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First time airlayering a fig!

I went to visit my parents up in Sacramento this weekend and saw my dad's fig tree looks like a Panache. I decided that I was going to attempt my first airlayer, so I don't have to wait for a cutting next year. Keeping my fingers crossed this works!

The speciman -
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Fig -
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Cut out juice container for perfect fit -
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Girdled 2 sections about an 1.5" from 1 node to another, cut a line to connect and peeled back -
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After layer is peeled -
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Heavy dose of Clonex -
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Filled with lightly damp peat moss, taped container closed, tied to tree for support -
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Foiled and now we wait! -
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Looks Good!!! Keep us informed.
Patience is the key.
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Should be fine.Next time apply the clonex on the nodes above the girdle,
all the way to the projected media line.
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Originally Posted by tyro
Should be fine.Next time apply the clonex on the nodes above the girdle,
all the way to the projected media line.


Ahh ok, do the roots shoot out above the top girdle?
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Originally Posted by tyro
Should be fine.Next time apply the clonex on the nodes above the girdle,
all the way to the projected media line.

Good tip Paul
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<Ahh ok, do the roots shoot out above the top girdle>

Roots break from the cambium layer,the area you painted the cambium
is gone.
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Sorry but what is clonex
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Originally Posted by mars55
Sorry but what is clonex


It is a liquid gel rooting hormone
http://www.growthtechnology.com/product/clonex/
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Originally Posted by tyro
<Ahh ok, do the roots shoot out above the top girdle>

Roots break from the cambium layer,the area you painted the cambium
is gone.


Interesting! I'll be sure to do that for next time. Thanks Paul
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Originally Posted by amirgts
Ahh ok, do the roots shoot out above the top girdle?


Yeah... the area you cut away and removed is just a way to make sure that the link between the lower portion of the branch and the upper portion of the branch no longer have any cambium layer connecting them.

So, when the hormones/nutrients from the area above travel down the branch they will detect the break and the hormones will then cause the cells above to start forming roots.

The ConeX or Rooting hormone just is an external way to help encourage root growth.

That is why Paul (?) said to next time up from the node up to the top of the soil line.  It is along there that roots may form.  Odds are they will form at the bottom node area but could grow anywhere that the medium is covering.

(Says the guy <me> that has not ever air layered... Well, I did try citrus last year but I did not scrape away the cambium well enough and every single attempt ended up healing the wound and covering over again almost the entire cut away area with fresh cambium/scar)
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Originally Posted by MrEnigma


Yeah... the area you cut away and removed is just a way to make sure that the link between the lower portion of the branch and the upper portion of the branch no longer have any cambium layer connecting them.

So, when the hormones/nutrients from the area above travel down the branch they will detect the break and the hormones will then cause the cells above to start forming roots.

The ConeX or Rooting hormone just is an external way to help encourage root growth.

That is why Paul (?) said to next time up from the node up to the top of the soil line.  It is along there that roots may form.  Odds are they will form at the bottom node area but could grow anywhere that the medium is covering.

(Says the guy <me> that has not ever air layered... Well, I did try citrus last year but I did not scrape away the cambium well enough and every single attempt ended up healing the wound and covering over again almost the entire cut away area with fresh cambium/scar)




Now I fully understand it! Thanks for the reasoning. I thought before that roots would sprout from where the cambium layer was removed and left bare.
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