Air layer

From BonsaiWIKI

air layer - a technique for propagating plants vegetatively by ring girdling the trunk or branches of a host plant, treating it with rooting hormone and wrapping in damp sphagnum moss or bonsai soil to promote growth of roots.

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Propagation Terms
Types: Sowing | Cuttings | Layer | Division | Cell culture | Grafting
Tools: Grafting knife
Terms: Bottom heat | Striking Roots | Germination | Stratification | Mist house | Hybrid | Clone | Fertilization | Pricking out
Supplies: Rooting hormone | Peat moss | Cutting mix | Liner