Ground Layer and Air Layer at the same time?
Posted: May 16th, 2022, 1:26 pm
Hi all, I have a question about doing a ground layer and air layer at the same time on a JM?
I moved this JM from its location in the garden to a grow pot in early autumn as it wasn't getting enough light and not doing very well. I decided I would turn it into Bonsai rather than a maple tree which was the original intention.
Currently it is very tall and very straight, whilst the main trunk has some good taper, it needs to be cut / air layered, which I will do in spring. It is currently doing well. It hasn't started to lose it's leaves yet, given I'm relatively close to the coast.
When I potted it, I didn't touch the roots etc, so the current plan is to repot / to start working on the nebari, and then the air layer somewhere in the vicinity of this photo.
As such, I was wondering if it doing both a ground layer (say via toruniquet - if it needed it) and an air layer is generally considered a no-no and too much stress on a tree?
Even if doing the root work ahead of an airlayer would be too much? My JM are generally responding to all the neglect I can throw at them.
I moved this JM from its location in the garden to a grow pot in early autumn as it wasn't getting enough light and not doing very well. I decided I would turn it into Bonsai rather than a maple tree which was the original intention.
Currently it is very tall and very straight, whilst the main trunk has some good taper, it needs to be cut / air layered, which I will do in spring. It is currently doing well. It hasn't started to lose it's leaves yet, given I'm relatively close to the coast.
When I potted it, I didn't touch the roots etc, so the current plan is to repot / to start working on the nebari, and then the air layer somewhere in the vicinity of this photo.
As such, I was wondering if it doing both a ground layer (say via toruniquet - if it needed it) and an air layer is generally considered a no-no and too much stress on a tree?
Even if doing the root work ahead of an airlayer would be too much? My JM are generally responding to all the neglect I can throw at them.