Starting a broome zelkova bonsai by layering a branch

[@andrei-silviusontu9911]

I just thumbs up your videos before they actually start because I know they’ll be great. Have a nice evening!

[@GrowingBonsai]

You're the best!

[@dermo1981]

Excellent as always Jelle. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

My pleasure!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Not bad result and the water treatment definitely helps to encourage roots. Cheers

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yeah, was happy with that!

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

That all seemed to work out ok! Thanks for the lessons!

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Thanks so much. The layer is all happy, turning color for winter!

[@robkay5443]

Thanks for the long term development videos Jelle! I just attempted my first air layer with middling success. Got a few roots but also a partial callous bridge because I left too much cambium in. It’s very hard to judge how much to take off! This is the first time I’ve heard of letting the area dry a little before wrapping with plastic.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Normally the back and wood are very different in hardness. You do not need to get the wood off, just scratch it so you get the living cells off.

[@mcbabs7495]

Vraiment très intéressant! Merci pour la vidéo!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you!

[@hernandotorres1234]

Excellent job, in my decades long association with tress and dozens if not hundreds of attempts to air layer, I've yet to have a success. It's nice to see that the process is not just a myth 😂😂😂

[@GrowingBonsai]

Wo, any idea why you were unsuccesfull?

[@hernandotorres1234]

@@GrowingBonsai Not a clue, lol . I don't waste my time with it any more, just stick to cuttings

[@matshagstrom9839]

I sometimes think of air layering as a preparation for growing a cutting. Instead of thinking of cuttings and air layers as distinct techniques I think of it more like a spectrum. Managing foliage at time of separation seems to help. The one tree I could not get to grow roots via air layer was my ilex serrata. I don’t know why it failed but I will take the top off as a cutting while dormant before bud break in the spring and see how it goes. Keep up the good work!!! Mats

[@GrowingBonsai]

To me they are fundamentally different, in that a layer is provided with water and nutrients for the duration of the rooting process, whereas a cutting needs to survive on whats there at the time of separation.

[@SeniBonsai74]

Bagus sekali dan sangat inspiratif

[@GrowingBonsai]

😄

[@nerinat8371]

Job well done 👍 thanks

[@GrowingBonsai]

So nice of you

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Hoi Jelle, volgens mij gebruik jij ook pumice in je mengsel. Ik heb grote cementbakken met grote dikke prebonsai. Is pumice ergens relatief goedkoop in grote zakken verkrijgbaar? Bedankt!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Bonsai Dusseldorf heeft het redelijk betaalbaar. En de website vulcastrat, zeg ik uit mijn hoofd.

[@tomasfibich]

Hi Jelle, could provide a link, whree you purchase the tall ziploc bags you use for cuttings? Can't seem to find the correct shape/size bags. Thanks

[@GrowingBonsai]

Not sure. Some amaz0n product?

[@ernsttencate6699]

Goeie leerzame leuke video.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Blij dat het bevalt!

[@Nhadatvungvencuchi]

❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

:D

[@fredmanfv]

What substrate exactly did you use for the layer Jelle...?

[@GrowingBonsai]

to be honest, I do not recall. Normally I just use my regular substrate kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2LdoJlmqrmsjZI

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

😁

[@drfreddave9020]

Interesting that many ppl like yourself say to remove the cambian layer while others say not to remove it. Both seem to work though.

[@GrowingBonsai]

leaving the cambium is a risk. Those are the cells that are able to restore the bark. I cannot imagine why someone would recommend to not remove it.

[@drfreddave9020]

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks for the reply. It's very interesting topic. Is something I definitely need more practice and experience with.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Have a go and try! @@drfreddave9020

[@andreasschutze2503]

Warum so ein langer gerader Stamm , soll er ein Hochstamm werden ?

[@Jey125]

I ask my self the same question. Maybe we will see next year 🤷‍♂️

[@GrowingBonsai]

Aim is to develop a tradional broome zelkova. That requires a straight trunk. It will be left to grow out for a few years to fatten up though.