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Old 28-Apr-2008   #11
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Most Japanese Maples do not airlayer (or root from cuttings) easily and are often produced by grafting. If your tree was propogated by grafting you should see this as an obvious scar above the roots.

If that's the case, airlayering will be very difficult.
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Old 28-Apr-2008   #12
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Wouldn't foil be more likely to overheat the roots if the portion of the tree that you're air-layering is exposed to the sun? I'd stick with dark plastic.
Too thin to gain much heat, reflective surface helps reflect sunlight away.
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Most Japanese Maples do not airlayer (or root from cuttings) easily and are often produced by grafting. If your tree was propogated by grafting you should see this as an obvious scar above the roots.

If that's the case, airlayering will be very difficult.


Yes, unfortunately, i have read a lot about it. :=(

Actually there is not much to lose. If i do not try layering, i will have to chop that part off anyway. If it works, it will be a bonus. I just want to increase my chance of success.

I could not see a grafts scar. The tree is at least 15 years old. Can the bark cover the graft wound through time?
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Most Japanese Maples do not airlayer (or root from cuttings) easily and are often produced by grafting. If your tree was propogated by grafting you should see this as an obvious scar above the roots.

If that's the case, airlayering will be very difficult.
That's odd, I've done an arakawa; a coral bark; and a purpureum and they all grew roots just fine. But it definitely slowed the purpureum down in it's vigor, which is why you should always consider whether your trunk is big enough to take off of the grafted stock.

BTW, I finally achieved roots on my cork oak, only on one side though. Have recut the other side and am hoping that the roots will be stimulated on that side (faced it toward the sun for warmth) That tree took two years to root. If it finishes the job, there will be a sweet little shohin cork oak as well as a very hefty trunk on the big tree. That one was a lot of trouble!

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