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Air layering?

21 years ago

I have a JM,bought from Wayside many years ago and tag long since gone. It's green w/ very thin line of red edging the leaves.....but it has one nice size side limb that is what I guess you'd call a witch's broom that is green on green varigated and leaves seem much more closely spaced. I'd like to remove to grow on it's own but don't trust myself to get it to live just by loping it off and trying to get it to root. Can a JM be successfully air-layered?

PP

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Layne_Uyeno
21 years ago
Hi,

Yes. Japanese maples can be air layered successfully. Now is the time to start doing it so it'll be ready to go on it's own by winter.

Layne
bigred
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks Layne!

I've seen house plants w/woody stems/trunks,air-layered by making to cuts 1/4"-1/2" apart thru the bark then removing it down to the bare wood then wrapping the cut w/ moist spaganum moss,covered and secured w/ plastic wrap. Is this method used for JM's too? Rooting hormone?

So many questions?

PP
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Layne_Uyeno
21 years ago
Hi Red,

Go to this link. We were discussing air layering on the UBC forum. This might answer some of your questions...or add more. :-)

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4003&highlight=air+layering

Layne

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