Casuarina air layering?
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Hornet
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Casuarina air layering?
I have a nice Gymnostoma australianum i'd like to air layer instead of just discarding most of the tree with a trunk chop. Being closely related to casuarina's i'd assume they would air layer in a similar way. Any tips for air layering casuarina?
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Re: Casuarina air layering?
Hornet wrote:I have a nice Gymnostoma australianum i'd like to air layer instead of just discarding most of the tree with a trunk chop. Being closely related to casuarina's i'd assume they would air layer in a similar way. Any tips for air layering casuarina?
When I did my Casuarina I used a 100mm pot with 50% fine gravel 50% coco peat, ring barked the tree and painted hormone past on the cut and waited about 4 months and had beautiful roots.
The small tree is powering away now.
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