Part 5: Propagation by grafting and layering

6. Propagation by layering

6.5. Mound layering

This type of layering is a little different to those on the previous pages.

Diagram showing the initial plant cut off inches from the ground and then soil built up over the developing shoots

Amber Crowley / public domain

Method
  1. In spring, cut your young fruit tree right off, a few inches from the ground.
  2. As new shoots start to grow mound soil improved with well-rotted manure or compost, up around the newly developing shots. You may need to do this a few times as they grow.
  3. After 6-8 weeks check for root growth. If the roots are strong, then cut each shoot away from the parent plant below the new roots.