Cloning Trees?

[UncleBuck]

UncleBuck that's how i clone my peach trees. If you have a tree, shrub or anything else that has limbs close to the ground you can put your foot on a limb and push it to the ground and cover it with soil, than place some heavy on it like a brick.. I'm rooted many snowball bushes that way.

i just bought 14 fruit trees and put in an orchard this spring, i think i might have to clone-prune instead of just pruning. didn't have the heart to cut them back as much as i should have. next spring though...

 

[Jimmyjonestoo]

I decided to try my hand at air layering and selected a few branches of my parents peach tree for experimentation. Ill be back with my results.

 

[strainbank]

air layering will be your best bet.

strip back the bark at the point of the branch where you want roots to appear.

then wrap a bundle of soil/peat

around it, duct tape it up and keep it sealed to keep moisture in.

keep checking back for roots. might take a while.

wow this is bad ass, i wanna clone trees now! lol

 

[strainbank]

I decided to try my hand at air layering and selected a few branches of my parents peach tree for experimentation. Ill be back with my results.

look forward to seeing this done. interesting to learn about that here....