EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The process of making a layer on the high branches is known as air layering or ‘gootying’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Air layering is pretty simple. It is like the example I gave before where a branch will root into the ground but in this case, we provide a good place for roots to form on a branch up in the air, hence the name of air layering.

Detailed explanation-3: -Simple layering or Tongue layering: Simple layering consists of bending an intact shoot to the ground to cause adventitious roots to form. These shoots are bent and “pegged down” at a location 15 to 20 cm from the tip forming a “U” shape.

Detailed explanation-4: -Air layering is pretty simple. You need moist sphagnum moss to wrap around a wounded section of the stem. Wound an area in the middle of a branch by peeling the bark away, then wrap the moss around the cut and secure it with floral ties or plant twine. Cover the entire thing with plastic wrap to conserve the moisture.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gootee is a vegetative form of plant multiplication in which the roots of aerial stems are allowed to develop while they are linked to the parent plant. Thus, gootee is also known as air layering.