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How to cultivate the air root of banyan

Gustavo Fring
2020-08-12 08:32:01
In fact, the air roots of banyan trees are very characteristic of the south. Due to the large rainfall and high air humidity in the south, in order to adapt to this climate, banyan trees grow air roots. Today, let's learn how to cultivate the air roots of banyan trees.

If we want to cultivate the air roots of banyan trees, the selection of banyan varieties is also very important. Not every kind of banyan tree is suitable for cultivating air roots. We need to select those banyan varieties that are easy to grow air roots, such as Ficus tenuifolia, Ficus Takayama and so on. In fact, all seasons of the year can cultivate the air roots of banyan, but the most suitable time is in the humid and warm spring

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To cultivate the air roots of banyan by grafting

We can directly graft the small banyan with more roots to the banyan tree, and plant it directly to the banyan tree that needs to cultivate air roots. When the small banyan tree grows on the air root banyan tree, the basin can be removed, so that the cultivation of air roots is completed.

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Half twig method to cultivate the air roots of banyan

We need to cut a small opening on the long trunk that needs to cultivate air roots. We need to cut it to the wooden place, break it a little, and then smear mud on the small opening. After a period of time, some small air roots will grow. Then we just need to guide these air roots downward, and we can have a very good effect.

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To cultivate the air roots of banyan by binding

To cultivate air roots in this way, we need to tie the wire tightly to the branch that needs to cultivate air roots, tie the wire tightly so that the sap of the banyan tree can not flow, and then cover the place where the wire is tied with moss, so that after a period of time, a small white bud root will grow at the place where the wire is tied out of the wound, and then we use the soil to make these buds grow and grow. Until we grow to the ground, then we will complete the cultivation of air roots.

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