Kat2

I did quite a bit of airlayering in the past--mostly on my inside plants in MD--plants that grow outside here. I never did the foil thing but just "opened" the branch, wrapped it in plastic wrap filled with drenched potting soil encased in a paper tower and rubber banded it well. The tree I'd love to try belongs to someone who just recently began handing me plants and starts but guards this tree like a hawk; it produces 3 lb fruits. She has smaller starts in the greenhouse; she certainly didn't offer any of them. (She started it from seed; had 4 until the prior frost 2 years ago and this one has come back but not produced.) I might talk her out of a few sticks...maybe...or perhaps I should encourage her to let me climb up and make a couple of notches...

I had a "love" biter or 2 in my past...ouch!

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