Dear Xav. I am a complete beginner but i have to say that i like your videos very much. Thank you for that. Quick question... why does the spaghnum moss needs te be separated from the trees when you pot those 2 airlayers?
The main reason is to try and spread the young roots before they harden and get tangled up in the moss. It isn't something you have to do - I know people who wait until a later repot before trying to remove the bits of sphagnum. For me though...I like to be able to seperate and spread out the roots as ealry as possible and certainly before they start to harden :)
What has he got in his pocket? 😄 Of course you said bucket, but I like this part 😅😘 Congrats on 5080 🥳 - as mentioned earlier 10 plus, every time watching 😄👍 By the way: call you Ambassador of Airlayer from now 😂🙏 Congratulations, well done 👏😘 Thanks again Xavier, enjoy your day 🙏❤️ Cheers 🙋♀️
Excellent Zav, 2 airlayers that look strong and healthy and can only go from strength to strength. I tend to agree with you on the parent tree and chop it down and regrow from that.
Truthfully if i get anything from the parent tree it will be an unexpected bonus. I have to recognise that i have so much material it is sometimes better just to concentrate efforts where it will give the best results. Still fun thinking about it though :)
Great to see you got lots of nice roots on both of them. You'll have a couple of nice trees soon! That was a great video with all the steps explained for us, thanks for making it!
great to see the successes :D I have a couple air layers going, but I'm new to doing it so definitely not boring to watch for me :D the suspense of unwrapping is a thrill!
Great results - congrats!! Two really nice bonsai in the making now. Take a look at your parent tree at 26:45. You'll see some really nice twisted muscling of the trunk - just above the darker narrow base. Air layering or ground layering around this site could potentially take advantage of a great natural feature.
Great success. I took a peek at my big hawthorn air layer a day or so ago and nothing doing yet. Looks like it will be staying in place until next year 🤨
great project ... try making a lil paste out of your hormone powder an brush apply it on branch ... i've seen where the paste was placed on a thin tissue an wrapped around future root area like a scarf ... keep filming!!!
I have done that in the past when the roots are a little less obvious BUT generally I like to to use this opportuntity to spread them out and sperate them to start developing the radial root pattern. This can be more difficult 'sometimes' if you leave them in the sphagnum ball for another year. They often harden into unworkable positions. Hope this helps :)
My first year of air layering has yielded only one success so far, wysteria that will grow anywhere. The rest on crab apples and a Japanese maple have not all died, but no roots yet. Extreme heat for weeks and moss too wet seem to be the culprits. It's a learning experience for sure.😢
I always do mine in the last week of May - post flush hardening has taken place on the spring growth and the tree should be 'energy positive'. I know a lot of other people put them on in April and also get good results.
I would not start it from a stump as it is now. I would airlayer it first. I personally don't like the rootbase currently. Airlayering it and then maybe cutting it back hard sounds like a success formula to me.
Dear Xav. I am a complete beginner but i have to say that i like your videos very much. Thank you for that. Quick question... why does the spaghnum moss needs te be separated from the trees when you pot those 2 airlayers?
The main reason is to try and spread the young roots before they harden and get tangled up in the moss. It isn't something you have to do - I know people who wait until a later repot before trying to remove the bits of sphagnum. For me though...I like to be able to seperate and spread out the roots as ealry as possible and certainly before they start to harden :)
I'm going to say "we have separation Houston" every time I separate an air layer from now on. Great stuff!
It is fun finding some of these clips :)
I love that clump tree, you lucky duck.
Things still seem to surprise me - I never thought that would work out as it did.
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat And really, isn't that what the world of bonsai is all about?
Coffee, bonsai and air layer reveal.. 🌲☕️
What more could you ask for :)
What has he got in his pocket? 😄 Of course you said bucket, but I like this part 😅😘 Congrats on 5080 🥳 - as mentioned earlier 10 plus, every time watching 😄👍 By the way: call you Ambassador of Airlayer from now 😂🙏 Congratulations, well done 👏😘 Thanks again Xavier, enjoy your day 🙏❤️ Cheers 🙋♀️
Always there to stop me from being negative. Keep on throwing out the love :)
Great video Xavier mate there gonna look cool mate 👊👊
It isn't like I need more trees is it???
Very exciting stuff! I love air layer videos like this!!
I just wish all my airlayers had been as succesful this year :)
Success! So exciting to see... l have my trees marked out ready to air layer. Well done Xavier
I keep forgetting that your side of the world is just getting ready to start the process :)
Excellent Zav, 2 airlayers that look strong and healthy and can only go from strength to strength. I tend to agree with you on the parent tree and chop it down and regrow from that.
Truthfully if i get anything from the parent tree it will be an unexpected bonus. I have to recognise that i have so much material it is sometimes better just to concentrate efforts where it will give the best results. Still fun thinking about it though :)
Great to see you got lots of nice roots on both of them. You'll have a couple of nice trees soon! That was a great video with all the steps explained for us, thanks for making it!
My pleasure Trev - though I am certain you know exactly what is required :)
great to see the successes :D I have a couple air layers going, but I'm new to doing it so definitely not boring to watch for me :D the suspense of unwrapping is a thrill!
I've got three more to check today and the excitement is the same for each unwrap :)
Evening, I tried to air layer my red maple, as you previously advised they don’t take. Glad to see you had success with your hornbeam.
How have you got on with the red maple? I have had no success but I do know of others who have managed to get results.
Good result Xav well done my friend.
Thanks Joe - nothing spectacular yet but that clump may develop over time :)
Great results - congrats!! Two really nice bonsai in the making now. Take a look at your parent tree at 26:45. You'll see some really nice twisted muscling of the trunk - just above the darker narrow base. Air layering or ground layering around this site could potentially take advantage of a great natural feature.
Thanks as always Sue - I shall take a screenshot and file it away for next year :)
Good result 👏 enjoy your holiday
Cheers - just 2 more weeks and then off to the isolation and tranquility of Stronsay. Seals, birds and rocks :)
Great success. I took a peek at my big hawthorn air layer a day or so ago and nothing doing yet. Looks like it will be staying in place until next year 🤨
Sounds like a good decision Jason.
great project ... try making a lil paste out of your hormone powder an brush apply it on branch ... i've seen where the paste was placed on a thin tissue an wrapped around future root area like a scarf ... keep filming!!!
That's a good idea about making it into a paste - thanks
Thanks Mr X! You reminded me to look at my 2 little ground layers 🙏 Hopefully as good a result as yours.
No worries - glad I can be of some small use :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 🤣 You're a HUGE help Xavier! keeping me going on my stumps, when all I feel like doing is giving up after soooo many loses!
2x success. Cheers!
Totally unexpected after the hornbeam failures of 2023.
Great work, and you still have two trees there.
two more, that is
When it works out it really makes the effort worthwhile. It is the one aspect of bonsai work that always makes me smile :)
two true :)
Hi Xav
You could groundlayer the big one.
Definitely an option kennet :)
Excellent information thxs
Thank you for taking the time to watch
👍👌🙂
Morning Bruce
Hi Xavier, great job! Could you leave the sphagnum on, make the cut and plant with it still on???
I have done that in the past when the roots are a little less obvious BUT generally I like to to use this opportuntity to spread them out and sperate them to start developing the radial root pattern. This can be more difficult 'sometimes' if you leave them in the sphagnum ball for another year. They often harden into unworkable positions. Hope this helps :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat thanks Xavier! I’ve a couple of acers I want to air layer in the spring.
My first year of air layering has yielded only one success so far, wysteria that will grow anywhere. The rest on crab apples and a Japanese maple have not all died, but no roots yet. Extreme heat for weeks and moss too wet seem to be the culprits. It's a learning experience for sure.😢
I definitely agree that wet moss will cause issues with the process. The two that have failed this year are both down to the that :(
Hi Xavier. Nice video and congrats for the successful airlayers. Is there a preferred time of the year for this?
I always do mine in the last week of May - post flush hardening has taken place on the spring growth and the tree should be 'energy positive'. I know a lot of other people put them on in April and also get good results.
Enjoyed that, thanks
Thanks Raymond - it is sometimes difficult knowing whether to repeat topics in such a short space of time.
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat just keep doing what your doing. I think your doing a lovely job. Keep up the great work. Thanks
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I would not start it from a stump as it is now. I would airlayer it first. I personally don't like the rootbase currently. Airlayering it and then maybe cutting it back hard sounds like a success formula to me.
You make a good argument for that. I shall screenshot this comment for spring 2025 :)
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