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Waste not, want not! Eric makes maximum use of nice wood on an old Kishu Juniper. He originally bought it to make cuttings, but in this video he uses a different propagation technique - air layering. This tree has a "v" trunk structure that won't work as is, but Eric sees a future where one of the trunks can make a nice bonsai - after air layering off a few other parts of the tree.
00:01:18 Eric looks at the individual parts of the plant to see what he can do with them if he air layers them off. His first step is thinning the tree to clear space so he can see the structure of the major woody pieces of the tree.
00:01:54 His next step is to analyze each spot where branches come out and contemplate his options.
00:03:00 Eric shares his analysis.
00:03:39 First air layer will be on an index-sized branch with good wood and little, tight branches. Eric believes this could enable creation of a nice mame.
00:04:41 For this air layering technique, Eric uses aluminum wire and girdles the branch by wrapping the wire as tightly as he can get it (just before breaking it and the branch). Plus, how dormant buds can start issuing roots.
00:06:27 Another low branch that Eric chooses to air layer closer to main trunk.
00:08:24 Third air layer at a point near shari (deadwood) with a close-up of wiring.
00:09:52 Eric tries something new - stacking air layers, further up toward the top of tree, near a bit of a swell that Eric thinks could make for an interesting composition.
00:11:18 5th air layer and why Eric keeps some longer branches intact.
00:12:10 Wrapping all 5 air layers in sphagnum moss and plastic containers.
00:13:07 Eric's propagation mix is 80% perlite and 20% coco coir.
00:13:33 Recap with additional tips. Also - we have wired kishu juniper pre-bonsai available at www.bonsaify.c....
00:14:55 How long it will take for the layers to issue roots.
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