I know you can air layer figs i have dont it a few times with some sucsess. but i also have a cherry tree that produces great tasting cherries. there are some branches low on the tree that i was wanting to cut off to make it easy to mow around. if i could air layer them and get new trees that would be what i would rather do. does any body know how to go about doing this. any ideals on if it would work or how long it would take.

Dave, I put an airlayer on my Cherry tree last summer, nothing happened, so I left it in place... I will inspect it later in the summer.. curious, because if their branch lean on the ground, usually they grow roots, so I am not sure why it takes so long... Mine is also in a very fat trunk, so that may be it, in all the videos I've seen, they are done in one year old branches!

I do not know about cherries, but some things can not be propagated by air-layering.

Hey dave I did my Dads apple tree it took about 2 months to root but it worked on a 3/4 thick branch.

well i guess all i can do is try

There is this viet nam vet lives down the road every year he and his grankids come down and pick cherries. he orderd a cherry tree from somebody and unfortunatly the man will be dead by the time it produces. if i can get this to woke he could have cherries sooner

A heads up about typical "name" cherry trees propagated at nurseries. Cherry trees are almost always grafted on to special rootstock varieties. Rootstocks are selected to give grafted trees advantages in cold hardiness, disease resistance, fruit quality, and size control. Depending on your local climate, soil and prevalence of diseases, there will be rootstocks that are favored for your area.

If you air layer a branch of your tree and it is a typical grafted nursery tree, the resulting air layer will make the same type fruit as the parent, but it will likely be inferior in other performance aspects to the original tree. Apple trees, stone fruits, citrus are some of the varieties of fruit that there are very valuable advantages in going to the trouble of grafting to rootstocks. Fig trees are somewhat unique among fruit trees in not having big advantages in specialized rootstocks

I'm not trying to dissuade you from the project, it could be interesting and could result in a nice tree. There is the potential for the result to be a tree that far under performs its parent though. Just a heads up on a potential disappointment with the outcome years down the way.

Dave, at the end of the season, Lowe's sells their trees for very cheap, like $5. I got myself a second one from that deal.  You should look for those closeout...nurture them and give them when they are rejuvenated.  Good luck with your airlayer.