ndl17
Seed
Hello! This is my first post on this website, as I am new to bonsai since Fall 2019! I've read a couple books and watched a ton of YouTube videos.
I could use some advice with a nursery Arakawa. I thought for sure I would have to air layer it [and never having air layered before, I was nervous that it would fail and I'd lose half a tree]. That is, until I saw this post wherein a gentleman said that Arakawas could be ground layered with wet sphagnum moss. Does anyone have experience with this?
Could I also ask for recommendations on where a good place might be? I know you should generally try to layer it below a junction, but the matter is complicated by [what I think will become] a hollow on the outside of the first bend (See pic #3). Therefore, I figured I would need to layer the tree above the first branch so the first branch would act as a sap puller and make for less dramatic taper.
Also, I realize having it inside is super unhealthy for the tree, but the weather in Pittsburgh this week has been below freezing and I didn't know what else to do! In previous weeks we had weather around 75°F.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
Nick from Pittsburgh
I could use some advice with a nursery Arakawa. I thought for sure I would have to air layer it [and never having air layered before, I was nervous that it would fail and I'd lose half a tree]. That is, until I saw this post wherein a gentleman said that Arakawas could be ground layered with wet sphagnum moss. Does anyone have experience with this?
Could I also ask for recommendations on where a good place might be? I know you should generally try to layer it below a junction, but the matter is complicated by [what I think will become] a hollow on the outside of the first bend (See pic #3). Therefore, I figured I would need to layer the tree above the first branch so the first branch would act as a sap puller and make for less dramatic taper.
Also, I realize having it inside is super unhealthy for the tree, but the weather in Pittsburgh this week has been below freezing and I didn't know what else to do! In previous weeks we had weather around 75°F.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
Nick from Pittsburgh