Saddler
Chumono
I definitely made a few mistakes with the saw. Here is an airlayer that has a good set of roots growing
I cut it back leaving a thick branch intended as the primary
Nope, don’t think it will work.
Yup, I wounded most of the branches and cut off a couple. Lesson learned, get a smaller, finer toothed saw for this kind of job. What’s done is done. I hope to cut these back to the first internode this fall anyways (unless I cut into them). An 1-3/4” hole saw got me reallly close to the edge. The 1-1/2” got me the depth. More bits and more hole. Perfect. Just don’t look at that bottom branch. But that hole is what the tree needs to grow into right?
Like I could leave it like that. I ground and then sanded the inside smooth I sanded into the cambium the whole way around (after I took this picture) and then took my sharpest knife and trimmed the whole edge smooth on a nice angle going into the hole.
I sealed the hole with plumbers putty and cut past on the branches. I had planned on wiring all the branches into position but after the beating they took....I just used a looped piece of wire to gently hold all the branches up a bit. Not ideal, but I figure this is a decent compromise until I can wire them individually. I’ll cut the air layer off in a couple of weeks, maybe later, depending on the forecast.
I cut it back leaving a thick branch intended as the primary
Nope, don’t think it will work.
Yup, I wounded most of the branches and cut off a couple. Lesson learned, get a smaller, finer toothed saw for this kind of job. What’s done is done. I hope to cut these back to the first internode this fall anyways (unless I cut into them). An 1-3/4” hole saw got me reallly close to the edge. The 1-1/2” got me the depth. More bits and more hole. Perfect. Just don’t look at that bottom branch. But that hole is what the tree needs to grow into right?
Like I could leave it like that. I ground and then sanded the inside smooth I sanded into the cambium the whole way around (after I took this picture) and then took my sharpest knife and trimmed the whole edge smooth on a nice angle going into the hole.
I sealed the hole with plumbers putty and cut past on the branches. I had planned on wiring all the branches into position but after the beating they took....I just used a looped piece of wire to gently hold all the branches up a bit. Not ideal, but I figure this is a decent compromise until I can wire them individually. I’ll cut the air layer off in a couple of weeks, maybe later, depending on the forecast.