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If you’ve got a plant you love, make more! In this case, I have a Japanese maple I got in a 2015 club raffle. I just love the look of the tightly-spaced, small, green leaves it has all summer long, and the spring and fall colors are gorgeous as well.

The plant is way to tall to train right now too, so this air layer will reduce the top growth as I continue to encourage growth lower on the trunk.

The image above shows the area where I will take the layer. I will take the left fork and leave the right for next year. After that, I should be able to reduce the height of the tree by half.

I love how cleanly the bark peels away on this maple after cutting some lines with a sharp knife.

If you want to know my whole process, check out my last Bonsai Iterate post, Air Layering a Boxwood, where I use the same method.

Now, we wait.