Fagus sylvatica evolution (2007-2015) still in progress

2007 In december, raw material



2007-2013 in a few minutes



2014 in february



2014 in may



2014 in july


2014 in december



2015 in february



same day after take off the leaves, and take a look at the fail layeing (I'll try again)



01/05/15



09/05/15



11/05/15 first roots in the layering





I hope you like it!

....to be continued

It isn´t such a fail, you have a nice base for good nebari.

Video update 17/05/15



Greetings from Spain
David

Did the layer work? If not have you covered the plastic bottel in something to keep the contents in the dark? Try and wrap some dark cloth around it as roots need darkness I think?

BrendanR wrote:Did the layer work?

Yes, it did .

on 13/06/15 it looked like this



So I cut the branch





and I put it in a new pot with a soil mix of akadama and pomice fifty/ fifty, without disturbing the root ball. In future repotting, I'll take away all the spagnum moss, but by now, I don't want run any unnecessary risk



You have the whole history in this spanish forum click,click, in spanish of course, but with tons of photos!

 If not have you covered the plastic bottel in something to keep the contents in the dark?  Try and wrap some dark cloth around it as roots need darkness I think?

In my experience, there isn't any difference covering o not the airlayer.I did an experiment with an English elm, another link in spanish click,click

I did three airlayers in three branches on the same tree, one uncover and two cover, and all three sprouted root more or less equally.

Thanks for your comment

David

Nice shot!