Airlayer juniper chinesis

[bonsaeen]

Hi i have a c juniper bonsai which is large and i am thinking of cutting it gradually to fix taper. Can i airlayer it now and take a little top piece off? Or is now not the correct time? Read somwhr it would take about 3-4 months to root so was thinking to do it now.

[shibui]

Junipers root at different rates depending on the time of year, how healthy the tree is, amount of light, water, fert, etc so no one can give you a definite timeline.
They produce roots quite easily so level of difficulty is low.
Now will be as good a time as any to layer a juniper. My guess is you will probably need to leave the layer on until spring before there are good roots but that would be an ideal time to remove a new layer.