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took the grand  daughters for a walk in the local wood yesterday and spotted loads of balls of moss about cricket ball size strapped to tree branches with black plastic any ideas what they are for was thinking might be for insects  to burrow into or encourage side shoots on the trees

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On 18/04/2022 at 20:28, Bigbob said:

Normaly the moss would be held on by strips of polythene wonder what species it was as most are done from seeds these days 

Plants from seed give no guarantee of an exact genetic replica of the original whereas air layering does?

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50 minutes ago, PeterHenry said:

The only problem with air layering / grafting is that you will get a full sized tree - unlike with conventional grafting / bud grafting where you get to decide on the rootstock.

It’s not a problem I’ve got plenty of space to plant them and full size will be good 👍 

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On 17/08/2022 at 17:40, derbyduck said:

I've cut the two Hazel cobnuts and a fillbet today , they are looking good with plenty of roots and the stems are thicker above than below the layers ,I will try and put some photos up  ,here the photo off the roots ,the fillbet on the left has only got a small root but I've planted them up in 20 litre tubs, the roots have done well considering the layering was started on the 15th of April ! 

 

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