Air layering apple tree orchards in gig Harbor, Washington Hydrotilling 

I use the containers that you would have strawberries in or blackberries or raspberries that you get in the store and then I use landscaping cloth over that the tape that I use is box tape with fiberglass threads embedded into it for structural support you can use wire, duct, tape, electrical tape Masking tape practically anything after I take the pap pliers to the branch I use a paintbrush, and I use root hormone mixed with water and I paint the area twice
It’s a good idea to try to tie your earring branch to another branch for support. I’m doing this in the middle of January, so everything will be ready in spring time.