Bunjin CJ

markyscott said:
Hi Frank. Sure! It’s done it’s job, really. But I’ll probably leave it on a while longer and remove it next year some time.

- S
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I asked because I have had issues with leaving it on too long in the past. Affecting the bark and harbouring pests. I am now in the practice of removing the raffia sooner. The other problem that happened to a friend of mine was the raffia made it difficult to judge the degree wire had cut in to the bark. Lost the top of one of his show trees. You are spot on that it has served its purpose to protect the branch during the bending process, At first i thought it was needed longer. Although i have to admit it is a pain to remove before the wire, much easier afterwards.
Love the tree! The growth shows amazing progress for the styling!
 
River's Edge said:
I asked because I have had issues with leaving it on too long in the past. Affecting the bark and harbouring pests. I am now in the practice of removing the raffia sooner. The other problem that happened to a friend of mine was the raffia made it difficult to judge the degree wire had cut in to the bark. Lost the top of one of his show trees. You are spot on that it has served its purpose to protect the branch during the bending process, At first i thought it was needed longer. Although i have to admit it is a pain to remove before the wire, much easier afterwards.
Love the tree! The growth shows amazing progress for the styling!
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Thanks Frank! I’ll look at it again - definitely don’t want that to happen.

- s
 
@markyscott Vary well played! Awesome tree. I do have a question for you if you would. Do you always use raffia everytime you wire? Or just if you know you have a stark turn?
 
Lazylightningny said:
Beautiful work. I'm curious how you wired it into the pot to keep it stable. That would be a challenge for me since it's so tall and big.
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Hi LL. It was a bit of an engineering challenge. I wish I had some pictures. It involved a block cut from a 2x4 and several 1x2 pegs. I used 3.5 mm wire and drilled a couple of extra holes on the bottom of the pot.

S
 
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Warpig said:
@markyscott Vary well played! Awesome tree. I do have a question for you if you would. Do you always use raffia everytime you wire? Or just if you know you have a stark turn?
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I only use raffia when it’s needed for big branches and big bends. Infrequent, but an important technique to have in your toolkit when you need it.

Scott
 
Arcto said:
From the pic I can’t tell if you worked the #4 wire, or if it worked you! 😄. Digging that weathered deadwood at the base.
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A bit of a process, but it wasn’t too bad. Don’t feel a need to rush out and by a spool of #2 though.

S
 
markyscott said:
Hi LL. It was a bit of an engineering challenge. I wish I had some pictures. It involved a block cut from a 2x4 and several 1x2 pegs. I used 3.5 mm wire and drilled a couple of extra holes on the bottom of the pot.

S
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Next time you repot I'd love to see a picture of it. It does look like it would be challenging.
 
Brilliant tree! I would love to see it when the foliage pads start to develop and the branching begins to thicken. You’ve set the structure for a very nice balance.
 
Trees styling development seems "by the rules traditional" has idea of Literati gone out of the window:confused:?
 
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