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  • Air layering a fig.

    Anyone have any first hand experience in doing this ?

    My brown turkey is a bit of a tangled mess of branches, it came from the nursery like that which was a shame as I had intended to formally train it. I thought Id have a bash at air layering today to get a nice clean start next year.

    Everything I know about figs I can write on the back of a postage stamp with a thick wax crayon. The donor plant is currently figless, potted in jacks magic in a 30l pot in the greenhouse.I've gurgled the air layering process and it looks simple enough but should I be doing anything else to the donor plant to speed things along?

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    From my understanding fig cuttings root very easily. I airlayed a honeyberry last year and it worked great. I'd be tempted to do half as cuttings and half as airlayers and see the difference in success rate between two.
    Last edited by flynch; 18-05-2017, 10:45 AM.

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    • #3
      I've grown figs from cuttings too. Also found that, where a branch touches the soil, it will root itself. `From a couple of cuttings I have a fig hedge

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      • #4
        This is worth a read if you haven't already http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1285758

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        • #5
          So it really is as easy as the videos suggest ?

          I've given it a go on one of the more vigorous shoots, I chickened out of cutting the bark though

          Fig hedge - now there's an idea.

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          • #6
            Mentioned today on Beechgrove, might be on iplayer

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            • #7
              Mentioned today on Beechgrove, might be on iplayer
              Any idea of which episode ? The website isn't exactly user friendly

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              • #8
                BBC iPlayer - The Beechgrove Garden - 2017: Episode 8

                Episode 8, approx. 16 mins in.

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                • #9
                  Episode 8, approx. 16 mins in.
                  Had to beat the computer with a big stick to watch it but I got there in the end. Surprised to see it was only a tennis ball sized gadget, Id have thought more roots while attached would have been better.

                  A little more gurgling this afternoon suggests that grafting them is easy too You can see where I'm going with this can't you

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                  • #10
                    those plastic balls ,filled with a mixture of moss and compost, really moist, clip over the branch ,sealing in the moisture, allowing the new roots a good place to grow. I strip a 2ins length of the bark 3/4 of the way round and then clip the ball on, then its 6-8 weeks max until you can snip the new plant off, with some of the rooting balls you can see when you have roots. you end up with a ball of roots that need potting on and putting in a shady location while they get a chance to build up a viable system, the balls are big enough to do the job but not weigh the branch down..

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                    • #11
                      At last some good news from the garden (it's been in very short supply this year). I checked both air layers today and both are showing roots

                      The one I stripped ½ the bark from has the most and I could probably cut it away now but I'd best leave things for another couple of weeks, thin roots and fat thumbs aren't a good combination.

                      I'm almost tempted to do a few more

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