Air Layering Made SIMPLE-Vista White Loquat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 เม.ย. 2024
- As with propagating cuttings, air layering is a numbers game. However, following the steps in this video and being done on receptive trees, you should easily be able to get 60 to 75% success.
Play around with various trees to see if it works, and always try two or three per tree for odds.
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You did a great job Josh!❤
Never tried using a baggy like that. It does look a lot easier. I appreciate your attention to detail on this tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
I learned about air layering not too long ago and I think that it is wonderful technique. It requires no or very little human input once you have it going, and it doesn't require expensive materials. To me it seems more efficient and much cheaper and much less labor intensive as growing trees from seeds.
If you have an aquaponics growbed you can just stick a branch in the grow media and that will develop roots very easy. Given the fact that you have a healthy and matured setup. I did it with a small 1ft tall branch from a laurel tree, and now it is close to 6,5ft tall. And still growing happily.
You are 100% correct. Very easy, very little time, and excellent results. I always appreciate your input from the Netherlands!
I started that video on mulching around the peach. I will finish it later in the season for results! Stay tuned. I hope you don't mind that I mentioned you?
@@DesertGardensHomestead I am very curious to see that experiment. I don't mind at all to be mentioned.
It is all about UV light protection, moisture level protection, heat transfer and heat reflection protection, and aeration. And the fact that micro organisms do not like any big sudden change.
Different micro organisms thrive at different temperatures, but those different populations that thrive at different temperatures can't keep up with many big sudden changes. For example, either it is always warm, or it is always cold, that is no problem. Same with moisture levels, same with salinity levels, same with PH levels, and everything else. And then there is also a limit where all the beneficial micro organisms that we like go dormant if the conditions become too harsh for whatever reason. For example when a flood happens, or when a wildfire happens, and so on.
Fresh mulch from leafs, or fresh mulch from partially composted wood chips, solve most of those issues. You want to protect the very thin top layer in a wide circle around the tree. That is where most of the microbial activity takes place and where most of the nutrients are released into the soil. And you want to have the least amount of change in conditions for the micro organisms in that very thin top layer as you reasonable can accomplish.
Look for example at how tree roots grow. Most people have the traditional picture in their mind and they think that the roots grow the same way as the tree canopy, but that traditional picture that people have is not true.
Tree roots grow much further outwards and much shallower than most people think. Because that is where most of the micro organisms and the nutrients are. Given the fact that the micro organisms do not get scorched by the sun or washed away by the rain or floods or burned by fire, and given the fact that all the other beneficial conditions stay as undisturbed as possible as well.
That is how plant life on land started to begin with. The micro organisms paved the way for trees and flowers. But the micro organisms could only occupy more land with the help from mosses and such so that the micro organisms were protected against heat changes and UV light and so on.
Bear with me that I am not a scholar, and English is not my native language, so what I write might not be at an academic standard. But it is scientifically correct. And it is what I learned by experience with my aquaponics setup, because it is rather sensitive for sudden changes or wrong human input.
@@insAneTunA Very wise words, and let's see how it goes!
@@DesertGardensHomestead Well, it might take a while before any noticeable result will be visible because my experience is that I always get that result a year later after I applied what I always preach. And it gets even better after that if you can keep the microbial population happy, but I have to keep refreshing the mulch. Larger size wood chips and small twigs need less refreshing because they last longer. And a thick layer of green leafs give the fastest results but that needs more refreshing. And something in between would be hay. But it takes time, because that microbial population doesn't grow fast during the first year. It just takes time.
Great information, thank you for sharing. Love the captive audience in the background. Good looking bully. How do you water if they dry?
You can undo the tinfoil and just water the top of the baggy with a gentle stream or watering can, and the water will filter into the medium through the slit in the baggy where it goes around the branch. Once you see the soil is wet, put the tinfoil back on. Thanks for watching and seeds incoming.
@@DesertGardensHomestead just got your email, thank you so much.
Would that work with plum trees?
Yes, however, a lot of stonefruit like plums and peaches need a good rootstock, so they may be susceptible to various diseases if you just use a known variety instead of grafting it onto know 'hardy' rootstock. That is why I don't propagate stonefruit as much by cutting or airlayer. I most often propagate by seed and graft on.
Try it out though! You never know until you do it. Keep me posted on how it goes.