Dogwood87
Seedling
Hi guys,
Can anyone tell why my air layers aren’t working? There’s 3 in total, first 2 are on my beech hedge and 3rd is on my forsythia. Cuts were made over 6 weeks ago. Followed guidelines online and YouTube tutorials.
1. Beech - images 1 & 2
2. Beech - images 3 & 4
3. Forsythia - image 5
I think potentially on the first one and more evidently on the third my cuts weren’t deep or wide enough as the tree has potentially bridged the gap with the white matter? I’ve now widened and deepens the cuts on those and packed the back up for another 6 weeks.
Second one is more of a mystery as the cut looks good and no evidence of the white matter bridging down as you can see with the others. This one I just packed more sphagnum in there and wrapped in up and will wait another 6 weeks to see if we have any action.
Can anyone tell why my air layers aren’t working? There’s 3 in total, first 2 are on my beech hedge and 3rd is on my forsythia. Cuts were made over 6 weeks ago. Followed guidelines online and YouTube tutorials.
1. Beech - images 1 & 2
2. Beech - images 3 & 4
3. Forsythia - image 5
I think potentially on the first one and more evidently on the third my cuts weren’t deep or wide enough as the tree has potentially bridged the gap with the white matter? I’ve now widened and deepens the cuts on those and packed the back up for another 6 weeks.
Second one is more of a mystery as the cut looks good and no evidence of the white matter bridging down as you can see with the others. This one I just packed more sphagnum in there and wrapped in up and will wait another 6 weeks to see if we have any action.
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