Grant Hamby
Shohin
I got this tree when I first started bonsai (last summer) from a local nursery. That was before I knew about weird grafts and long boring trunks, so this spring I tried to air layer it. I watched the Graham Potter video a couple times and then went to work. It's fall now and nothing but callous. It's a nice callous though.
Now, this past week, all the leaves have been shriveling up and drying out with no trace of autumn color. The twigs are all still green and flexy. Today I cut all the leaves off and put it in the garage in hopes it would go to sleep.
Questions: What can I do about this failed air layer? Why did the leaves dry up?
Here's the tree:
Now, this past week, all the leaves have been shriveling up and drying out with no trace of autumn color. The twigs are all still green and flexy. Today I cut all the leaves off and put it in the garage in hopes it would go to sleep.
Questions: What can I do about this failed air layer? Why did the leaves dry up?
Here's the tree: