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| I managed to salvage a plastic container of ample proportions and went to work on this. 
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| It must be ready 
There seems to be some rootage under the plastic. 
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| Lets get the saw in there. 
Cut through 
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| Nibble the excess stub away.. 
Seal both cut ends and spread the roots over some planting medium.. 
Top up the medium 
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| Wire firmly into the pot. I use a broken dibber to nestle the medium in among the roots..Many use a chopstick.. 
Water well to consolidate.. 
Mother and daughter doing okay.. 
I shall keep the layer in the shade for around three weeks. I've done a light trim on it. Three lower branches will probably go when the trunk has started to thicken. There's also a straight bit of trunk with no branching two thirds of the way up which I'm not keen on - watch this space..
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WOW Don, this is a super lesson, thank you for taking the time to show us in great detail, with photos, very much appreciated 
Kath
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I agree with you Kath! Thanks Don, for a really instructive post, and very useful for me because we are doing "air-layering" at our February meeting of Sutton Bonsai Society so it's given me a good start to that. SJ
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I re-potted the 'mother' today. Ite even higher in the soil now but I discovered another set of roots further down and might get rid of the original nebari gradually over time. I've never experienced a rootball so packed with roots. It was so hard that I couldn't push my pointed root-hook into it. At least two-thirds of the roots have been removed but the tree is only half as big as it was before removal of the layer and I've cut back most of the branches by a little. Superthrive to the rescue.
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| This is where I'm at with the bottom half up to now. The leaves have been removed and I've used a minimum of wire. The Apex will go slightly more upright and be twisted 90 degrees to show the branching in a couple of days. 
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