Whatever you said, whatever you called, here is up to date (03/22/2016)
There was a total of 5 huge cuttings, about 8' - 12' high, 2.5" - 3.2" diameter, and 2 smaller size , 5' high and 1" diameter. Cuttings were rooting around Thanksgiving time 2015
Foil tin balls were done a few days later using air layering method . Total of 9 foil tin balls for 7 trunks
Winter time . Indoor. Temp 65 F - 70 F . Light : 4 T16 neon/24 hours. Fan 6 hours/day
Rooting hormone : Hormodin 2
Medium : Moisture Control Soil .
Pot : 5 G
As of today, the below pictures show that a previous huge cutting is no longer ... a cutting, but 2 standing trees linked together in 1 pot . The whole thing was recently moved to outside for fresh air and for more growth .
Pictures of 1 trunk
Above the foil tin ball
Below the foil tin part
Upper and lower parts
What are in the tin foil ball ?
Base part
Bottom (before the tree was moved to outdoor)
Story :
Thursday : Found tree for sale on Craigslist around Thanksgiving 2015 inside a back yard . Seller stated that the tree was 10 years old. Variety : Celeste . Only access was a 40" x 6' wooden gate
Friday : Seller wanted the whole tree to be gone no later than Sunday afternoon . Started to remove all small limbs . More than 850 cuttings (4 nods each) collected and a truck load of different size limbs..
Saturday : Discover that tree was not 10 years old as seller stated
7 big trunks were standing on a huge stump hidden under layers of dry leaves and grass mulches
No way to dig the whole tree out in one piece . Have to cut off all the trunks down in order to get out of the gate
Sunday : Stump was 3'6" wide . Use saw-all to remove all the roots sticking out the stump (2' circumference) , 1' deep then divided it into 4 sections . Sliced each section with a long blade . Broke 4 blades and could not go deeper.
Finally got the job done by 4:00 pm .
Saved 1 slice of hard wood for experimental purpose and get rid of all the rest ( a pickup load of broken roots!)