Air Layering Peach Hardwood

Air layering creates roots on a branch while it is still on the parent tree.

Air layering peach hardwood.

Air layering is a technique to propagate fruit bearing and flowering plants such as apple maple cherry and orange trees to make smaller clones of the parent. I hadn t tried air layering peach trees yet. I have an elberta and a red haven. The distance between the cuts.

The first step in air layering is to girdle a branch that is at least 3 8 inch thick. I finally got a black boy peach this year from raintree and that may be the catalyst. The only real difference between air layering and cuttings is the fact that you remove the stem completely when taking a cutting. The tourniquet method involves tightly wrapping the trunk branch with copper wire to block the stream of nutrients partially.

The tourniquet method and the ring method. Make two parallel cuts around the circumference of a branch at least 3 8 inch thick. Another way o have seen hardwood cuttings done is by air layering or even taking a one gallon plastic pot or 2 liter bottle and cutting a slit slide it on the branch and fill it with soil in the spring keep it moist and once rooted in the container cut it from the main plant. Make an identical cut a.

New method air layering with water. Air layering is one method of propagating a fruit tree from an existing one which will bear fruits sooner and the fruits will taste same as the mother plant. The elberta taught me the value of fruit thinning. Most of the citrus trees can be propagated by air layering.

Taking cuttings is a better technique for smaller younger stems as they can survive off of capillary action delivering water and nutrients to the plant. Select one of the newer branches on the tree and cut off a ring of bark. Cut through the bark around the circumference of the branch using a sharp knife. Both produce heavily and taste immensely better than anything i buy in stores.