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["Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>]

Thank you Lee,
I would like to give it a try next year. Would you think the air layer has to 
be on current year's growth or previous year's wood? If it's current year 
growth you can't attempt it until early summer, if it's last years then one 
can attempt it earlier in the spring benefiting from long hot period.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Reich" <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Airlayering Jujube
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:09:11 -0400
> 
> 
> In researching the literature on jujube for my book Uncommon Fruits 
>   for Every Garden, I didn't come across air-layering as a method 
> for  propagating this plant. One problem with air-layering any 
> plant in  cold climates is that air-layering usually takes many 
> months, yet  developing roots on an air layer could not survive 
> ambient outdoor  temperatures, to which they would be exposed up in 
> the branches. Here  is what I did write about clonal propagation of 
> jujube in the jujube  chapter of my book:
> 
>              Suckers, root cuttings, and grafts are ways to 
> propagate  superior jujube clones. A clone to be propagated by 
> suckers or root  cuttings must be on its own roots, that is, it 
> should not be a grafted  tree. Success with root cuttings is 
> variable, depending on the clone,  and plants grown from root 
> cuttings will not develop the taproot of  trees grown from seed. 
> Stem cuttings root with difficulty.
> 
>              Grafted plants grow vigorously. Chip budding, 
> T-budding,  and whip-and-tongue grafting have all been 
> successful---as long as  scionwood is not chosen of stems destined 
> to be deciduous. Jujube  plants are precocious. Grafted trees have 
> even been known to bear some  fruit in the same season in which 
> they were grafted!
> 
> Lee Reich, PhD
> 
> 
> http://www.leereich.com/
> 
> Books by Lee Reich:
> A Northeast Gardener's Year
> The Pruning Book
> Weedless Gardening
> Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
> Landscaping with Fruit
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Bassem Samaan wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Have anyone attempted air layering a jujube?
> > I know that the most common propagation of jujube is with 
> > grafting.  Cutting is possible with very limited success, but how 
> > about air  layering?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bass Samaan
> > http://www.TreesofJoy.com
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Thanks,

Bass Samaan
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