Airlayering A guide to air-layering and ground layering techniques.
Promoting Rot in Bonsai
Preserving Deadwood and Curing Rotting Wood Problems A guide to removing areas of rotted wood on your bonsai and stopping any further damage occurring.
In the process of airlayering, the bark, the cambium, and the phloem layer are removed by cutting away about a 1 inch wide ring of these tissues from around the circumference of the shoot. The xylem however is left intact. This is known as girdling.
LAYERING Ground and airlayering are methods of producing new roots from the trunk or branches of a tree; often used as a propagation method but also useful for correcting poor surface rots (nebari).
In case you forgot or missed the airlayering demonstration here's a link
Air Layering
Good luck with your Bonsai
Mark ...
 See also: Bonsai, Layering, Trunk, Growing, Plant
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