Here's a link to the shortened down version: th-cam.com/video/4hG0Vd01AuA/w-d-xo.html and if you're looking for the ornament balls, here's the link on Amazon: amzn.to/3CBV1z7
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.
I've been air-layering my orchard for last 20 years! The only thing I can suggest with regards to your video is to better prevent water from entering the air-layering ball by using plastic foil tightly around the branch where it enters the layering cup. Your project was inside so no water could run down the branch, but in an outdoors situation water/rain would be able enter and possibly drown the clone. Often we clone from huge tress that cannot be brought into a greenhouse, so this is important. Also, some plants are especially grafted onto a rootstock to improve hardiness, cold-hardiness or disease resistance....if you root by air-layering from those trees, you may loose those qualities/benefits depending on your climate, etc.
@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.
@@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.
It's great to see that the air layers made it from Zillah to their new home there Mike, and are thriving. Making and air layer on an air layer proves that fig trees can be really resilient. I hope that you're getting lots of figs from your orchard now. Like us, I'm sure you're getting lots of unseasonably warm weather for October, which is enhancing the fig ripening process. I do hope that the weather changes soon though and gets cold enough to get my potted trees to lose their leaves and go dormant so that they can be put away for the winter.
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.
Idea, instead of buying those plastic spheres, you can use any food container like a milk jug or carton, a plastic yogurt cup, any cup, jug, carton or tub that your food already comes in and cut a hole in the top, bottom and one line connecting the two on one side so you have a way to wrap the container around the stem. Always remember to cover it if it is clear, no light on soil or roots is the key. Have a great day.
@@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
Daggum! Would you look at that! What a fantastic & inexpensive cloner! I know what I’m doing with the plastic Easter eggs next spring!! That was some killer root reveal, brother. I got goose bumps! That was exciting.
I just potted my first air layer yesterday. Pear tree, I bought the clear/black "pods" for air layering. Been letting it do its thing for two month. We had a big storm Sunday night and the limb below the air layer broke. The tree above the air layer has been growing like crazy. I used this branch because it had limbs already and all three put on about 3" of new growth. The limb below the air layer was ⅓ small that the limb above the AL. So I assum the lower limb could no longer handle the weight. Above the air layer was about 4', but I pruned it back to about three feet. I hope I did not screw up by pruning the finished air layer!
I am going to try air layering a snow fountain. I need to know how to plant it in a pot and how to care for it in winter. I watch your videos over and over to learn.
Thanks for the video Mike, another great idea! Mmm I’m liking all this propagation it’s such a rewarding hobby. Think I might need to buy a rural property like yours so I can spend my days propagating and then planting it all out!
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.
Was having a lot of trouble with drilling the holes out too. Stuck a piece of rebar in the ground and heated it up (just the top) with a blow torch for maybe 20secs. Held the ball to it where I wanted the hole and melted through a nice spot, quick and easy. As big as I needed. Might help others. Great channel and videos! Thanks! 👍
I know where there’sa high yield pear tree that needs pruning. I want to air layer ten , good sized limbs, which will have branches that can also be air layered. Also a fig bush . I going to start in April, Lord willing. Thank you for this video. I needed to know how much time it would take
I've developed a Mike Kincaide Mix way of rooting fig's I found just scoring the bottom's like you have shown actually root's faster but i do mine with a twist. I put a clear Solo cup over my clear rooting Solo cup for a week and a half then completely remove seems to work great. Now i have used almost identical cuttings in the traditional way of removing cambium layer seems root's developed slower. Still experimenting but Thank's for giving me ideas Mike
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.
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.
Hei Mike, amazing job, I don't want to criticize your work, but in my point of view, it was unnecesary to take away the fig fruits, of course you have a point when you say they steal energy for rooting, but they were only to small fruits and according my personal experiments, I have done air layering with big succes with fuitable trees as Prunus serotina ( Capulí) Malus doméstica ( Apple or Manzana) Prunus Syriaca ( Yellow plum or Claudia) and no problem with a pair of fruits. It is only my point of view, incredible your work Congratulations.
Good evening Mike, greetings from Greece 🇬🇷. One thing I was curious if it would work regarding air layers, was a double air done on the same time, I did some for 3 of my varieties and both air layers on the same branch rooted successfully. The distance between air layers was around 20-25 cm. I
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 😂
U can use a wood burning tool to put holes in the Xmas balls. Easy an d works in seconds sold anywhere craft supplies sold. Also works well with plastic pots.
Here's a video about what I use for potting soil and rooting medium: th-cam.com/video/jQM9OE1G2Ug/w-d-xo.html and another video about rooting medium and what to look for: th-cam.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/w-d-xo.html
Just a tip, with fig trees you do not need to remove a strip of bark to get them to root. It does make it happen a bit faster that way but not necessary. Many times I have laid a branch on the ground and put a brick on it and check it a few months later and it has roots.
YOUR PROBLEM WITH THAT LITTLE TREE WAS NOT RODENTS BUT FUNGUS ATTACK FROM THE WARMTH AROUND BASE DUE TO THAT GRASS CLIPPINGS!!! TURNING THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR LITTLE TREE INTO COMPOST!!!
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.
I copied this to one interesing response. I am from Western New York and have 7 little branches that lived but only have a calous versus roots. I trimmed sides of caous lightly and have in potting soil. It was leafing out so I trimmed don. Could use pointers. Can provide email if want. Hoping i am on the right track. Not sure about shade etc.
Might have found a spot for a few trees. Have to get the boss's permission first lol. I am thinking about in front of the main vegetable garden doing another raised bed, but thats a high run-off area, whats your thoughts no way to alter the water-run-off, will they handle the run-off?
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.
Hey Mike another great video on air layering, I’m going to hit it hard next year trying airlayering. I plan on trying to put 3 air layers on one apple tree rootstock branch that’s about 4 feet long. All one seasons growth. If you get a chance I messaged you on what I hope was your personal Facebook profile, only because I couldn’t find a e-mail address to message you at. If you give me a e-mail address I can just re send it to you that way instead. I know your probably a busy guy, just wanted to share something with you. Thanks for your time and these videos. Keep ‘‘em coming!
I recently found out we have been mispronouncing this fig name lol. Couple folks in Louisianna with that surname told me it's pronounced Holl (like doll) - yay (as in yay team).
Hey Mike would you ever grow peaches on your land ? I was wondering if you could do a cutting video on peach. I looked it up and not many people did good videos like you do on the subject. I saw the peach cobbler vid tho and it looks yummy. Much love from PA
I have done a few branches of air layering. I think most of them will fail because I knew nothing about the cambium. Some I did later than others but all within less than 2 weeks. I think by Xmas or early January they should all have roots if I did them right. I did lots of them just as an experiment for myself.
Mike, that's probably the slickest idea I've seen in a while. Would something like that work with any plant? I'm really needing an easy way to propagate some of my blackberry plants. I live in zone 8a. Do I have time to get some some root activity going before the plant goes dormant for winter? Thanks for some great videos!
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: th-cam.com/video/YP5QHHbV3Vg/w-d-xo.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.
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 have the patients to make my own. I got 6 clear large air layer balls on Amazon for $10. I also watched guy who just uses aluminum foil. Question, why would you put the air layer in sterile soil? They would do better in rich soil mix. If you are going to plant in your field, use some of the soil sifted with compost and perlite. It seems to me you are just slowing it down. They already have the shock of being cut to deal with. It needs nutrients not npk to keep building roots.
I thought callus was the first step and then it formed roots next. Can you explain that to me again. Why did you need to get passed the cambium layer? Thanks I love learning from you. Thanks for the great videos.
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
That's cool 👍 crazy how plants work.this yr I've found myself loving growing super hot peppers idk I just think they are cool looking plants not 2 Mention I like spicy food. Now I'm ordering rare kinds. 🤔 thinking of going Aquaponics.. African chiclids is my other hobby so why not merge 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.
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.
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.
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 TH-cam. Any recommendations which branch to use or not use?
Hi Mike. I air layer some burning bush last September 25? How soon do you think will it root? Can I just leave it on the tree till next spring? Or do I have to check if it has roots then cut it and pot it before winter? Thanks.
Thanks Mike. Interesting how there were so many more roots on one side compared to the other. Question, I tried air layering this spring. When I went to check out how they did, they moss I used inside was dry. Did you go back and add water along the way? I used plastic balls I purchased from Amazon. I did not wrap them with anything, should I have used foil or plastic wrap to hold in the moister? Thanks again.
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.
It seems like whenever you say "air layer" & "FRUIT" trees these days it's figs. lol Maybe you should just call it air layering fig trees. I keep hoping you find the "trick" to effectively air layering apples, pears, etc.
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 TH-cam won't promote it. TH-cam 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 TH-cam 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: th-cam.com/video/xXRWGbDfVlw/w-d-xo.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 TH-cam algorithm was so messed up. I have been thinking of starting a TH-cam channel so I will definitely watch that. Thanks.
THAT IS NOT CLONING!!!!! Cloning starts with a single viable cell. YOU ARE TAKING CUTTINGS. Nothing else. It really pisses me off when you get the most simple, basic science wrong.
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."
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.
Hello, I have questions. What should I do with an pear plant that I air layered? It is still attached to the tree, since we are in the fall season, can I plant it in the ground or should I put it in a pot and keep It indoors until spring?
Well once again you have amazed me, you make it look so easy and simple, oh wait a minute, if you do it the way you do it, it is easy and simple and fun. I love these videos, I am still learning so much from you, THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART❣️❣️❣️
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.
Here's a link to the shortened down version: th-cam.com/video/4hG0Vd01AuA/w-d-xo.html and if you're looking for the ornament balls, here's the link on Amazon: amzn.to/3CBV1z7
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.
I've been air-layering my orchard for last 20 years! The only thing I can suggest with regards to your video is to better prevent water from entering the air-layering ball by using plastic foil tightly around the branch where it enters the layering cup. Your project was inside so no water could run down the branch, but in an outdoors situation water/rain would be able enter and possibly drown the clone. Often we clone from huge tress that cannot be brought into a greenhouse, so this is important. Also, some plants are especially grafted onto a rootstock to improve hardiness, cold-hardiness or disease resistance....if you root by air-layering from those trees, you may loose those qualities/benefits depending on your climate, etc.
@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!
"Can you air layer an air layer? Yes! I just did."
I love it.
Lol, this was a fun video.
It's great to see that the air layers made it from Zillah to their new home there Mike, and are thriving. Making and air layer on an air layer proves that fig trees can be really resilient. I hope that you're getting lots of figs from your orchard now. Like us, I'm sure you're getting lots of unseasonably warm weather for October, which is enhancing the fig ripening process. I do hope that the weather changes soon though and gets cold enough to get my potted trees to lose their leaves and go dormant so that they can be put away for the winter.
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.
I can't believe how well that Christmas tree ornament did. Very nice 👍
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.
Another great video
This is so cool! I have never tried air layering but after watching this video I really want to try it on something.
It's so rewarding and fun to see all those roots. You definitely have to try it next summer.
Good job Mike.
The deer fence is going in soon so thanks for teaching us such cool stuff!!
Great! I've got to get some deer fencing going too.
Awesome video man. I need to do some more air layering
I hear ya. Every time I see an air layering video I get excited and want to air layer everything.
Idea, instead of buying those plastic spheres, you can use any food container like a milk jug or carton, a plastic yogurt cup, any cup, jug, carton or tub that your food already comes in and cut a hole in the top, bottom and one line connecting the two on one side so you have a way to wrap the container around the stem. Always remember to cover it if it is clear, no light on soil or roots is the key. Have a great day.
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
Great Job
Thanks David
Thank you for these videos. Gunna air layer my apple trees before I prune them this next spring. Your stuff is the best!
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!
Daggum! Would you look at that! What a fantastic & inexpensive cloner! I know what I’m doing with the plastic Easter eggs next spring!!
That was some killer root reveal, brother. I got goose bumps! That was exciting.
Hahaha, it's such a huge dopamine hit to the brain after seeing those roots, lol
Thank you for this video i will do it on my pear tree and cherry to keep the genes, 30+ years old trees. Have a nice day 🙃
Best of luck!
My favourite thing, making more plants or fruit trees.
Yes!
Hare Krishna. Wow so beautiful garden, good information 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
I just potted my first air layer yesterday.
Pear tree, I bought the clear/black "pods" for air layering. Been letting it do its thing for two month.
We had a big storm Sunday night and the limb below the air layer broke. The tree above the air layer has been growing like crazy. I used this branch because it had limbs already and all three put on about 3" of new growth.
The limb below the air layer was ⅓ small that the limb above the AL. So I assum the lower limb could no longer handle the weight. Above the air layer was about 4', but I pruned it back to about three feet.
I hope I did not screw up by pruning the finished air layer!
Well done, very impressive.
Thanks Kent
Thanks Mike 🕊️
I love learning more new info from you!
Glad you're here Joni! There's always something more to learn in the garden.
Congratulations on another fruit tree air-layering🙏❤️ Happy new year too you and your family 👋
Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!!!
THIS IS SO COOL!
And a lot of fun!
I am going to try air layering a snow fountain. I need to know how to plant it in a pot and how to care for it in winter. I watch your videos over and over to learn.
That's good
Great job Mike
Thanks Paul, good to see you
Thanks for the video Mike, another great idea! Mmm I’m liking all this propagation it’s such a rewarding hobby. Think I might need to buy a rural property like yours so I can spend my days propagating and then planting it all out!
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.
We use to do that years ago. We used paper towels. It dried out much faster causing a lot more work. But, it did work.
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.
That very interesting video as fun put clear ball and make soil ball and growing lots of figs, good job, Mike!!!😉🎉🪴🪴🍁🍂❤️
It was fun to make. Thanks Robert!
Was having a lot of trouble with drilling the holes out too. Stuck a piece of rebar in the ground and heated it up (just the top) with a blow torch for maybe 20secs. Held the ball to it where I wanted the hole and melted through a nice spot, quick and easy. As big as I needed. Might help others. Great channel and videos! Thanks! 👍
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.
Mike, that is SO COOL!!!
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.
I know where there’sa high yield pear tree that needs pruning. I want to air layer ten , good sized limbs, which will have branches that can also be air layered. Also a fig bush . I going to start in April, Lord willing. Thank you for this video. I needed to know how much time it would take
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!
I've developed a Mike Kincaide Mix way of rooting fig's I found just scoring the bottom's like you have shown actually root's faster but i do mine with a twist. I put a clear Solo cup over my clear rooting Solo cup for a week and a half then completely remove seems to work great. Now i have used almost identical cuttings in the traditional way of removing cambium layer seems root's developed slower. Still experimenting but Thank's for giving me ideas Mike
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
Awesome. Love this 🌅💯
Thanks! Have fun air layering.
Oh..that was such a cool video!! Thanks!
Thanks!
I’ll have to give this a try with a ginkgo tree. Maybe a redwood.
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.
Super success!
It sure was! Can't wait to do some more air layering this summer.
good job Mike!
Thanks John!
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO!!!😊👍🏽🙋🏽♀️🔥🙏🏽👑✝️📖🔥
You are so welcome
I just love your videos🙌
Thanks so much!
Hey! So cool! Great to see you Mike! Enjoyed the video! Hugs
Always great to see you to Camelia!
Thanks Mike! 🤗❤
Hei Mike, amazing job, I don't want to criticize your work, but in my point of view, it was unnecesary to take away the fig fruits, of course you have a point when you say they steal energy for rooting, but they were only to small fruits and according my personal experiments, I have done air layering with big succes with fuitable trees as Prunus serotina ( Capulí)
Malus doméstica ( Apple or Manzana)
Prunus Syriaca ( Yellow plum or Claudia) and no problem with a pair of fruits. It is only my point of view, incredible your work
Congratulations.
Hollier is “Ole-yay,” Mike, how many times do I have to tell you 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha, I always think of you when I say it wrong but just can't help myself!
Good evening Mike, greetings from Greece 🇬🇷.
One thing I was curious if it would work regarding air layers, was a double air done on the same time, I did some for 3 of my varieties and both air layers on the same branch rooted successfully. The distance between air layers was around 20-25 cm. I
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 😂
Hey Mike 👋. Finally I got susses with air layering. Sphagnum moss and plastic bag works better than roots pods from amazon.
Glad you found success Bernardo. Keep running with it.
U can use a wood burning tool to put holes in the Xmas balls. Easy an d works in seconds sold anywhere craft supplies sold. Also works well with plastic pots.
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
Cool thanks
You bet, Carol
that is cool
Outstanding videos!! Do you have one on what potting soil you use? Or how to make yours?
Here's a video about what I use for potting soil and rooting medium: th-cam.com/video/jQM9OE1G2Ug/w-d-xo.html and another video about rooting medium and what to look for: th-cam.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/w-d-xo.html
Mr Green Fingers.
What do yall suggest with air layering in a colder climate area like Utah?
I've got apricots, apples, plums and pears
Just a tip, with fig trees you do not need to remove a strip of bark to get them to root. It does make it happen a bit faster that way but not necessary. Many times I have laid a branch on the ground and put a brick on it and check it a few months later and it has roots.
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.
YOUR PROBLEM WITH THAT LITTLE TREE WAS NOT RODENTS BUT FUNGUS ATTACK FROM THE WARMTH AROUND BASE DUE TO THAT GRASS CLIPPINGS!!! TURNING THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR LITTLE TREE INTO COMPOST!!!
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.
Nice root ball 😭😭
Thanks!
Hello. Will this still work without any root growth hormone? Thanks.
Yes
I copied this to one interesing response. I am from Western New York and have 7 little branches that lived but only have a calous versus roots. I trimmed sides of caous lightly and have in potting soil. It was leafing out so I trimmed don. Could use pointers. Can provide email if want. Hoping i am on the right track. Not sure about shade etc.
Might have found a spot for a few trees. Have to get the boss's permission first lol. I am thinking about in front of the main vegetable garden doing another raised bed, but thats a high run-off area, whats your thoughts no way to alter the water-run-off, will they handle the run-off?
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.
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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 🤣
What are the options for the soil/medium used in the ball?
Finely ground bark, peat moss, non-fertilized potting soil.
Hey Mike another great video on air layering, I’m going to hit it hard next year trying airlayering. I plan on trying to put 3 air layers on one apple tree rootstock branch that’s about 4 feet long. All one seasons growth. If you get a chance I messaged you on what I hope was your personal Facebook profile, only because I couldn’t find a e-mail address to message you at. If you give me a e-mail address I can just re send it to you that way instead. I know your probably a busy guy, just wanted to share something with you. Thanks for your time and these videos. Keep ‘‘em coming!
I'll look for it, thanks.
Will this work with a cherry tree?
Yes
I recently found out we have been mispronouncing this fig name lol. Couple folks in Louisianna with that surname told me it's pronounced Holl (like doll) - yay (as in yay team).
Haha, yep. I’ve been told the same.
Hey Mike would you ever grow peaches on your land ? I was wondering if you could do a cutting video on peach. I looked it up and not many people did good videos like you do on the subject. I saw the peach cobbler vid tho and it looks yummy. Much love from PA
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
I have done a few branches of air layering. I think most of them will fail because I knew nothing about the cambium. Some I did later than others but all within less than 2 weeks. I think by Xmas or early January they should all have roots if I did them right. I did lots of them just as an experiment for myself.
I just tried to do some air layers without cutting the cambium away and it didn't work.
Mike, that's probably the slickest idea I've seen in a while. Would something like that work with any plant? I'm really needing an easy way to propagate some of my blackberry plants. I live in zone 8a. Do I have time to get some some root activity going before the plant goes dormant for winter? Thanks for some great videos!
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: th-cam.com/video/YP5QHHbV3Vg/w-d-xo.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.
Dont put the hay bales around your outside Hollier fig tree, that is what attracted the rodents to the tree to begin with.
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.
Excellent. Have a great day Mike
You too Duaine
I don’t have the patients to make my own. I got 6 clear large air layer balls on Amazon for $10.
I also watched guy who just uses aluminum foil. Question, why would you put the air layer in sterile soil? They would do better in rich soil mix. If you are going to plant in your field, use some of the soil sifted with compost and perlite. It seems to me you are just slowing it down. They already have the shock of being cut to deal with. It needs nutrients not npk to keep building roots.
It doesn’t need nutrients right now. It’ll be dormant in a couple weeks
Have you thought about trying the stretchy medical tape, the stuff where the gum comes off with rubbing alochol? I would try that.
I was thinking about trying coban. There would be no stickiness at all to it.
@@MikeKincaid79 Great idea!
i can dig it...jah bless
Thanks Ben!
I thought callus was the first step and then it formed roots next. Can you explain that to me again. Why did you need to get passed the cambium layer? Thanks I love learning from you. Thanks for the great videos.
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
That's cool 👍 crazy how plants work.this yr I've found myself loving growing super hot peppers idk I just think they are cool looking plants not 2 Mention I like spicy food. Now I'm ordering rare kinds. 🤔 thinking of going Aquaponics.. African chiclids is my other hobby so why not merge them.
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.
always learning sonething new from you! where in the pnw are you?
Yelm area
Hi can I do this on a avocado ?
Probably. I've never tried on that plant but I think it would work.
Hey Mike. Great video! Would this process work on my rhododendrons? I'm assuming so, however what time of year, etc would be needed to be successful?
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.
Excellent video. Can you tell me the correct time of year to do this outside? Thinking of my apple trees.
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.
By any chance, do you have any Desert King variety I can buy from you
I don't have any ready to go so I'll have to take cuttings this fall.
Of this was with apples would it grow as a large size root stock by default?
It would grow roots for sure.
Is there a certain time of the growing season that air layering works best? Spring summer fall? I am in Indiana.
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 TH-cam. Any recommendations which branch to use or not use?
*That should say one piddly branch
Hi Mike. I air layer some burning bush last September 25? How soon do you think will it root? Can I just leave it on the tree till next spring? Or do I have to check if it has roots then cut it and pot it before winter? Thanks.
Depends on how quickly it roots. It's only been 3 weeks so I'd assume it won't be ready until next summer.
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What kind of soil are you using?
Peat moss for rooting. Finely ground fir tree bark for growing.
@@MikeKincaid79thank you!!
Hello from France. Is it too late for a fig air layer in October ?
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.
Anyone ever air layer apple trees?
Thanks Mike. Interesting how there were so many more roots on one side compared to the other. Question, I tried air layering this spring. When I went to check out how they did, they moss I used inside was dry. Did you go back and add water along the way? I used plastic balls I purchased from Amazon. I did not wrap them with anything, should I have used foil or plastic wrap to hold in the moister? Thanks again.
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.
Mike use a zip tie next time
Now that's a great idea
Why did it get the name air layer?
The process is called layering and this method is done in the air, above ground. There are several types of layering plants.
No need for goofy gimmick balls just use regular plastic bags from your kitchen drawer and some moist peat moss wait 6wks. Ready
Goofy and gimmicky? 😂. It’s just a plastic ball. No need for the adjectives.
Do you sell lychee trees by chance?
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!
It seems like whenever you say "air layer" & "FRUIT" trees these days it's figs. lol Maybe you should just call it air layering fig trees. I keep hoping you find the "trick" to effectively air layering apples, pears, etc.
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 TH-cam won't promote it. TH-cam 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 TH-cam 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: th-cam.com/video/xXRWGbDfVlw/w-d-xo.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 TH-cam algorithm was so messed up. I have been thinking of starting a TH-cam channel so I will definitely watch that. Thanks.
Painters tape? Seriously? Will stay on 3 minutes.
Stayed on half the summer.....seriously
@@MikeKincaid79 Sure, don't doubt you for one second. Seriously.
It’s in the video 😆
This fool had to show us the package he received and how to open it????
THAT IS NOT CLONING!!!!! Cloning starts with a single viable cell. YOU ARE TAKING CUTTINGS. Nothing else. It really pisses me off when you get the most simple, basic science wrong.
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.
Hello, I have questions.
What should I do with an pear plant that I air layered? It is still attached to the tree, since we are in the fall season, can I plant it in the ground or should I put it in a pot and keep
It indoors until spring?
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,
Well once again you have amazed me, you make it look so easy and simple, oh wait a minute, if you do it the way you do it, it is easy and simple and fun. I love these videos, I am still learning so much from you, THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART❣️❣️❣️
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.
muito bom gostei ja me inscrevi no canal e deixei um like
Muito obrigado. Eu agradeço seu apoio!
It is so satisfying to watch your propagation videos.
Impressive !!!!!!! .....
The tree did all the work, lol