Air layer African pride atemoya ?

[khoi1976]

Can you air layer an African pride atemoya to root?

[achetadomestica]

There are some sellers from Naples on Craiglist
that advertise air layered atemoyas.  I know someone who got two
47-18s from them. There is no way to be 100% until they fruit.
I would definitely try it in the Spring and let us know if you succeed

[Galatians522]

I have airlayered close to 1,000 lychee trees at this point. I have yet to get an atemoya airlayer to take (with about a dozen tries). The wood is very weak and I think the fiberous bark helps provide structure that holds things together. I do know that after layering the branch is highly susceptible to wind damage and will snap off at the slightest breeze. Maybe I need to use a different technique than I do for lychee. I hear that they do it in Australia on fresh green shoots by using a clip that slowly cuts off circultion as the plant continues to grow.