Maple Airlayer

[Jcmmaple]

Is there a reason why the top and bottom of the maples are a different color? It looks healthy and no signs of anything bad going on with either of the trees, I checked the one and it had a few roots so that was encouraging. I started it at the beginning of April so I will check it again in August and hopefully separate.

 

[-norwegian_blue-]

The green leaves at the bottom are coming from the rootstock (almost always standard JM). Leaves above the graft will be cultivar specific.

 

[Silentrunning]

And don’t forget these trees have a mind of their own. You can take 10 seeds from the same tree and end up with 11 different looking offspring.

 

[Jcmmaple]

The only reason I asked was because it was all the same color before I did the airlayer and it’s a green Japanese maple, no graft

 

[0soyoung]

Did you apply rooting hormone?

Let's say you did. This is what happens when it is too strong (too high a %-age of IBA).

 

[Jcmmaple]

Yes we did, it’s 0.01%. But that helps thanks

 

[jmw_bonsai]

I'm just going to say they are stressed some above the layer. You did wound them, and depending on depth of your wound, some of the layers supplying water up might be damaged a little.

 

[Jcmmaple]

Yeah I was thinking the same that they may be stressed, hopefully not bad but they seem to be doing fine.