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Posted by lycheeluva 6/7 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 28, 09 at 19:25
| I have a petite negron tree and i want to root a couple of brnaches to send to friends. It seems that the easiest way would be to bend a couple of limbs so that part of them become immeresed/buried in bags of potting soil. will this method work. can i do this in the summer? is there any particular size limb i should use? do i strip any of the leaves? what part of the limb do i bury in the soil? |
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RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| I just tried this method by bury cutting in a zip-lock bag. I used last years wood and fresh growth to see what will happen. I washed those cutting alot, but to no avail. Mold soon done away with them. I kept the bag in a warm place but not in the sun. the cuttings were doing great showing signs of roots developing but something when wrong, that i dont know. 
I kept the air fresh opening it up every three days or so and made sure the the soil was well aerated keeping it fluffy. I guess mold spores got in an thrived in the microbe infested soil. Even if i cleaned the cutting I can't clean the soil. I will try this again but next time keep the soil a little cooler the pervent mold. If you have luck doing this let me know. Figboy |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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I believe it will be easier to air-layer in a transparent enclosure because you will be able to see the progress and when it has properly rooted.
You may search this forum for "air-layering" and "airlayering" (click on "Search" near the top of the page) and you will find a number of threads discussing air layering.
If you still want ground layering, you may use 1/4" to 1/2" thickness (well, that is what I have used, however, if you have a bit smaller or a bit bigger thickness that you can bend it will root eventually. Just put an inverted "V" anchor so it does no move and keep a good amount of soil moist for six to 8 weeks. When I air-layer a branch and feel that there should be enough roots (based on experience that time has passed) I cut it from the mother plant and leave it in the ground rather than dig out for re-potting. This way it does not get two shocks at the same time. I dig out later when I see it surviving without umbilical connection. |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| lycheeluva, Yes, it'll work. If you do it with soil in a plastic bag or pot, it's called airlayering. There has been quite a few postings on that subject on this forum. You can do in on pretty much any part of the tree you want, but remember: the larger you new tree, the more roots it needs before you seperate it. Here's a link to nice posting with picture instructions that leon_edmond posted: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Airlayer technique using potting soil in a bag
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| thanks for the answers and especially for the link to the pic tutporial which was incredibly helpful. |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| From the looks of your bag I see at least two problems. #1 Way too much moisture. #2 I find that any new, green growth that I leave in a closed baggy (when trying to start geenwood cuttings) rots very quickly and molds soon thereafter. Cut the green tips off. I only leave the green tips on when I'm starting hardwood cuttings in early spring. Nothing at the tip but the new bud. Now, use drier soil. a mostly dry soil is the ticket to get cuttings to grow in a baggy. FF |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| Figboy, That condensation that you see on your baggie is caused by changes in baggie temperature and changes in atmospheric pressure. Put your baggies in a closed container to lessen the condensation caused by the changes in temperature. Open your baggies at least daily to lessen the condensation caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. Too much condensation casued the rot and mold that you observed. I had good success rooting those type summer cuttings in a baggie using a moist paper towel as the humidity generator. After root initials were observed in the baggies, they were moved to rooting cups using a perlite/potting soil mix. Lycheeluva,
Good luck with your layering. Dan |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| I have a limb that is on the ground and has rooted. The limb is about 3/4 of an inch thick. I'm in Maryland and am wondering if now is a good time to cut the umbi limb and how long to let the "infant" stabilize before I transplant. Does anybody have any suggestions? Should I wait till next spring or transplant it before fall? Thanks good peeps. Doug |
RE: how to bury a limb to get it to root
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| Last season I put a pot next to my fig tree and lowered a branch into the pot. I put a brick in the center to hold it down. So the wood was buried under the soil with the end branches and leaves sticking out of the pot getting sun. After the summer I cut the branch to seperate from the main tree. Boy was that an easy way to get a large root system. This is the 2nd season for the new tree and it is doing great. Here's the link for the thread from last year, but the pics showing the rooting branch are no longer up. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fig Runners
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