CRAB APPLE LAYERS
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Terry
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CRAB APPLE LAYERS
Here are the fruits of my mornings labour. Four air layers taken from a crab apple (unknown species) growing in my front yard. The layers were set in mid winter and cut today. They were a little dry but the fruit and leaves look healthy, so they should be ok (I hope).
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
Any chance of an update on these?I am thinking of doing a layer on my large crab that has a nasty graft scar. It looks like you got good root growth, did you use any rooting hormone?
Matt
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
I've used hormone powder, but they seem to root quite easily anyway. Just keep the water up to them. Maybe rotate every few weeks to get the sun all round the layer.
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
Hi Bustadog , mate they will go like the wind and power on .I have layered many big pieces in the past and even if they only callous up , "too eager to remove" they seem to throw roots after removal .I have taken a lot of cuttings as well they too strike very easy .
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Terry
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
All the layers have survived and are doing very well (although I only have two left as I gave the others away).
Matt,
I soaked spagnum moss in Maxicrop plant starter for 12hrs and bubble wrapped and taped it around the ring barked trunk ( no soil or other medium). Make sure you make the ring bark quite wide and deep as they can callous over very quickly. I also inserted some copper wire under the bark to hopefully encourage the roots to flare out.
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Terry
Matt,
I soaked spagnum moss in Maxicrop plant starter for 12hrs and bubble wrapped and taped it around the ring barked trunk ( no soil or other medium). Make sure you make the ring bark quite wide and deep as they can callous over very quickly. I also inserted some copper wire under the bark to hopefully encourage the roots to flare out.
Cheers
Terry
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
Cheers Terry, I will get onto my big one this winter... the time has come 
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
Family Rosaceae = rooto no problemo 
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
As layers yes, as cuttings.. not always soMojo Moyogi wrote:Family Rosaceae = rooto no problemo
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
I agree Matt. For me it was 100% failure rate as cuttings from this particular tree.
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Re: CRAB APPLE LAYERS
I have been doing a fair bit of research & all say the same thing, when it comes to crab apples hardwood cuttings wont work, only semi hardwood in summer...bustadog wrote:I agree Matt. For me it was 100% failure rate as cuttings from this particular tree.
Terry
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"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
