drake2:


Great topic, many thanks for sharing. Please how does d potting mixture get moisture?

Do you mean while its still attached?

If so, don't worry abt that.

Plants also "breathe"

Just follow ∂ instructions.

Make it tight.
After some days it will collect moisture by itself.

Try it, and see how easy it is. *Smiling*



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Adding water if you attempt this during the dry season is not a bad idea.

irukandji89:



Do you mean while its still attached?

If so, don't worry abt that.

Plants also "breathe"

Just follow ∂ instructions.

Make it tight.
After some days it will collect moisture by itself.

Try it, and see how easy it is. *Smiling*

kkk. Thanks

drake2:


kkk. Thanks

Post pictures if you can

Beedee777:


Hi.

Thank you so much for this post! God bless your heart!

Can this be combined with grafting? If not, what are the practical pros and cons of both practices? In your experience, which trumps the other?

As you also stated here, my farm is in Ogun state and I will delighted to get your telephone number for further talks.

Thank you so very much!

According to wikipedia, a marcot seedling of dika tree takes 2-4 years to flower, while it is said that planting from seeds takes 15 years.

hello peeps.

how have you been?



sorry I have been awol for a while.


I went to Songhai farms in Porto novo for a training.

a reader of this thread once told me he/she wanted to start a bitter leaf (ewuro) plantation.

instead of looking for seedlings to buy, I present a method of propagation by cuttings

it works well on resilient plants like bitter leaf, jatropha, moringa, and many more ......


my Friend, Christophe, from Benin republic will take us through the process.

first of all .....

we make the nursery bed .....

a hoe is the tool used here .....

next ,


.... we get stems from a healthy looking parent plant and cut as many as we want to make (this also depends on how much stem the plant owner allows you to cut )

then, we start placing the stems in an orderly pattern on the bed, in a slanting position as shown.


please, note the top part of the stem you are about to plant.

you will know this by checking any node on it.

a node is a part of a stem where leaves come out from.

if a stem is upright, the node and the leaf will face upward.


it is the cut part below that will be buried.

you know, nutrients from the soil come from the roots from down upwards.

so the cut part below will definitely be older that the part above.

that is where roots will form from.

also, make sure you plant the stem in such a way that the cut part at the bottom faces the ground and not upwards.

after planting the stems, we water them. the watering will continue every morning and evening till the time of transplant.

water lightly!

then we apply mulch to keep humidity at an optimal level.

use dried plaintain or banana leaves or dried elephant grass.

then we wait ......

after about 2 weeks, you will notice this ......


you will still need to wait a while longer to make the roots develop.

you can sacrifice one to check if roots have formed by removing the soil from it.

irukandji89:
after about 2 weeks, you will notice this ......


you will still need to wait a while longer to make the roots develop.

you can sacrifice one to check if roots have formed by removing the soil from it.

nice one OP. I used this same method on moringa trees and got excellent results. the moringa stems where about 2 feet ea h. in less than a year they started flowering.

Welcome back bro..... I missed your thread

Bravo.. @Op i guess this can work for moringa @AIR LAYERING

Can't believe I haven't seen this thread all this while. One of the best thread ever on agric section.

Nice thread

After many trials and failures, I finally succeeded in air-layering shaddock.

Now I can have many true to type plants.

Let's post pictures of our attempts and results.

So we can share methods.

Next plant .....



Jatropha

Which plant is Shaddock? What is the local name? Is it a fruit plant?

irukandji89:
After many trials and failures, I finally succeeded in air-layering shaddock.

Now I can have many true to type plants.

Newway2:
Which plant is Shaddock? What is the local name? Is it a fruit plant?

Shaddock is of Citrus family like grapes, oranges and lemons.


It's that big sweet grape that is red inside

Wonderful! Does it also come in (yellow) normal grapes colour? Am asking this because when I was a youth, I came across a very sweet grape in the village where my Dad used to own a farm. I hv never come across such sweet grape again since.

With this knowledge, I may hv to go & get some cutting of the sweet grape tree & air-layer it.

Meanwhile, can u sell this Shaddock seedling?

irukandji89:




Shaddock is of Citrus family like grapes, oranges and lemons.


It's that big sweet grape that is red inside

Newway2:
Wonderful! Does it also come in (yellow) normal grapes colour? Am asking this because when I was a youth, I came across a very sweet grape in the village where my Dad used to own a farm. I hv never come across such sweet grape again since.

With this knowledge, I may hv to go & get some cutting of the sweet grape tree & air-layer it.

Meanwhile, can u sell this Shaddock seedling?

Yes, it also has a yellow specie. The botanical name is Citrus maxima. And in some parts of the world its called pomelo.


I intend to sell my seedlings.

You can propagate the tree and make more seedlings out if it before it dies.

Do it now while you can.

Don't procrastinate.

You want your new plant to be matured around the time (or even earlier) the parent plant will be showing signs of old age.

I'm guessing your parent plant is old by now.

You will also be happy if you attempt this while the parent plant still has branches close to the ground.

Stretching your hands up or using a stand to reach branches can be a hassle.

I will definitely be buying from u. This method of propagation will make it faster for the plant to start fruiting.

I wil also go back to where I planted a specie of sweet seedless tangerine to get some cuttings.

irukandji89:



Yes, it also has a yellow specie. The botanical name is Citrus maxima. And in some parts of the world its called pomelo.


I intend to sell my seedlings.

irukandji89:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
You have just propagated a new plant by the method of Marcotting / Air Layering. Easy, right?

Sir,can this be applicable to mango trees?

Will this system work with cocoa and other cash crops?

Dear op, please contact me on gb_olaifa@yahoo.co.uk. Many Thanks.

Can this method be applied to cashew plantation?

IHate9ja1:

Sir,can this be applicable to mango trees?

Of course!