When To Remove Wire From Bonsai

Most deciduous species should be wired in late winter the absence of leaves makes wiring much easier.
When to remove wire from bonsai. In this video jason demonstrates how to remove wire that has grown around the trunk of a tree due to the wire being on the tree for too long. Wiring is a skill. Bonsai wire scarring how to remove wire to minimize damage to branch. He discusses the benefits.
Wiring is the method used to bend and shape your bonsai. During the growth season branches grow thick quite fast and as a result the wire will cut into the bark creating ugly scars. If i have a bit of wire that has cut in i will unwrap that part carefully and cut the rest. I m mostly a cutter getting in there at each of the wraps with snub nosed bonsai wire cutters and snipping it ring by ring.
Best time to wire our bonsai trees by tree types. Remove just a wrap or two where it is biting in. 2010 guangzhou international bonsai invitation exhibition 3 in 1 exhibition in guangzhou oct 2010 archive for journal more from this category. It will take from a few weeks to a few months for the new positions to be set after which time you can carefully remove the wire.
If it s a young deciduous tree or young branch it might grow out of a modest wire scar just fine. Removing the bonsai wire just too late prune and grow or wiring. Can bonsai wire be reused. He shows how the wire has affected the branches and trunk on a raw material prostrata juniper bonsai.
Bonsai artists use two basic kinds of wire copper and or aluminum both do the job. If a wire bites into a branch on an old deciduous tree you might as well cut it off and start again. Wrapping wire around the branches allows you to manipulate their position. Check on your tree regularly and remove the wire on time.
Just thought about this topic reading a comment on another thread and wondered how all you b nuts go about wire removal. Used to re position trunks and branches bonsai wire is temporary. It is removed when the branch holds it shape or position.