Air layering
Water. Nutrients, Oxygen. Warm. That is the basics to make and keep roots of our plant happy. Substrate? This is "just" a king of anchoring medium and we can use different materials, providing we deliver the items in the first line. I believe that the same should be applied trying to make a good airlayer. A good airlayer. What do I mean by that? A process in which we will force the plant to produce a new set of roots at desired position. That is: Numerous roots that grow all around the circumference of the trunk. A great start to produce a flare in the lower part of the trunk with nicely spread radial surface roots. That was I believe the main/initial purpose of the air layering technique. When it comes to airlayering a good start is importat. Bearing this in mind I start the preparation usually in the course of previous year. Main target - to get as much new growth as possible. If the target is met, then I start the air layer. If not I skip it for n