Air Layering Images

Lychee air layer on a small potted plant

Lychee Tree with Multiple Air Layers and Close-up

Fig. 1

Stages of air layering

Fig. 2

Limonium dendroides air layering

Fig. 3

Air layering on a lychee tree

Fig. 4

Lychee air layer on a small potted plant

Fig. 5

Lychee tree with

multiple air layers

New roots have penetrated the moss ball (Air layering of Ulmus pumila)

Fig. 6

Air layering of Ficus decora

Fig. 7

Air layering
of Ulmus pumila

Fig. 8

New roots have penetrated the moss ball (Air layering of Ulmus pumila)

Fig. 9

Air layering steps

Step 1. The stem is girlded to induce root formation above the cut
Step 2. The girdled stem is covered with damp moss
Step 3. Aluminum foil or plastic sheeting (Fig. 7) is wrapped around the moss and tied at both ends.
This cover is removed 2-3 months after tying or when the roots can be seen (Fig. 8).

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Photographs

Fig. ¹Jaitt, Oscar. Air layering. N.d. fruitlovers.com. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
Fig. ²Citron. Air layering Limonium dendroides. 2012. Conservatoire botanique national de Brest, France. wikipedia.org. Under (CC-BY-SA-3.0). Web. 20 May 2014.
Fig. ³Maguire, Ian. Air Layering a Lychee Tree. N.d. From Lychee Growing in the Florida Landscape. trec.ifas.ufl.edu. Web. 20 May 2014.
Fig. ⁴Lorenzini, Iacopo. Lychee air layer on a small potted plant. 2013. commons .wikimedia.org. Web. 31 May 2014.
Fig. ⁵Mee, Bill and Folino, Krystal. Lychee Tree with Multiple Air Layers and Close-up. lycheesonline.com. N.d. Web. 31 May 2014.
Fig. ^6,7Grbic, Mihailo. Air layering of Ficus decora. 1985. Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia. wikimediacommons.org. Under (CC BY-SA 3.0 RS). Web. 31 May 2014.
Fig. ⁸Grbic, Mihailo. New roots have penetrated the moss ball (Air layering of Ulmus pumila). 1986. Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia. commons .wikimedia.org. Web. 31 May 2014.
Fig. ⁹Air Layering. N.d. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Cashew Production. Chapter 2. fao.org. Web. 31 May 2014.

Published 29 Jan. 2014 LR. Last update 8 July 2016 LR