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This is an interesting question (or provokes one). Shortly after the girdle is cut, the exposed rings of cambium (at the top and bottom...

Here's a quick pic of it in storage.

Be cautious with how much wind you expose Beech to as well, they are not happy in wind.

interesting! would it just heal like any other wound? (in theory). And if there is foliage below the airlayer, would the tree just...

Coming along, it’s probably been the warmest week I have ever seen at this time of year. Trees still covered but benches getting close...

So I think it’ll go fast. Next pic next weekend and I’ll see where I at.

Regardless of when you perform the layer, you need to provide a media for the roots to grow into. If you strip the bark and leave it...

Coming along, it’s probably been the warmest week I have ever seen at this time of year. Trees still covered but benches getting close...

The greenhouses full of all the little plants to make accents were fun, too!

You are in Lebanon, a Mediterranean climate with some cold weather in winter. Where you are, is likely frost free 250 or more days a...

Shishigashira Japanese maple air layered from standard nursery stock. Straight trunks, little taper, pretty flat/not much depth but for...

Great work, thanks for sharing! Maybe you could "graft" a piece of wire in order to address this inverse taper Take a look at this...

Why wouldn't it? Water, minerals, and cytokinins are supplied via the xylem from the mother tree's roots. Carbohydrates which go...

I placed it in full summer to get backbudding... first mistake. Did not get the intended effect and got a burnt tree. I will remove the...

Chinese elm, prepped for showing this weekend.