JoeR
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Hello,
Recently, I had gone on a quest to scout out some new trees to practice with on my large, forested property. The majority of native trees in my area are some species of unusable long needle pines, holly, and several maple species. After little exploring, I came up with a few canidates that have great potential. I found some beautiful short needled pine trees, one about 2, 2 and a half feet tall and two others about 4 feet tall. The 4' ones have beatiful taper, are very vigorous, have great possibilities with branches, and short needles. But, they're just too tall! Is it possible to air layer the trunk? I have heard it is possible with jbp, but takes a very long time, which I am okay with because I also found a perfect juniper and a maple I can work on now. If it is possible, would I have to wait until next spring to do so, and what strength of root hormone would I use? We have a very long growing season here, but I just dont think its enough time anyway. Any help is greatly appreciated, this newbie needs advice!
Thanks, Joe
Ps, I cannot Identify the pines, and I am just experimenting with them so I am not really concerned with accidently killing the trees. I would post pictures, but the forest around them makes it impossible to really focus on the trees to clearly identify them.
Recently, I had gone on a quest to scout out some new trees to practice with on my large, forested property. The majority of native trees in my area are some species of unusable long needle pines, holly, and several maple species. After little exploring, I came up with a few canidates that have great potential. I found some beautiful short needled pine trees, one about 2, 2 and a half feet tall and two others about 4 feet tall. The 4' ones have beatiful taper, are very vigorous, have great possibilities with branches, and short needles. But, they're just too tall! Is it possible to air layer the trunk? I have heard it is possible with jbp, but takes a very long time, which I am okay with because I also found a perfect juniper and a maple I can work on now. If it is possible, would I have to wait until next spring to do so, and what strength of root hormone would I use? We have a very long growing season here, but I just dont think its enough time anyway. Any help is greatly appreciated, this newbie needs advice!
Thanks, Joe
Ps, I cannot Identify the pines, and I am just experimenting with them so I am not really concerned with accidently killing the trees. I would post pictures, but the forest around them makes it impossible to really focus on the trees to clearly identify them.