Salixis a dominant shrub species widely distributed in Kubuqi Desert,with strong resistance todrought,wind erosion and sand burial owing to its fast growing rate.It has significant benefits in windbreak,sand fixation,soil and and water conservation.With the new water blowing technique,we plantedSalixin the bottom of upwind slope using cuttings of same diameter and four different exposed heights(0,5,10and 15cm).The growing status of Salix was monitored in its germination period(May)and growingperiod(August).The study results showed that budding number and new branch lengths for the exposedheights of 10cm and 15cm were substantially better than the other two exposed heights.The exposed heightof 10cm was found superior in terms of survival rate,total budding numbers in growing period,new branchlength and diameter,tree height and canopy diameter.