Mary yu

Oh wow, thanks Tim. All the root stock i'm find for sale online is small trees.

thanks so much, i'm off to buy a citrus tree. I'll post pictures once I get all my ingredients.

thanks for all the advice, the oranges are delicious and i've never taste any as good as these. When you say purchase a tree to use as root stock to graft onto what type of tree? how old and how big should it be? The oranges on this tree, have a peel you can get off all at once. I think it may be a tangerine? Its very sweet. It was planted over 30yrs ago. Oh and i'm in Lafayette Louisiana

They won't allow it. They don't understand airlayering and are afraid it will damage their tree which is over 30yrrs old. They have agreed to allow me to take all the branches when they trim it. I'm obsessed with this tree since tasting the fruit. I know I can grow roots from cuttings but I've read the tree can bear fruit faster if airlayered. Is this true? I was thinking if they give me a cutting large enough I could put it in dirt and airlayer at the same same time as propagating.  Have you ever heard of this being successful? Maybe i'm dreaming thinking that could work. : ) I have already grown 4 trees from the seeds of this tree they are about 8 inches tall so far.

I'm new to airlayering. I have a few questions.

Is this the fastest way to get a fruit bearing tree from my friends mandarin tree? How soon after airlayering can you get fruit?

Can you airlayer from a branch that has been cut and stuck into a rooting medium?

thanks