JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
It is the way beech trees react to and store salts, kanuma seems to help with that.
Remember not to feed a lot before the leaves harden off. Also did you use kanuma in your mix? This has helped me.
Beech are more sensitive to salt buildup. I used to have leaf issues, but after I switched to kanuma and stopped early ferts, that the issues solved themselves. If you want a more scientific or better explanation, please read the links I posted above.
I saw Danny Ginkgo doing it on facebook. A typical air layer would have been too wide and chew up too much of the swelled base. The groove is 1/2" wide as opposed to 2" wide. Hopefully the wire will keep it from bridging the groove.Great bonsai! I used to see many articles in old Bonsai Today articles of airlayering beech just the way you are.
Shaping up nicely. J. Beech are loooooong term projects. Maybe in your lifetime that nasty scar on the front will heal...or another front will present itself.
I cannot abide by that.I’m a card carrying member of the UCC. The United Church of Contrarians.
Our moto is “embrace the paradox “I cannot abide by that.