Multiple Air layering with no Substrate on Fig tree

This video shows how you can perform multiple air layering on a single stem of a fig tree without using any substrate or Nylon. I made 25 air layers on a single stem of a fig tree and I got 25 new Air layered fig seedlings. Air layering done with substrates have some issues that prevents root formation on the air layered stem, the most common issue is lack of root formation due to too much water in the substrate. Too much water in the substrate either when mixing the substrate or rain water entering the wrapped substrate prevents root formation during air layering. Performing air layering without using a substrate means that the chances of root formation failure is very very low. With this method, I only used foil paper to wrap the stem, no hormones, no substrate and no nylon wrap used.

[@orionlottering1562]

Incredible. Good job man!! You can create a forest from a few stems this way. Im so excited. Lots and lots of figs.

[@africangardening9243]

@@orionlottering1562 Thank you, you can also sell the young plants, it gives great value from a single tree

[@AbdunNur-u9w]

Really amazing! Your invented technique will help the people a lot. Thank you so much.

[@africangardening9243]

@@AbdunNur-u9w Thanks for watching

[@wilbertog58]

Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 looks fantastic. I am amazed with the results. I will have to try myself.

[@africangardening9243]

@@wilbertog58 please try and give a feedback

[@AllegraF0X]

No aloe get, root hormone, nothing....I love this crazy experiment 🧪 Let's go 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🐐🤘🏾🔥

[@AllegraF0X]

Let's go 🤘🏾💪🏾 Did some airlayering last weekend. Super inspired 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@AllegraF0X]

Thank you for sharing your incredible methods 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾👏🏾

[@margaretmarshall3645]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing! New subscriber here in southern California, USA.

[@africangardening9243]

@@margaretmarshall3645 Thank you very much for subscribing

[@AllegraF0X]

25 sections 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤩🤘🏾💪🏾 let's go can't wait to see the outcome

[@KashmirMovieProduction]

Very nice video sharing ❤

[@africangardening9243]

@@KashmirMovieProduction Thank you very much

[@Scott-hl7om]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@vlademirgadelha3831]

Parabéns, amei seu canal e as informações, ganhou um inscrito e admirador do Brasil.👍

[@AllegraF0X]

Wow 😮 🤘🏾💪🏾🤯 Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥

[@kingmaya2669]

Hi , thanks for you videos, very instructive . Can we air layering from a tree that has never given fruit?

[@africangardening9243]

Thank you too for watching. Yes you can , however the new plant will not start producing fruits early since the mother plant has never produced fruits. Air Layering should be done on trees are already producing fruits so that the new plants from the tree will start producing fruits quite early.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

That's wild. I'll try it.

[@janej813]

Thank You so much for sharing 🎉 I just subscribed!

[@africangardening9243]

@@janej813 thanks for subscribing

[@gmmo]

fast .and. much. excelent Sir.. 🤣🤤

[@gmmo]

just try 4.. 🤣..

[@ThaiTong-xy1ok]

Wow❤❤❤

[@MatyaKatya]

Hello and thank you. Does the size of the bridge depend on the size of the future cutting?

[@africangardening9243]

@@MatyaKatya yes if you want more cuttings, the width of the bridge must be as small as possible (make sure you can still remove the cambium layer). Mine was about 1 cm because I wanted to have more cuttings and also I needed each cutting section to have a bud.

[@TexasRaisedFigs]

This is great brother! Are you in tropical or subtropical environment? I'm afraid to try in middle of summer in Texas lol. It may work for me in spring or fall when it rains. Great voice by the way.

[@africangardening9243]

@@TexasRaisedFigs I am in a tropical environment

[@africangardening9243]

@@TexasRaisedFigs It is better to try in spring when it's raining. You are in a temperate climate, doing air Layering now seems a bit late because of autumn and winter which is close.

[@9hank]

Brilliant idea. How did you come up with it?

[@africangardening9243]

I have been air Layering for the past 7 years. I do lots of experiments with air Layering

[@MatyaKatya]

Oh, one more question: what's the rate of success? - Thanks again.

[@africangardening9243]

@@MatyaKatya 100%. All the sections rooted within 2 to 3 weeks

[@AllegraF0X]

Do you need to keep the area damp ???

[@africangardening9243]

No need for any dampness

[@9hank]

Did you lose any of the cutting after placing them in the sand?

[@africangardening9243]

I did not loose any seedling.

[@FC2ESWS]

Do you water them at all or does it rain often? How does it stay humid?

[@africangardening9243]

@@FC2ESWS I keep the newly removed plants in a humid room for 7 days with ambient light. Humidity is 85% and temperature is 32 degC.

[@FC2ESWS]

How did you get each node to bud out? My figs grow from the tip on up and hardly push out side shoots. Did you tip the top?

[@africangardening9243]

@@FC2ESWS removing the phloem ( bark) and Cambium (light green layer showing when you remove the bark) forces the tree to bring out shoots above the section where the phloem and cambium was removed

[@FC2ESWS]

@africangardening9243 Nice great work.

[@africangardening9243]

@@FC2ESWS thank you very much. You can also watch my videos on air-layering

[@Justin-zz2yo]

What about when it rains? Won’t water go down the stem?

[@africangardening9243]

@@Justin-zz2yo yes water will go down the stem, I did this when there was no rain for some weeks. If you want to do this method without a substrate for figs during the rainy session you should use a nylon wrap. Water going down will slow down the process of root formation. You can watch my other video where I used a nylon wrap without substrate.

[@AllegraF0X]

Why didn't you wait to get longer roots out of curiosity ?

[@africangardening9243]

There was no need, and since it was not sealed the roots will brown out. Much more roots were sticking out of the soil after few days of planting.

[@gmmo]

​@@africangardening9243@africangardening9243 thanks .. Great explaination

[@Allis1isAll]

My grape vine sends out tap roots if the conditions are wet enough they fry an fall off before ever reaching down

[@africangardening9243]

@@Allis1isAll did you air layer the vines?

[@Allis1isAll]

@africangardening9243 no sir the vine I have does it on its own around june -July , when temps get up 80° F to 90° F degrees, it usually takes a week of heavy rains before they send tap roots out , if it stays wet an humid they'll grow untill they hit the ground unless it gets dry and hot then they brown off as you described. I tied a bag of soil around two sections to see what happened , the roots filled the bad in two weeks, I will try this method you have shown, give me a few weeks I'll report back!

[@AllegraF0X]

Can one still air layer now? Can I do this aggressive air layering with my Lemons? Multi citrus seedling per stem ?

[@africangardening9243]

Where is your location if you are in a temperate region you should not do air Layering close to winter time.

[@Allis1isAll]

What time of year did you do this

[@africangardening9243]

@@Allis1isAll I did this in July which is summer here. I am in a tropical environment so this will work all through the year.