b3bowen
Mame
So I took an air layer from a viridis Japanese maple Last year. I potted it up after removal, and it has done great. The trunk is probably 3/4 of an inch thick. When I went to repot it over spring, I found that it had a very strong root system, but every root emanated from a single root coming off the trunk. I would still like to use the material instead of planting as a landscape tree. I did go ahead and plant it in the ground for now just to build vigor for any next step. Just wanted to get opinions on how to replace/build a nebari. As far as I see it I have three options. One, Take multiple small viridis air layers and graft each to the trunk Radially. Two, do the same thing, but use standard Japanese maple seedlings to try to get a stronger root system.Lastly and most obvious, would be to just try and ground layer it which I would probably do using a tourniquet method to reduce the risk of entirely losing the tree, because I have had entire air layers on this tree fail. My biggest concern with that option is that I go through two years of trouble, and get one root again.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?