Successfully air layered my Midnight Blue!!!
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8 years agoJasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
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Comments (3)Norm, Late Spring is when I have taken air layerings, after the spring flush is over, but before the summer heat really kicks in. The plants I have taken layers from are Junipers, Crepe Myrtle and Japanese Cherry - all were successful. In one of my Bonsai books the author (Bonsai Masterclass -Peter Chan?) states he layered a Japanese Maple in successive rounds over one season and got 9 Bonsai from one nursery tree in that year. This tree of mine could yield about 5 (2 from each main branch, plus the weathered trunk part) I don't want to stress the tree overly, so I would layer the tops of the main branches first, then the lower down sections after the first round of layering was complete. I think that trying to run 4 air layerings at once on only 2 branches might be a little risky. Yes, we have a good long growing season here: last frost abt. Mar 30, first frost abt. Oct 31. I was therefore wondering if I could start eariler than I did last time (which was about May 20)...See MoreAir-layering Kaki persimmon for instant fruited tree
Comments (27)Tonytran, the execution of the air layering is perfect. But from my point of serious sight better instead of making an air layering, to graft on the most appropriate rootstock (depending on terrain), if it is a land with very moist soils, it is best to use Diospyros virginiana, and for the driest land Diospyros Lotus is better . In your case with air layering, what you get will be a variety with a rootstock Diospyros kaki ( and no one knows how it will behave in different types of terrain) , although usually performs well. There is a boy from San Diego, who has problems with his kakis grafted in Diospyros Lotus (usually this rootstock has problems in humid lands, as this rootstock has a very shallow root system, only deepens in the land , about 40-50 centimeters ) while the Diospyros virginiana has a very deep root system (this rootstock is more resistant to soil moisture and provide to the grafted variety increased resistance to fungal diseases), next February , I will send some seeds of this rootstock. The difference between the two rootstock is like night and day. It seems that the rootstock Diospyros virginiana, is not widely used in the United States is this true? Best regards Jose...See Morewhich species for layering/air layering?
Comments (5)cousinfloyd,yes kiwis will layer but they take a few months to do so.I find the kolomitka will root with no root hormone but the arguta benefit from a little IBA hormone.I usually bend a cane to the ground and put a rock on it.Grapes root well with no root hormone as do raspberries and blackberries and as mentioned above goose berries and currants.They say mulberry root well also...I am doing it right now and I will let you know how well it works. Glenn...See MoreIs an air layered Jujube as strong as grafted?
Comments (13)I just asked Lee Reich that question about air layering Jujube. Here's his response: In researching the literature on jujube for my book Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden, I didn't come across air-layering as a method for propagating this plant. One problem with air-layering any plant in cold climates is that air-layering usually takes many months, yet developing roots on an air layer could not survive ambient outdoor temperatures, to which they would be exposed up in the branches. Here is what I did write about clonal propagation of jujube in the jujube chapter of my book: Suckers, root cuttings, and grafts are ways to propagate superior jujube clones. A clone to be propagated by suckers or root cuttings must be on its own roots, that is, it should not be a grafted tree. Success with root cuttings is variable, depending on the clone, and plants grown from root cuttings will not develop the taproot of trees grown from seed. Stem cuttings root with difficulty. Grafted plants grow vigorously. Chip budding, T-budding, and whip-and-tongue grafting have all been successful---as long as scionwood is not chosen of stems destined to be deciduous. Jujube plants are precocious. Grafted trees have even been known to bear some fruit in the same season in which they were grafted! Bass...See Morebethnorcal9
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