Can Ross sapote be air layered?

[micah]

Aloha
Just wondering how to multiply this tasty fruit we have growing.
Does it air layer? 

[FlyingFoxFruits]

yes it can be rooted and airlayered!

I like to graft them onto canistel.

[bsbullie]

Any time you can graft a tree you will wind up with a much better specimen,  especially with respext to the root system.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Any time you can graft a tree you will wind up with a much better specimen,  especially with respext to the root system.

but for those who are keeping the specimen in a container, or trying to keep the plant very small  in ground, I think the marcotted plants are a better choice...they seem to stay smaller, and fruit quicker.

[bsbullie]

Any time you can graft a tree you will wind up with a much better specimen,  especially with respext to the root system.

but for those who are keeping the specimen in a container, or trying to keep the plant very small  in ground, I think the marcotted plants are a better choice...they seem to stay smaller, and fruit quicker.

Not sure they fruit quicker after the initial flowering has passed.  I also feel a grafted tree is easier to control its size than a air layered specimen.  Maybe something for a true side by side experiment for observations...

[jmc96]

Is the best time to graft Spring through to early summer when the sap is flowing? then maybe late summer/autumn? As you would if you were taking marcotts? I'm going to give it a go, I have only one seedling Ross sapote and would like more.