Air layering shimpaku juniper Easy to follow step by step process to air layering for bonsai

[@dermo1981]

Thanks Dave. I'm envious of your season! Love springtime in the garden. Just heading into autumn here in the northernhemisphere(Ireland!). Time to wind down for a few months!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@karlneilguinayen]

Hi David will there be any Mugo pine review coming up?

[@Bonsaiworx]

Sorry I no longer have any mugos in my collection. Sold.

[@deepanjanbanerjee3491]

Do conifers lend themselves to air layers well? Never tried with anything but deciduous trees.

[@Bonsaiworx]

@@deepanjanbanerjee3491 junipers are relatively easy and it’s all about the timing. Other conifers such as pines and cedars I haven’t experimented with.

[@nerinat8371]

Great work David, lm about to do my JM but last year l did it in Oct do you now is a good time or wait til they harden off a bit?

[@Bonsaiworx]

@@nerinat8371 I normally wait with maples until mid October at the earliest.

[@nerinat8371]

@@Bonsaiworx thanks David

[@DeciduousSnurb]

I'm wondering when exactly is the best time for me to do this with juniper where I live, early spring yes, but would you recommend waiting till you see new green tips on the foliage, or just early spring in general?

[@Bonsaiworx]

@@DeciduousSnurb really anytime in spring is good. Early spring is the earliest I found you can start.

[@briankavanagh7191]

David, can I assume "Mother" has gone to the great Shimpaku garden in the sky?😭

[@Bonsaiworx]

@@briankavanagh7191 she is doing really well growing as a semi cascade. Haven’t shown her in a while. Will have to do a walkthrough of my shimpaku collection one day.

[@briankavanagh7191]

@@Bonsaiworx looking forward to it.