air layering

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air layering

A method of propagating plants by wounding a stem or branch, applying a hormone to the wound, wrapping the stem or branch with damp sphagnum moss and polyethylene plastic to encourage root formation, and finally removing the rooted stem or branch as an independent plant.

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No references found			Bearss' limes are propagated by grafting their buds onto lemon seedlings or by air layering. EARLY SPRAYING WILL GET THE WORM BEFORE IT GETS TO THE APPLE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Air layering SOME choice shrubs and trees such as rhododendron, daphne, magnolia, camellia and witch hazel are best propagated by layering ( nicking the underside of a branch and pegging it to the ground. How to do it by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			air freighting air frost Air furnace Air gap air gas air ground operations system air group air guitar air gun Air hammer air hardening air hole air horn air hose air hostess air hunger air intercept control common air intercept zone air interception air interdiction air jacket air kiss air landed air landed operation air lane air layering air letter Air level air liaison officer Air line air lock air logistic support air logistic support operation air mail air marshal air mass air mattress Air Medal air mile Air Miles air miss air mission air mission intelligence report air mobility Air Mobility Command air mobility control team air mobility division air mobility element air mobility express air movement air movement column			Air Land Sea Bulletin air landed air landed operation Air Landing Exercise air lane Air launch Air Launch Aerospace Indonesia Air Launch Control Center Air Launched Air-Recoverable Rocket Air Launched Anti-Satellite Air Launched Ballistic Missile Air launched cruise missile Air launched cruise missile Air launched cruise missile Air Launched Cruise Missile Mission Planning System Enhancements Air Launched Expendable Air Launched Intercept Missile Air Launched Long Range Air-to-Air Missile Air Launched Miniature Vehicle Air Launched Missile Analysis Group Air Launched Recoverable Rocket Air Launched Report Air Launched Vehicle Air Launched Vehicle Investigation Air Launched Weapon Air Law air layering Air League Educational Trust Air Leakage Air Leakage air letter Air letter sheet air letters Air lettersheet Air level air liaison officer air liaison officer Air Liaison Party Air Lift Air Lift Air Lift Circulator Air Lift Division air lift forces Air Lift Forces Training Establishment Air Lift Task Force Air Light Beacon Air line Air line Air Line Pilots Association Air Line Pilots Association of Singapore Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association air lines air lines air lines of communications Air Lingus Air Liquide

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