Multiple Air Layers on One Trunk

[Ray M]

Hi all,
I have attached a PDF file describing how to do multiple Air Layers on the same trunk. This is a work in progress and I will add more photos showing future progress.

I layered this Corky Bark Chinese Elm less than a week ago and it has new growth on each of the layers.

Multiple Air Layers on the same Trunk-2.pdf

Regards Ray

[makro]

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the detailed notes on multiple air layering. I have an 8 foot maple that I am looking to air layer multiple times this weekend.

[Ray M]

Hi makro,
Thank you for your kind remarks.

I presume your maple is a Trident maple. Trident maples can be fickle to Air Layer. Therefore I would like to emphasize a couple of points. Make sure you make the width of your cut 1.5 times the diameter of the trunk. Make sure you remove all of the cambium. You can be sure you have removed all the cambium by scraping the hard wood with a sharp blade. After doing this if you have damaged the top cut in any way do a new clean cut around the top. You only need to make this cut a couple of millimeters. This will ensure the top cut is very clean and sharp.

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Japanese maples are easier to layer than Tridents.

Please have a look at this post viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6154

Regards Ray

[makro]

Hi Ray,

Thanks for pointing me to the post. The tree is not a trident but a maple from flemmings and from memory it's called October glory. Unfortunately the leaves are rather large but would serve as a good learning for me for air layering

Cheers
Makario