Results from Bonsai By The Harbour

[Ray M]

Hi all,
I layered a couple of trees at Bonsai By The Harbour. First, a little history about the tree I did the air layer on. I have had a few people over the the last couple of years ask me about layering above a graft. I hadn't done one so felt it would be wrong for me to recommend doing this. I believed that it should work, but I don't like recommending procedures to people unless I have proved for myself that they work. At Bonsai By The Harbour my chance to check if this would work occurred. I borrowed a tree from Ray Nesci that had a very nice graft and the tree had some age to it. I am quite excited about the results so far. Considering the tree was layered 7 June 2014 and the tree had no foliage whatsoever.

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The other tree was a ground layer. This tree was done on the same day and it also had no foliage. The tree has developed some very healthy foliage and flowers.

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I'll post some more photos when they are ready to remove.

Regards Ray