Gardening Project
Gardening Project: Air Layering - Propagating Fig Trees
Age: 5-18
Limit: 10 members
When: Sat Sept 28 10am-noon, future dates TBA based on members availability
Where: Leader's house near Vannoy
Cost: free
Project Leaders: Megan and (looking for a co-leader)
Air layering is a method of propagating new trees and shrubs from stems or branches still attached to the parent plant. The stem or branch is wrapped with damp moss to encourage roots to form. Once a root ball is formed, the branch can be removed and you have a new starter tree.
In this project members will select a branch to work on and they will get hands on experience learning how to air layer. They can bring home their new fig tree after roots are established to try to grow on their own. We will propagate additional branches to grow starter trees as our contribution to the holiday auction.
A Project Leader will contact you with event locations, dates and times. If you do not hear from your project leader and your youth membership has been approved by county, please contact Redwood 4-H Enrollment Coordinator at 4hredwoodenrollment@gmail.com