Propagating By A Clipping (beginner)

mercurythought

Hi, I just registered here. I have had a bonsai before(a juniper, which died ... i went on vacation and noone took care of it :' ( ) but now i want to strart growing a new one. I have a japanese red maple outside my home, and it is very healthy, can anyone tell me the best way to propogate a branch clipping from that tree into my bonsai dish? thanks in advance

Mercury.

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Ralph

Do a search on this site for airlayering. There have been a couple of people who have provided excellent instruction with good pictures of this technique. Last year I sucessfully airlayered a japanese maple. This technique is by far the best and easiest, you can choose where on the tree, such as a nice fat branch with good movement. Also it produces a nice ring of even roots that will make terrific nebari on the tree as it ages.

This link is what I am talking about:

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...light=air+layer

mercurythought

hey thanks a bunch for that post on air-layering, I just might try it. Ive just got to find the time now...(time will be more available as spring makes its way along).