SU2
Omono
I was definitely slow getting-into proper wiring but a few months ago I considered myself "there" insofar as I could wrap branches with great ease and found "my groove" so far as pre-bending branches and wiring even thicker stuff into-place (with guy-wires to help it hold when needed....still haven't had to use my raffia)
The problem is that, so far as "tips & tricks", I'm basically limited to:
- wire 2 branches with the same wire so you can anchor each off the other,
- make sure the wire is wrapped clockwise/counter-clockwise depending on desired branch-angle,
- first wrap is over/under the branch depending if you want it to go upward/downward, and.....that's about it!
I can recall (but cannot find) a youtube wherein the person was describing general 'methods' for approaching wiring (one was to bring lower branches downward, and higher branches downward- I cannot recall if it was a species-specific recommendation, I simply wire stuff to meet other stuff for future 'pads', not in a "topiary sense" but just areas where I'll have dense foliage pads....had thought 'pads' was the right word but on other forums have seen people interpret that as a topiary-esque approach..)
Any & all articles, youtubes etc that you guys&gals could recommend me would be supremely appreciated, just picked up 90' of wiring that I"m about to prep (strip, anneal- I get the 15' electrical copper at home depot, I know it's a PITB for most but I just watch youtubes while stripping my wire / letting the hibachi get to temperature, and that's that and I've then got 90' of wiring for <$20, as (2) packs of 3-strand 15' cabling is 90' total, I go half 14g and half 12g, and just get 10g straight off the roll as I don't use much 10g!)
Thanks a ton for anything, even if you don't think it's "advanced" I'd still love to check it out, though the more 'advanced' and more specifics it has, the better
The problem is that, so far as "tips & tricks", I'm basically limited to:
- wire 2 branches with the same wire so you can anchor each off the other,
- make sure the wire is wrapped clockwise/counter-clockwise depending on desired branch-angle,
- first wrap is over/under the branch depending if you want it to go upward/downward, and.....that's about it!
I can recall (but cannot find) a youtube wherein the person was describing general 'methods' for approaching wiring (one was to bring lower branches downward, and higher branches downward- I cannot recall if it was a species-specific recommendation, I simply wire stuff to meet other stuff for future 'pads', not in a "topiary sense" but just areas where I'll have dense foliage pads....had thought 'pads' was the right word but on other forums have seen people interpret that as a topiary-esque approach..)
Any & all articles, youtubes etc that you guys&gals could recommend me would be supremely appreciated, just picked up 90' of wiring that I"m about to prep (strip, anneal- I get the 15' electrical copper at home depot, I know it's a PITB for most but I just watch youtubes while stripping my wire / letting the hibachi get to temperature, and that's that and I've then got 90' of wiring for <$20, as (2) packs of 3-strand 15' cabling is 90' total, I go half 14g and half 12g, and just get 10g straight off the roll as I don't use much 10g!)
Thanks a ton for anything, even if you don't think it's "advanced" I'd still love to check it out, though the more 'advanced' and more specifics it has, the better
