Selection of Ficus species and cultivation time

If we want to cultivate the air roots of banyan, the choice of banyan varieties is also very important. Not every banyan is suitable for cultivating air roots. We should choose those banyan varieties that are easy to grow air roots, such as banyan with thin leaves, banyan with high mountains, etc. In fact, the air roots of banyan trees can be cultivated all year round, but the most suitable time is in wet and warm spring

Cultivation of air roots of banyan by grafting

We can directly graft the small basin banyan tree with more roots onto the banyan tree, and directly plant it in the basin on the banyan tree that needs to cultivate air roots. After the small basin banyan tree grows on the air root banyan tree, we can remove the basin, so as to complete the air root culture

Cultivation of air roots of banyan by half broken branch method

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 apply mud on this 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 very good results

Cultivation of banyan air roots by binding method

To cultivate air roots in this way, we need to tie the iron wire tightly to the branches that need to cultivate air roots, tie the iron wire so that the sap of banyan can not flow, and then cover the place where the iron wire is tied with moss. After a period of time, small white bud roots will grow at the place where the iron wire ties the wound, and then we use soil to make these bud roots grow and grow until they grow to the ground, In this way, we will complete the cultivation of air roots