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Layering Avocado. After having managed to layer gevuina avellana and chaenomeles japonica i am now trying to do this with the avocado. I found a small low growing branch on my young avocado tree. I clipped off all the leaves and cut a slit into the tiny stem. I wedged a piece of matchstick into the wound so it stays open. I am trying it without rooting hormon this time. The avocado is a fantastic seedling with a strong anis smell of the crushed leaves indicating mexican genetics. I am using a mixture i am trying out lately that i found on an internet video and that seems to work very well. One third washed sand, one third perlites and one third peat moss. The difficulty will be to keep the soil moist enough for a whole year and since the avocado is growing in my polytunnel i will need to regularly check on it to avoid it drying out. Small side shoot growing at the base of the stem Sideshoot with a piece of matchstick placed in the cut, put through the bottom of a plastic pot. Pot fille...

 Layering gevuina avellana Roots have formed on one of the three branches. The pot under the tree with the branch going through   The cutting replanted with the leaves trimmed back. My largest gevuina now about 2.6 meters tall. I hope it will flower soon.

 Layering chilean hazelnut (gevuina avellana). I already did this successfully last year. This method works very well and i think that one can multiply and grow almost any plant on its own roots this way. Young gevuina avellana tree. To begin i choose a low growing side branch on my plant and trim away the leaves in the middle. A small side branch growing close to the ground like this is ideal. I cut off the leaves in the mid section. Using a sharp knife i carefully open the stem with a long cut. I try not to cut further up than half of the thickness of the stem. Apply rooting hormone to the wound (it probably works without hormone too, but i like to use it). It's very important to wedge one or two small bits of matchstick into the cut to force the wound to stay open. I cut a plastic pot leaving two holes at the correct height to accommodate the branch passing through. Put the pot in place, taking care that the cut is roughly in the middle and that the bits of matchstick stay in pl...