Hey Leigh,

welcome to BonsaiEmpire!

J.

Yes, welcome to our forum Leigh!

welcome leigh,
just a precaution on the acer air layer... alot of acer species require roots to be grafted onto the airlayer for them to be successful.they will produce roots without grafting,but often die after being cut,that is why there are so many grafted acer nursery trees. it is not terribly difficult to do if you have roots availible so do some reaserch before you kill some branches

i found this out the hard way

Thnk u very much as soon as im ready to try it im gonna post on here for info FIRST ,as this is the first time ive ever tried something like that hopefully u can help me through when the time comes thnx again.

manofthetrees wrote:

alot of acer species require roots to be grafted onto the airlayer for them to be successful.they will produce roots without grafting,but often die after being cut,that is why there are so many grafted acer nursery trees.

I personally have *never* heard of anybody grafting roots to an airlayer...

That being said: Several of the Japanese maple varieties have poor roots. Which is indeed why most cultivars have a graft. The rootstock is the 'wild' wild Acer Palmatum, grown as a seedling, and the scion, or named variety, is grafted on top of this. No airlayering involved.

i was surprised too when i found out .basically cut the ring like a normal airlayer then like a wedge graft place the roots under the top cambium layer . i have just seen this done but will be trying it out this spring

Hello everyone! I just joined the forum a few days ago and have been actively reading all over the place...there are tons of great information here. I figured it was time I introduce myself.

I am 27, originally from Southwest VA, and currently live in S.C. I am a married father of two boys and Active Duty Army. I am new to bonsai and will be trying my hand at air layering a local Holly species, buying nursery stock, and planting Chinese Elm this year. I look forward to seeing the progression of my trees and eventually having real works of art in several years.

Through my reading here I see there are a lot of genuinely knowledgeable and friendly people here. Thanks for your patience when dealing with green newbies like me. Happy Spring and I look forward to your updates!

welcome to the forum and thank you for defending our country

Welcome!

Hi there! My name's Michael, but you can call me Mike. I'm 22 years old and I've always had a keen eye for bonsai trees, but never thought it was something I could see myself doing until now.

I'm from Norway and as for that I don't know which trees will be able to survive here due to our harsh winters and shitty summers, but I'll gather knowledge and experiment with seedlings, nursery stock and yamadori. I've ordered some training pots, a turn table, some wires and I'll get around to ordering a tool kit, just got to do it without my better half noticing (she says she'll order shoes for the same amount if I do, haha!)

I ordered Japanese Maple, Chinese Elm, Scots Pine seeds etc, so I'll see what I'm able to keep alive with my lacking horticultural skills. Going to gather some yamadori material when the snow melts, gonna be fun.

Cheers, nice meeting you all.