Air layering 🌳I’ve been using propagation pods, but you can also use plastic to wrap. Just make sure to seal the top and bottom of the plastic with tape or twist ties and cover it with foil to block out light. This pod needs to be watered about once a week or so as it doesn’t retain moisture as well as plastic. 🌱Layering happens naturally in the wild. If a low stem or branch is in contact with the ground it can develop adventitious roots (lateral root primordia), eventually anchoring into the

Air layering Camellia: the best propagation method with 3 techniques comparison (茶花空中压条繁殖方法大比武)

The mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) are in full bloom here in the Philadelphia area, and they are super gorgeous! I make sure to get out and see them each year when they flower. Growing as a gnarled understory shrub or small tree, the mountain-laurel likes cool, well-drained, acidic soils. It's rather tough to grow these in cultivation, but they do sell various cultivars with all sorts of interesting flower modifications. #nativeplants #nativetrees #tree #plants #shrubs #mountainlaurel #kalmi

Time to bring out the utensil jig — after milling up some 8/4 walnut into just under 1” boards, we use a double-sided carving method to batch out the roughly shaped starter pieces we need for our 5 piece wooden utensil set, starting with the basic spoon and fork pair. Our original prototypes were hand carved but we learned quickly that we had to come up with a way to make the process more efficient to balance time and cost. Even with this method, there’s still a heck of a lot of final shaping an