Sharpe Pigmy Air Layer

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So I have attempted to air layer a Sharps Pygmy 3 months ago. They are suppose to air layer easily 😂
1 died. I uncovered one of the two, which has lost all their leaves but has new buds that haven’t emerged. It looks like it is trying to push roots and bridge the gap above where it is sending roots. Am I seeing this correct? How would you proceed?
 

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So I have attempted to air layer a Sharps Pygmy 3 months ago. They are suppose to air layer easily 😂
1 died. I uncovered one of the two, which has lost all their leaves but has new buds that haven’t emerged. It looks like it is trying to push roots and bridge the gap above where it is sending roots. Am I seeing this correct? How would you proceed?
It almost looks like it is bridging the cut and sending roots below the air layer?
 

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This is the second one, I see callous but not much else?
 

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If you still have leaves up top just scrape it back down and wrap it back up to check next spring
 

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If you still have leaves up top just scrape it back down and wrap it back up to check next spring
Those two branches lost most of their leaves during the heat of summer despite being in mostly shade. They are budding back like crazy though.
I just can tell if I’m that first picture if it is back budding below that cut line or those are roots starting to form?
 

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I believe only roots will form from the callous material.
That what I was anticipating. In rooting other species I have seen roots come from nodes with no visible callous. Just wondering if this might be a similar situation?
 

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Those two branches lost most of their leaves during the heat of summer despite being in mostly shade. They are budding back like crazy though.
I just can tell if I’m that first picture if it is back budding below that cut line or those are roots starting to form?
Below the cut is new buds.

If there are no leaves left above the cut and it's too early in the season for leaf drop, not sure if it will root at all. Looks like there might be some roots trying to form in the callus area? If not, can only try to recut and check next spring if it lives.
 

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Below the cut is new buds.

If there are no leaves left above the cut and it's too early in the season for leaf drop, not sure if it will root at all. Looks like there might be some roots trying to form in the callus area? If not, can only try to recut and check next spring if it lives.
The tree definitely got stressed from the heat, despite being watered attentively. The two air layers lost more leaves than the rest of the tree. It still has a few and is pushing new buds now. Bummer about it being buds instead of roots. When you recut, how much of the existing callous do you leave?

Also, I was recently told by someone that knows more about air layering than me, that some maple will root better without hormone. Beyond maples this is true for some other species as well. Have you had this experience too?
 

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The tree definitely got stressed from the heat, despite being watered attentively. The two air layers lost more leaves than the rest of the tree. It still has a few and is pushing new buds now. Bummer about it being buds instead of roots. When you recut, how much of the existing callous do you leave?

Also, I was recently told by someone that knows more about air layering than me, that some maple will root better without hormone. Beyond maples this is true for some other species as well. Have you had this experience too?

I've done 4 maple air layers. 2 were successful and 2 were not. I used hormones on all. The last one I did was a cultivar that it reportedly difficult to air layer and it was one that failed. It's possible some do better without hormones but I've not done enough to say for sure.
 
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