fredman
Masterpiece
Man, this worked way better than expected. I did a layer on a pear tree I planted some time ago...exactly a year ago this week.
I mixed up 50/50 perlite/vermiculite, and used that as the air layer medium....as an experiment. I topped it with a 1/2 inch layer of sphagnum to keep the moisture in...and keep the perlite/vermiculite mix in place.
Luckily the layer was upright and easy to water...once a week in dry times is what I did.
I took it off today...end of spring here.
The fun part. The medium falls away from from the roots soooo easy.
Look at that beautiful roots....and its all round the same. Incredibly a nebari is starting to form already.
And there she is all tied up in her new pot. I have a thing for terracotta.
Got a bud at the right place to lead the top to extend.
As I said...I'm very pleased with how this layer medium experiment turned out.
The roots are healthy and strong....some even looks hardened off, and started dividing already.
I mixed up 50/50 perlite/vermiculite, and used that as the air layer medium....as an experiment. I topped it with a 1/2 inch layer of sphagnum to keep the moisture in...and keep the perlite/vermiculite mix in place.
Luckily the layer was upright and easy to water...once a week in dry times is what I did.
I took it off today...end of spring here.
The fun part. The medium falls away from from the roots soooo easy.
Look at that beautiful roots....and its all round the same. Incredibly a nebari is starting to form already.
And there she is all tied up in her new pot. I have a thing for terracotta.
Got a bud at the right place to lead the top to extend.
As I said...I'm very pleased with how this layer medium experiment turned out.
The roots are healthy and strong....some even looks hardened off, and started dividing already.
