SeanS
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I came out to water today to a very sad sight. A nice tall, slender twin trunk air layer that I had on one of my Japanese maples had “snapped” at the layer sight in a windy storm last night, right where the bark had been stripped. The base of the layer was pretty thin, just over pencil thickness. I cut the layer 3 weeks ago.
The layered branch was still attached, but very floppy. I emptied some of the sphagnum and perlite from the plastic pot around the layer and saw loads of pre-root nodules had formed. There was a cluster of root nodules that were at least 5-6mm long already.
I covered the layer with the sphagnum mix again and set up a bamboo stake and some wires to hold the layer branches back up into their original position.
What are the chances the layer will still be successful?
Im pretty depro about it, was looking to be a pretty instant bonsai (2 years to a nice tree)
The layered branch was still attached, but very floppy. I emptied some of the sphagnum and perlite from the plastic pot around the layer and saw loads of pre-root nodules had formed. There was a cluster of root nodules that were at least 5-6mm long already.
I covered the layer with the sphagnum mix again and set up a bamboo stake and some wires to hold the layer branches back up into their original position.
What are the chances the layer will still be successful?
Im pretty depro about it, was looking to be a pretty instant bonsai (2 years to a nice tree)