Poignantly Pungent Pungens

[Darth Masiah]

cut the ground layer back and wired the next trunk section. wired it to the left at first and almost died. going to the right is much better. took some wire off a cutting, too.

 

[Darth Masiah]

 

[Darth Masiah]

looks like im down to one this year. here's to future acquisitions

 

[Gert]

Thanks for the follow ups on these. I have two I want to layer for better roots myself. Any reason you started yours in fall? I was thinking of starting mine now.

 

[Darth Masiah]

Thanks for the follow ups on these. I have two I want to layer for better roots myself. Any reason you started yours in fall? I was thinking of starting mine now.

i was just experimenting when i started the first one in fall. seemed to work good so i tried it again just for kicks and it worked great. I'm going to try one this spring too, so i guess we'll see how it goes.

 

[Gert]

That makes sense. Thanks for the reply and appreciate all your project posts. Maybe I'll make a thread for my two eleagnus air layers too.

 

[Darth Masiah]

5/6/23


5/13

 

[Darth Masiah]

took these cuttings in april in coco/perlite and it looks like most of them rooted
4/29


8/5

 

[Darth Masiah]

 

[Darth Masiah]

working on this stump till i find something better. hunting season is getting closer.

 

[ATM]

Enjoying this thread! These grow natively in the US? assuming that’s where you are located…

 

[Darth Masiah]

Enjoying this thread! These grow natively in the US? assuming that’s where you are located…

i thought they were originally from asia and an invasive species where im at in the southern US. you'll have to look up your area and see what cultivar you have around there.

 

[czaczaja]

Really informative thread. Poor stumpy has been through so much

 

[Darth Masiah]

these roots are going to be soooo tangled. i was going to separate and wire up this fall but forgot about it.

 

[Darth Masiah]

defoliated last years leaves on this mother tree and wired up for future airlayers. only up-potting from now on.

 

[Darth Masiah]

bout to die now. darn beetles



casualties so far

 

[KateM]

Wow, what a bummer.

 

[Srt8madness]

bout to die now. darn beetles

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casualties so far

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Dang!

I finally got my air layer to take and potted up a few weeks ago. What kind of beetle??

I imagine one of these as a "finished" bonsai with the little fruits would be awesome. I think I've seen one or two online

 

[Darth Masiah]

Dang!

I finally got my air layer to take and potted up a few weeks ago. What kind of beetle??

I imagine one of these as a "finished" bonsai with the little fruits would be awesome. I think I've seen one or two online

look like asian ambrosia beetles



last year they attacked a pot bound zelkova that was about a medium size finger thick

 

[Darth Masiah]