Tropicals & Tender Perennials: An experiment in Brugs, 1 by WillowWasp

WillowWasp wrote:
A month or so ago I was told we were about to move and I just went into a panic. I had Huge Seed pods on my Brugs planted in the ground and just could bare to leave them. SO I came up with a plan to save or Salvage them. This is Tiara X RkX Balao, the RK x Balao are from seed I got from Monika last year.
This is a wonderful brug and I hope to use it in many crosses but sure wanted these seed this year.
This will have several photos so give me some time to post all.

I decided to try an air layering technique since I had some time before we were going to move.
I took a bag like you get oranges in and filled it maybe 1/2 full of soil, I then flattened it out and wraped the branch of the tree in it. I tyed it round with the coated wire and then wrapped an old T- Shirt around to keep the dirt from falling out.
I kept it watered and waited until I could see roots coming out of one end I could open to check on the progress....
This is the part of the limb I use I went in front of the second Y. This brug tree (Tiara) is about 8- 9 foot tall so I didn't even miss the branch that was cut off.