It is better to let the trunk dry for a few days before putting the substrate around the ring. This is both a personal observation and and advice from a well known Japanese master.
It is better to let the trunk dry for a few days before putting the substrate around the ring. This is both a personal observation and and advice from a well known Japanese master.
It is better to let the trunk dry for a few days before putting the substrate around the ring. This is both a personal observation and and advice from a well known Japanese master.
Waiting a day or two would have no noticeable difference. There is a great write up here on Bnut (i think by the Nut himself) on the science of air layering. There is nothing that would be gained by letting the layer dry. It's going to have a moist substrate against it for weeks, likely months.
Waiting a day or two would have no noticeable difference. There is a great write up here on Bnut (i think by the Nut himself) on the science of air layering. There is nothing that would be gained by letting the layer dry. It's going to have a moist substrate against it for weeks, likely months.
Taking a peek under the plastic wrap was on my to-do list this year. Ultimately, life caused other trees to be prioritized higher on the list.
Here it is, hardly recognizable without any pruning or pinching done this year.
It’s been a doozy: deaths in the family, buying and renovating a home, heatwaves, a promotion, etc. I just might be able to separate the layer this year. We’ll see.