AusBonsai

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

An update with flowers

sreeve - steve

WOW looks awesome, what a technique.

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

Rae

Very impressive Steve, well done