BonsaiNaga13
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I have 2 SweetGum around 10 years old and around 10 feet tall. They're in an area where I couldn't dig them up and expect them to live so I'm wondering if they do airlayer successfully. They're a nice thickness already.
Good to know, thanks.Naga, They do. Unless there are special qualities in the piece to be air layered or you want to play with extra stock I would suggest just cutting. We all have our reasons but Sweetgum is pretty easy to come by.
I've transplanted liquidamber with almost no roots and they have grown on quite happily. They must be in a very tight spot if you can't dig them? Even just a few stumps of roots should be enough to transplant successfully IMHOI have 2 SweetGum around 10 years old and around 10 feet tall. They're in an area where I couldn't dig them up and expect them to live
I've transplanted liquidamber with almost no roots and they have grown on quite happily. They must be in a very tight spot if you can't dig them? Even just a few stumps of roots should be enough to transplant successfully IMHO
This most likely isn't the same species. The North American Sweetgum (liquidamber syraciflua) is not the same as the Asian variety (liquidamber orientalis) that is used in China and Japan. It can be a bit more finicky about timing of collection and root work.I've transplanted liquidamber with almost no roots and they have grown on quite happily. They must be in a very tight spot if you can't dig them? Even just a few stumps of roots should be enough to transplant successfully IMHO
When is the best time to do root work on Liquidamber Orientalis?This most likely isn't the same species. The North American Sweetgum (liquidamber syraciflua) is not the same as the Asian variety (liquidamber orientalis) that is used in China and Japan. It can be a bit more finicky about timing of collection and root work.
Actually it makes terrible firewood. Its tough to split even with a hydraulic splitter.Sweetgum makes excellent firewood. Little else.
Actually it makes terrible firewood. Its tough to split even with a hydraulic splitter.
Not my experience. I know wood cutters that throw it away. Maybe yours is different in NC but in Northern VA it sucks.Let it dry and it’s no harder than Oak to split.
I agree and I apologize. You must be very busy monitoring all the threads that are not about bonsai.Let's not hijack my thread with fire wood talk please. @penumbra @Silentrunning
Let's not hijack my thread with fire wood talk please. @penumbra @Silentrunning
Did you scrape off the sapwood after making the girdling cut and peeling off the bark? All of my past attempts failed until I learned this trick.Completed the air layer
I missed that step. Thanks for checkin me.Did you scrape off the sapwood after making the girdling cut and peeling off the bark? All of my past attempts failed until I learned this trick.
I only ask because it looks somewhat clean; maybe you're just that good though