Longan air layer in san diego

[buddy roo]

Hi All, Longan tree is pushing new growth right now so would this be the best time to put on an air or would it be better to wait till spring???    Patrick

[waxy]

I did my air layers in spring but most of which failed.
Only callous clusters showed up without any roots.
Needless to say, my luck is crappy for spring air layers with all the growth sap coursing through the tree.

I removed half the callous tissue and did it again in September after harvest, I now have a healthy Air Layered Kohala Longan tree.
The rootball was quite healthy, height of the tree is 2-3 feet splitting into a 2 separate branches.

[simon_grow]

You can put the air layer on now but the cold weather will delay root growth compared to if you put it on in warmer weather such as in Spring or Summer.

Simon

[marklee]

Keep it watered while you have the layer on, like Simon mentioned it is fine to do airlayers now, just make sure you water the tree good with the dry weather we are having. I had some wax jambu airlayers fail because I didn't water them enough last year.

[buddy roo]

Thanks guys