Why would you water layer?

TorontoJoe said:
I watched more YouTube than usual over the last week. I came across this video. It's pretty cool and on further searching it's not that rare. The question to which I couldn't find an answer is, why would I do this? Can anyone think of a reason I would do this vs air layering?

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Looks like my posts are influencing you. Anyway that’s an amazing technique. Are you going to try it?
 
The only reason I can see for doing this.
Is bugs. Ants sometimes start building a nest it the medium.
Besides that. When up potting you will have to use dry loose medium.
If not you will break the roots.
It may be a fun experiment but I think when you include up potting.
Using a "normal" medium success will be higher.
 
GoodFriendMike said:
The only reason I can see for doing this.
Is bugs. Ants sometimes start building a nest it the medium.
Besides that. When up potting you will have to use dry loose medium.
If not you will break the roots.
It may be a fun experiment but I think when you include up potting.
Using a "normal" medium success will be higher.
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I just had a thought, water is very heavy. One would have to be very careful where they should put the water bag so not to snap off the branch.
 
Figgerlickinggood said:
Looks like my posts are influencing you. Anyway that’s an amazing technique. Are you going to try it?
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I'm not sure yet. Seems like a lot of work LoL!

GoodFriendMike said:
The only reason I can see for doing this.
Is bugs. Ants sometimes start building a nest it the medium.
Besides that. When up potting you will have to use dry loose medium.
If not you will break the roots.
It may be a fun experiment but I think when you include up potting.
Using a "normal" medium success will be higher.
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I'm always finding earwigs under the aluminum foil but I don't think I've ever had anything penetrate the plastic. I agree about reduced shock from pot up.

Figgerlickinggood said:
I just had a thought, water is very heavy. One would have to be very careful where they should put the water bag so not to snap off the branch.
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I imagine the bottle would need to sit on the ground or a separate stake would be needed to support the bottle.

I'm just thinking of how many regular layers I can set in an hour vs how long these would take me. Maybe there are some plants that will root better in water, but in this case he's got a fig tree.
 
It’s something I would probably try out for no other reason than, why not?

It definitely isn’t practical in any sense though. He was able to get a few roots in a month using this method which may or may not survive uppotting. In that timeframe, a standard airlayer can produce a nice rootball that will survive and thrive uppotting near 100% of the time.
 
I seen this method while watching fig videos some time ago.
It did not appeal to me at all.
If Air layering works as well as it does, I can't see going through this for the same result.
 
There is a method to quickly air-root with only aluminum foil + liquid/gel rooting hormone to get small roots between every node. The problem is these folks never post their survival rate after up-potting. Roots may be easy, but if up-potting success is low who cares? I may try this method this spring/summer for fun…. There is a YouTube video on it.
 
TorontoJoe said:
I watched more YouTube than usual over the last week. I came across this video. It's pretty cool and on further searching it's not that rare. The question to which I couldn't find an answer is, why would I do this? Can anyone think of a reason I would do this vs air layering?

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A while ago, someone asked BMW why they introduced X1 or X2, or one of those. Their answer was - because we can.

People do all kinds of weird stuff, like sprouting tomato seeds inside a tomato or a banana. It works, I get it. One could probably stick a seed in their mouth or some other cavity on their body and it will probably eventually sprout... but why would you do it? The only reasonable explanation I have is clicks, views, hype...
 
Figgin' A said:
A while ago, someone asked BMW why they introduced X1 or X2, or one of those. Their answer was - because we can.

People do all kinds of weird stuff, like sprouting tomato seeds inside a tomato or a banana. It works, I get it. One could probably stick a seed in their mouth or some other cavity on their body and it will probably eventually sprout... but why would you do it? The only reasonable explanation I have is clicks, views, hype...
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Body cavity cutting propagation. The newest rooting method! 😆
 
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