere mid-afternoon drops in the shade as the sub moves over the edge of a shed.

@PedroLuis-yp9ed Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about trying this with my lucky bamboo. I don’t intend to cut anything off though. I just want to help the main plaint grow more and produce more shoots. Do you know if this will work

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I have no idea. Never heard of lucky bamboo.

@josemoreira- 2 жыл бұрын

Can we use the same process to recreate a nebari higher in the tree? What happens to that zone if the air layer doesn't "stick"?

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is exactly the same. If the layer does not work, often it has callused over. If not callused over, eventually the top will die.

@josemoreira- 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai so if I try to make the nebari higher in the tree I can risk killing it?

@mneoud 4 ай бұрын

Hoi ik stel mijn vraag even in het Nederlands en en Engels. Je mag in het Engels beantwoorden hoor Zeer goede en duidelijke video. Echter een vraag, maakt het uit waar je begint met het verwijderen van de bast. Ik bedoel daarmee beginnen onder een uitschietende tak en zo ja hoeveel cm onder die tak moet je dan beginnen? Very good and clear video. One question though, does it matter where you start removing the bark. By that I mean start under a sprouting branch and if so how many cm below that branch should you start?

@GrowingBonsai 3 ай бұрын

As far as I know, it does not matter. I pick a spot that fits with the shape for the envisioned tree (also, the angle at which you cut the bark = angle of planting foreseen!)

@bonsaiprospek127 2 жыл бұрын

Indonesia bonsai present brother

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

welcome me friend!

@Boomjackson2000 8 ай бұрын

Is there a certain time frame in which this process should be done based on the weather in your area

@GrowingBonsai 7 ай бұрын

Normally you do this in mid-spring, after the first flush of leaves.

@indiancruise12 Жыл бұрын

I tried mine and used moss from the garden, is spangnom moss differ. ?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

It is. It seems to have desinfectant properties and stops fungi from growing. As well as having a very high water retention. I do not really like the stuff :)

@johnsluts100 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Jelle can you tell me what is the name of the Maple you are showing in this video with the red color, in what season this maple become so red? thank you.

@GrowingBonsai 11 ай бұрын

Nope. It came to me without a variety designation and i have been unable to get it. Seigen has been mentioned.

@JaniLaaksonen91 Жыл бұрын

How much do the leafs need to mature before air layering? Or can you make air layers as soon as the buds open? I'm eager to start air layering but the buds have just started to open here in southern Finland!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I normally wait for the foliage to extend a bit, like you can see in the video. It is said that you can layer before budbreak. I have tried once and did not notice the roots forming earlier, so in fact, the layering took longer and I not am back to when the plant is really growing. I just did my airlayers over the last 2 weeks, will put the last one for this year on today. I guess Finland by now should have pushing maples?

@JaniLaaksonen91 Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Thank you. Yes most species went to full leaf during this week, maples included. There are still some trees with buds just starting to open. I guess I'll be starting practising my first air layers this weekend with some unimportant trees that are fully in leaf.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@JaniLaaksonen91 enjoy!

@rtregear 2 ай бұрын

So, take off the outer and inner bark and the cambium layers. That's clear. Short of making the tree structurally compromised, is it possible to remove too much? Can you take too much sapwood?

@GrowingBonsai 2 ай бұрын

yes. You should not remove the wood, only the bark and cambium

@rtregear 2 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks

@mikelu4854 Жыл бұрын

Hi, great video! may I ask what is the name of that red japanese maple you were air alying? thank you!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, to be honest, I am not completely confident. It could be a Seigen, but because they are rare, I doubt whether it really is one.

@mikelu4854 Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai thank you. I just think its such a vivid red color. Beautiful tree you have!!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@mikelu4854 It is gorgeous isn't it!?

@user-vk5ws3jl1l 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jelle, i have seen ppl have succes without cutting the bark. Do you think it takes longer that way..?

@GrowingBonsai 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, and not all species root that way

@user-vk5ws3jl1l 2 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsaii cut the cambium layers yesterday to be sure.

@andersnrregren9087 2 жыл бұрын

Seedling cutting or airlayer, and the one we all hate/dislike and will not use in bonsai the grafted maple

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

I do not like them either. There spme good examples of maples grafted with bonsai in mind which are less obvious though!

@joaosousa988 Жыл бұрын

How do you know when to water?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I water when I water the rest of the plant if I use regular substrate for layering.

@jaypp9372 Жыл бұрын

you said you water it but how often please?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I water when I water the tree itself too.

@JK-qz1sw Жыл бұрын

Jelle, one more question: june/july is ok to start air layering or is too late?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I usually think 6-8 weeks for the layer, and then 4-6 weeks post-separation to get established = first expected frost. So ~3 months till frost is the very latest I would start, but earlier is better as the tree has more time to get settled in.

@JK-qz1sw Жыл бұрын

Thank you I guess we can also leave the layer connected until spring if we're air-layering late (in my case right now?). Have you done that before?

@devbachu7072 2 ай бұрын

How long will an air layer plant takes to fruit bro

@GrowingBonsai 2 ай бұрын

If the parent plant was fruitong already, the next season or year thereafter is realistic to expect flowering

@MoebiusUK Жыл бұрын

Should one use dried or fresh Spagnum moss?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Both would work

@MoebiusUK Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Thank you. This video is super helpful

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@MoebiusUK happy to hear!

@BRIANLIMBARO 6 ай бұрын

❤

@GrowingBonsai 3 ай бұрын

@JK-qz1sw Жыл бұрын

Jelle, is this Bloodgood maple? Beutiful red color.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Hi JK, it certainly is not bloodgold. That is a lot duller, more red wine color. This is "seigen" or close to it.

@JK-qz1sw Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai beutiful color tho 👍

@Menamejosh 5 ай бұрын

If air layering works then wouldn’t a cutting in the same spot work? I don’t understand the difference why one would work and the other not.

@GrowingBonsai 5 ай бұрын

Good question. The main different is that the tree keeps supplying the airlayered part with water and nutrients during the layering process. So for weeks to months the part is well taken care off. Once you cut it off as a cutting, thats it. The part needs to survive on what is in there.

@Menamejosh 5 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai thanks for replying I have always wondered about that

@peacecosmonaut176 Жыл бұрын

Should it be done right after leaves pop out in spring? Or some weeks later? You kind of gave an answer: "early to late spring" - so I guess 2-4 weeks after leaves come out.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I have tried before leaves come out, and then it just takes longer. So yeah, once you have the first leaves on, untill sometime in the middle of summer is best.

@peacecosmonaut176 Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Thank you

@VakoDemuro-wc3yw 11 ай бұрын

I tried air layering once and the plant was infected by the soil in the wound area

@GrowingBonsai 11 ай бұрын

:( Too wet?

@VakoDemuro-wc3yw 11 ай бұрын

@GrowingBonsai no but I doubt the soil quality is behind it

@kongdevan 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe put the container upside down on the root ball

@GrowingBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Devan, interesting thought. What benefit would that have for you?

@ghiblinerd6196 11 ай бұрын

Certain Japanese maples seem to be easier than others. I have a pine bark that will throw off roots if you sneeze on it and a mikawa yatsubusa that simply won’t take at all 😔

@GrowingBonsai 11 ай бұрын

Agreed! Some species as well as varieties are really unwilling to play this game.

@meadow-maker Жыл бұрын

Just FYI, 'baggie' is something only Americans say, it sounds really silly in British English, in British English, adding 'y'/'ie' to the end is something you do in baby talk for children, 'doggy', 'bunny', 'drinky', 'sweety' 'pinky', that one has nothing to do with the colour but, if you're German or Dutch you probably know that. It sounds horrible said to adults but, some Americans do it all the time. Nice Video. That Acer might be 'Pink Passion' or 'Phoenix'. I don't have either of those and photos can be deceptive as you know. By the way, I couldn't identify you from your accent at all. Are you Dutch? It's really hard to tell.

@GrowingBonsai 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the english class. One gets infected with the spreech surrounding him/her I suppose. My formal english classes are a few decades in the past. I am Dutch, live in Germany, but have lived on several continents and constantly work with people from around the world so possibly my accents has worn down a little bit.