Thanks Jonny! Air layering is such a time saver growing thicker trunks. When your do clip and grow on your stock if you were going to chuck your clippings anyway. Your trees are looking neat and well on their way to becoming Bonsai. Good luck with your dream of starting your own gig!
Your videos are very informative and instructive. Very interesting for maple fans. Nicely done! One good thing with sphagnum moss is that it is reusable. You can use the same moss for many air layerings.
I’ve heard you can reuse the sphagnum moss so now that you have it, it doesn’t have to be one time use. I can’t share any real world experience however as I’ve just started getting into Bonsai.
Im pretty sure that the moss is too damp. Ive had airlayers (maples) take on roots in much drier moss without problem. Also, you must scrape off the light green layer just under the bark if you want roots instead of cambium and a bridge forming between the cut points.
Hi, dont forget to scrape off the cambium layer otherwise you could get calousing of the wounds and the process can fail :) great video still! btw sphagnum moss is anti-fungall already :)
I tried to airlayer 5-8 branches, I didn’t scrape the cambrium and none of the branches ended up growing root, I just ended up with a bunch of dead large branches…
Most of my Japanese maple trees are grafted, some are not. If I did from a grafted tree, will I expect the new tree to take on the characteristic of the root stock portion, the character of the portion I air layered, or a whole different kind of character altogether? Thank you.
Thanks! This year I have started expanding into several other plants including Hostas and some flowering plants. I also sold annual tomato starts this year and did good with those.
good morning Jonny, I started following you recently for searches related to the spread of Acer. I am from Argentina and right now we are in spring. I loved your channel, very clear and entertaining videos. I'm amazed at how many Acers you can reproduce and I have one at work but had no luck finding seedlings underneath from what I saw. Perhaps they were uprooted with one of the lawn mowers. Or the birds eat their seeds before they germinate. I would like to give you a recommendation regarding this video, after removing the bark ring from the branch you should scrape the cambium layer with the knife since it is below the sap layer (green) and is light in color. but if you scrape you will notice that you have reached the white wood and there the passage of nutrients from the leaves to the roots of the tree is interrupted. If you don't remove that cambium layer then the tree may generate a healing cay before forming roots in the moss. Hopefully they turn out well but if they fail you will be able to repeat the procedure next season and make sure to scrape a little around the entire circumference of the branch so that there is no connection to the base of the tree, only wood that carries water to the leaves of tip. greetings friend
Thanks Jonny! Air layering is such a time saver growing thicker trunks. When your do clip and grow on your stock if you were going to chuck your clippings anyway.
Your trees are looking neat and well on their way to becoming Bonsai. Good luck with your dream of starting your own gig!
Fascinating, thanks. You have lots of patience.
You are welcome - Propagating does take patience, but it is well worth it!
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Your videos are very informative and instructive. Very interesting for maple fans. Nicely done!
One good thing with sphagnum moss is that it is reusable. You can use the same moss for many air layerings.
Thanks for the tip and the kind words - I will give that a try.
I’ve heard you can reuse the sphagnum moss so now that you have it, it doesn’t have to be one time use. I can’t share any real world experience however as I’ve just started getting into Bonsai.
Thank you very much.’
Can't tell where you cut the branch. A closeup next time would be better. Was it below the node?
Im pretty sure that the moss is too damp. Ive had airlayers (maples) take on roots in much drier moss without problem. Also, you must scrape off the light green layer just under the bark if you want roots instead of cambium and a bridge forming between the cut points.
Good tips. I did have 1 of 2 root successfully.
Great video thank you ❤
How old is your beautiful Alpenwies? Thank you for the very detailed demonstration for air-layering.
You're Welcome. I estimate that the tree around 12-15 years old or so.
Hi J. Thx for informative video. Great!
What month are you doing this (I don't think I heard when)?
Hi, dont forget to scrape off the cambium layer otherwise you could get calousing of the wounds and the process can fail :) great video still! btw sphagnum moss is anti-fungall already :)
I tried to airlayer 5-8 branches, I didn’t scrape the cambrium and none of the branches ended up growing root, I just ended up with a bunch of dead large branches…
Most of my Japanese maple trees are grafted, some are not. If I did from a grafted tree, will I expect the new tree to take on the characteristic of the root stock portion, the character of the portion I air layered, or a whole different kind of character altogether?
Thank you.
Nice dream nursery biss is harder than that expand into other plants and maybe water and coi.
Thanks! This year I have started expanding into several other plants including Hostas and some flowering plants. I also sold annual tomato starts this year and did good with those.
is that cut made completely around the branch?
Yes, all of the way around.
good morning Jonny, I started following you recently for searches related to the spread of Acer. I am from Argentina and right now we are in spring. I loved your channel, very clear and entertaining videos. I'm amazed at how many Acers you can reproduce and I have one at work but had no luck finding seedlings underneath from what I saw. Perhaps they were uprooted with one of the lawn mowers. Or the birds eat their seeds before they germinate. I would like to give you a recommendation regarding this video, after removing the bark ring from the branch you should scrape the cambium layer with the knife since it is below the sap layer (green) and is light in color. but if you scrape you will notice that you have reached the white wood and there the passage of nutrients from the leaves to the roots of the tree is interrupted. If you don't remove that cambium layer then the tree may generate a healing cay before forming roots in the moss. Hopefully they turn out well but if they fail you will be able to repeat the procedure next season and make sure to scrape a little around the entire circumference of the branch so that there is no connection to the base of the tree, only wood that carries water to the leaves of tip. greetings friend
Thanks for the advice. I had success on 1 of 2, but will try your suggestion next time.
how do you add moisture with this setup if it does dry up?
Poke a small hole in the bag and use a syringe.
You can use baster hole can be larger use tape cover holes
Is there a preferred time of the season to start the process? Great video!
A lot of people seem to do this in the spring, but in a cooler climate, I feel like early summer may be better.
Nice work!
Thank you for sharing this journey. Hopefully will learn from you and follow along with the knowledge you have shared.
Awesome - you are welcome!
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