BoyerHoldingsLLC
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Posted 1472759148
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I have seen a lot of results in the search engine for air layering but I can't find anything on simple or ground layering. I've had excellent results this year using a fabric staple and burying a low hanging branch in the dirt this year. You don't have to mess with bags, moss, soil. I don't even think that I removed a layer of bark as you would with an air layer. I'm just wondering if anyone has used this method and if they find it quicker and more efficient than an air layer?https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/plant-propagation-by-layering-instructions-for-the-home-gardener
drew51
1431808677
Posted 1472763482
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I have used it, but not for figs. Works well.
ADelmanto
1359774201
Posted 1472773836
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I have used it for azalea, hydrangea, roses, etc. Figs, as you know, are super easy to root. Yes pinning to the ground works fine. I've also seen rocks used to hold down a branch. My only worry would be when it comes to removing from the parent plant. I would not try to remove a pinned down branch while actively growing. I'm not sure it would have a strong enough root system. A good size root ball on an air layer would be more likely to be fine when removed while actively growing.
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grant441
1358456015
Posted 1472777179
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I do it with figs.black berries , raspberries.Muscadines and goji berries works for all of them just fine.
FIGenthusiast
1438174996
Posted 1473116952
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I've done ground layering with CH, and it works well! It's way less work than air-layering. I've done it as late as August, and it did just fine. By September, it was ready to pot up for the fall. I've also done it as early as May. It has never failed me!
dkirtexas
1341345900
Posted 1473129590
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Just finished a Tx Blue Giant layer, 1/2" horizontal branch. I loosened the soil beneath the branch and covered the top with peat moss and used a piece of broken granite counter top to hold it down. Takes about 4 weeks. I have done several Hardy Chicago layers as well.
tsparozi
1470160644
Posted 1473131370
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I have seen natural ground layering occur many times in my figs that die back every winter and grow each spring into bush form with many shoots growing up from the ground. Invariably with out thinning, these shoots lay down on the surrounding mulch due to rain and wind action and leafing out of larger / stronger branches. Each fall when I am doing cleanup I find many of these smaller shoots and branches that laid down on the mulch have produced roots from multiple leaf nodes and have taken a strong hold of the ground; sometimes making it difficult to lift them up.... I thing horizontal layering action is just natures normal modus operandi....
ThaiFig
1422928614
Posted 1473172773
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http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/42488 is a pdf of a research project on this. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009030195236 Wish list: Bourjasotte Grise Dark Portugese Granthams Royal Hollier Hative D’Argenteuil Smith Black Triana
