Air-layering a step by step photo how-to

[Luke308]

Thought I would share a link that shows a step-by-step how-to with pics on air-layering
http://walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/ ... ssful.html

[Stewart_Toowoomba]

Thanks Luke

Good one

[kcpoole]

Nice Find Luke
We alos have quite a few on this site here that are linked form our wiki here https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... =Air_layer

Ken

[scuba16]

hey guys, just new to bonsai's and have a fig that i want to try air layer. question is can you air-layer any type of tree or only specific types?

[kcpoole]

Pretty much Most trees will airlayer sucessfully. mostly the only exceptions are rarel;y used for bonsai anyway.

Figs are deasd easy to do and will have roots in a month usually

Post your tree for definitive advice tho

Ken

[Andrew F]

Wish me luck guys

[scuba16]

ok nice, i was thinking of cutting away bark, brush on root fert, add potting mix and moss, glad wrap/ cut plant pot, wrap in alfoil and leave. questions i have is 1. do i need to keep media wet? 2. what's a good mix for the media?
p.s this is morton bay fig, over a meter tall and healthy. will post pic this weekend.

[Andrew F]

ok nice, i was thinking of cutting away bark, brush on root fert, add potting mix and moss, glad wrap/ cut plant pot, wrap in alfoil and leave. questions i have is 1. do i need to keep media wet? 2. what's a good mix for the media?
p.s this is morton bay fig, over a meter tall and healthy. will post pic this weekend.

Sphagnum moss.

I was at a nursery and someone was showing me their M.B figs that had been layered 2 weeks ago and some roots are already breaking the bags.