AusBonsai

G,day People I have just done a quick look though propagation threads for Air layering JBP's.

At a friends yesterday doing some mutual work on tree's ( picked up some more Hokkeido elm stock ) I was asked if I knew how successful air layering Japanese Black pines was.

When to do it and what method was best. Not being a JBP person I could not answer. So what I am doing now is asking.
I have read as has my friend what is available in varying books.

What I would like is from personal experience, like when you did it what medium was used was it the ring bark method or wire tourniquet.

Did you use a drip feed for the watering or the standard cling wrap with sphagnum moss.

I would be very grateful as the friend is one in a million, and if can help, with your help it would be wonderful.

Cheers looking forward to a lot of replys of successful air layers Pup

I did some and posted the results on here somehwere.

It was a youngish trunk that I layered
Used the Sphagnum moss and Peat in a pot after ringbarking. Put it on in Autumn and took it off late winter ( Early spring). Watered daily with all my other trees
all were very sucessful and are thriving

Ken

kcpoole wrote:I did some and posted the results on here somehwere.

It was a youngish trunk that I layered
Used the Sphagnum moss and Peat in a pot after ringbarking. Put it on in Autumn and took it off late winter ( Early spring). Watered daily with all my other trees
all were very sucessful and are thriving

Ken

Thank you for that Ken, now I can tell her so she can get every thing ready for April.

Cheers Pup

Hi Pup,

I have a JBP air layer on at the moment, I have yet to be successful, as my first attempt didn't work, but I think I know what the problem was anyways the layer has been redone and still waiting...
Here is a thread I found quite helpful on bonsainut.
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?t=935

Cheers,
Elias

Elias wrote:Hi Pup,

I have a JBP air layer on at the moment, I have yet to be successful, as my first attempt didn't work, but I think I know what the problem was anyways the layer has been redone and still waiting...
Here is a thread I found quite helpful on bonsainut.
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?t=935

Cheers,
Elias

Mine has finally taken El. after a second attempt also . Ya gotta make sure the ring bark is way wide enough and you also get every little scrap of cambium off. As both i and El have learnt. Would i do it again? Yes when i set up a stock tree that i have no intention of styling except for taking layers. Otherwise too much time wasted on the good tree. JMO

Hi Pup,

Daviet has an excellent post on here explaining and showing pictures of his technique for Air Layering a Black Pine.

Regards,
Steven

Steven I thank you very much for that. Not being a JBP fan I had not read it. Now when I go to another workshop at Susies I will be able to show her. Hopfully get a new member for us.

Cheers Pup

Hey Pup, Say hi to Susie from the East Coast
Regards
Steve

PS - Did you raid the meeting at her place on the 24th January?

This was what Ken showed us viewtopic.php?f=104&t=1754

Pup, i'll post a pick of the Melaleuca i layered, i'd like to hear your thoughts.

sreeve wrote:Hey Pup, Say hi to Susie from the East Coast
Regards
Steve

PS - Did you raid the meeting at her place on the 24th January?

No not that one thats for Satsuki's. Susie is off to Brisbane this month for some reunion so I wont see her again until march. Will pas onyour regards Steve.