Crepe Myrtle air layered - 3 yrs on....

[sreeve]

It is now three years since I air layered a stump off the Crepe Myrtle at home.

So far so good, time will tell……

Regards
Steve

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[Jamie]

sweet air layer steve, it looks like two trunks have fused into one?? is this the case???


nice work anyway, look forward to seeing more


jamie

[anttal63]

nice one mate, time will tell . whats goin on under the soil. are the roots thriving and thickening. what time of the year did you do it and how long did it take?

[sreeve]

Hi Jamie
You are spot on…..the trunk has split and merged, in fact there is actually a third trunk behind just to add some spice to this one 

The parent tree is very old and I love its character, it has split and merged so many times that it is hard to decide which is original and which isn’t. A real mystery with every look.
Regards
Steve

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[sreeve]

Hi Antonio,
The roots are looking really good under the soil. I dont want to expose them at this time.

The air layer was done or rather completed at around Dec 2006 and from memory took about 8 - 10 weeks.

I simply had it cooking in a black open plastic pot which was filled with soil.

It had no branches at the time and looked a pretty strange sight when it had finished cooking.

Easy Peasy to air layer

Regards
Steve

[sreeve]

It's now 8 years since this large Crepe Myrtle was air layered. Since taking this photo it has bloomed and is covered with flower.

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[sreeve]

An update with flowers

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[raewynk]

sreeve - steve

WOW looks awesome, what a technique.

I am just going to have to get one of those for my little collection.

Rae

[Watto]

Very impressive Steve, well done