I airlayered this Amur maple earlier in the year and finally removed it a few weeks back.  I didn’t disturb the new roots or moss, just slipped the whole thing into a larger pot of free draining mix that will hopefully insulate the roots from the cold this winter too.  Looking forward to spring to see what I’ve got.

The rest of my material that was ground layered two years ago:

Japanese Larch twin trunk

Jan 2018

Silver Birch

Cut sacrifice branch Jan 2018

Field Maple

January 2018

Field Maple corky bark.  Air layer candidate.

Japanese Maple garden tree.

Jan 2018

fine root

A couple of months ago I managed to have a look at the new roots growing on this very large Japanese Maple garden tree that I had ground layered two years ago here.

 autumn 2017

March 2018

Evidence of new roots

Wooden box removed and rootball undercut

Plenty of new root beginning to thicken.  These were spread and left to extend and thicken.

No new roots on this side.  Older thicker roots were trimmed around the whole tree.

The bare side was cut again and pasted with rooting hormone.  Tree replanted with free draining soil mix and covered.

Back in the flower bed for another two years.