Air Layering Wisteria

shrimpy · 10-30-2008, 04:09 AM

Prowler
I have learn't a lot playing round with my Wisteria so much so I can now see ways of using Layering to improve and speed up some of my bonsai stock.
Instead of reducing the top down simply move the roots up.
Thats what I love about working with plants there is always something else to learn.

Shrimpy

pondering sage · 10-30-2008, 03:51 PM

well done!

i love wisteria and see air layering as the way to go as far as not waiting forever to flower and gain trunk thickness. i had great luck with air layering wisteria here in Portland Or. Maybe I will get some picture up this spring.

shrimpy · 12-12-2009, 02:23 PM

Hi Everyone
This Wisteria was air layered April 2008
The first pic was taken September 2008 about four weeks after cutting off the mother plant and potted up
The second pic is of the plant 14 months on its own roots, it had 43 flower buds I removed 18 so the weight of the flowers didn't break the smaller branches

Shrimpy

shrimpy · 12-03-2011, 03:38 PM

Hi All
An update of my Wisteria Air Layer done May 2007.
I cut her off the mother plant July 2008 and potted up.
First flowers she had on her new roots spring 2008 .
Since 2008 to get the trunk to bulk up I let her grow wild giving her a hair cut every now and then to keep her under control.
this worked well more than tripling in diameter in the three years.
May this year I removed all the young wood then re-potted her into a 50 litre pot (I potted her where this photo was taken and I won't be moving her any time soon she weighs between 60 and 70 Kg)
She responded well to being re-potted by producing more than 100 flower buds this spring I thinned them to about 40.
Now that the trunk has filled out I plan to reduce her head by 1/3 to start her training.

Shrimpy

shrimpy · 12-03-2011, 03:44 PM

I seem to be having trouble uploading pics hopefully this time it will work
Shrimpy

shrimpy · 12-03-2011, 03:48 PM

Pics taken today

shrimpy · 12-03-2011, 03:55 PM

The four Layers I did October 2008 have all died turns out they were full of the dreaded lemon tree borer:

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Shrimpy

JLDoggett · 12-03-2011, 07:49 PM

Still the one that lived is stunning. I have been trying to grow out several years then last spring the deer ate them...

treebeard55 · 12-12-2011, 11:23 PM

Glorious flowers! Thanks for posting.

pepedog · 01-01-2012, 03:56 PM

Nice! Sorry to hear about the others. I have a question for you:

Did you strip the bark or tourniquet for the layer?

Merci.

10-30-2008, 04:09 AM	#11 (permalink)
shrimpy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Waikato, NZ Posts: 110	Prowler I have learn't a lot playing round with my Wisteria so much so I can now see ways of using Layering to improve and speed up some of my bonsai stock. Instead of reducing the top down simply move the roots up. Thats what I love about working with plants there is always something else to learn. Shrimpy __________________ If a man is alone working on his Bonsai and he speaks and there is no women to hear him. is he still wrong ??? Never ever believe anything, Until it has been officially denied:

12-03-2011, 03:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
shrimpy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Waikato, NZ Posts: 110	Hi All An update of my Wisteria Air Layer done May 2007. I cut her off the mother plant July 2008 and potted up. First flowers she had on her new roots spring 2008 . Since 2008 to get the trunk to bulk up I let her grow wild giving her a hair cut every now and then to keep her under control. this worked well more than tripling in diameter in the three years. May this year I removed all the young wood then re-potted her into a 50 litre pot (I potted her where this photo was taken and I won't be moving her any time soon she weighs between 60 and 70 Kg) She responded well to being re-potted by producing more than 100 flower buds this spring I thinned them to about 40. Now that the trunk has filled out I plan to reduce her head by 1/3 to start her training. Shrimpy __________________ If a man is alone working on his Bonsai and he speaks and there is no women to hear him. is he still wrong ??? Never ever believe anything, Until it has been officially denied: Last edited by shrimpy; 12-03-2011 at 03:45 PM..

12-03-2011, 03:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
shrimpy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Waikato, NZ Posts: 110	The four Layers I did October 2008 have all died turns out they were full of the dreaded lemon tree borer: : Shrimpy __________________ If a man is alone working on his Bonsai and he speaks and there is no women to hear him. is he still wrong ??? Never ever believe anything, Until it has been officially denied:

12-03-2011, 07:49 PM	#18 (permalink)
JLDoggett Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire, USA, Posts: 630	Still the one that lived is stunning. I have been trying to grow out several years then last spring the deer ate them... __________________ "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these" And I further resolve to click on an ad, each time I visit, to help support the site and to be welcoming to lurking guests when you join! After all, you're already here.

12-12-2011, 11:23 PM	#19 (permalink)
treebeard55 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw IN, USA USDA zone 5b Posts: 510	Glorious flowers! Thanks for posting. __________________ Treebeard 55 Steve Moore http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com The most important bonsai tool is your brain.

10-30-2008, 03:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
pondering sage Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: portland oregon Zone 5 Posts: 18	well done! i love wisteria and see air layering as the way to go as far as not waiting forever to flower and gain trunk thickness. i had great luck with air layering wisteria here in Portland Or. Maybe I will get some picture up this spring.

01-01-2012, 03:56 PM	#20 (permalink)
pepedog Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2	Nice! Sorry to hear about the others. I have a question for you: Did you strip the bark or tourniquet for the layer? Merci.

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