Air Layer Bonsai

The air layer will be made at this point just below the dorment buds and leaving the upright branch below to develop as the new leader.

Air layer bonsai. Air layering is a propagation method dating back over 2 000 years. The wire should cut about halfway into the bark. The lower cut is made and the bark peeled away. Its probably about 4 5 thick and i was wondering if this is something i could air layer or if its too big not a good species.

Dust some rooting hormone available. This branch on my neighbor s tree looks incredible. Layering is often done when a portion of a branch or a trunk is desirable for bonsai but the rest of the plant may not be. I d long wanted a cryptomeria bonsai after watching a friend s tree develop over many years.

The tourniquet method wrap a piece of copper wire all the way around the trunk branch right at the point where you like new roots to grow. The thicker the trunk branch the thicker the wire should be see photo. I can get his permission but i wouldn t want to ask if it wasn t even possible. Strip several layers of the branch protect the branch with moss to retain nutrients and water create new starts during the spring or early summer find patience.

Layering shares some things in common with rooting cuttings but had a more complicated process. When propagating trees using the air layering method bonsai gardeners should. Although there was little taper much of the trunk was straight so i thought this could become a good project. This video is about bonsai short cut air layering.

The cut is coated with rooting hormone and the spagnum moss is placed in water to soak.