Even old junipers can be wired, their branches are quite forgiving.
My tree was 5 years old when I bought it (according to the label on it)
This was the first Bonsai I bought so the first couple of photos were my first attempts at any sort of styling.
From the first photos to the last it was about 2 months.
I just read a lot and kept searching for inspiration, doesn't take long to get the feel for it.
Be sure to post your progress
After reading the last post I think I might re wire the trunk (thanks for the pointers adge0001 - taken onboard)
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You can bend old trunks on most trees if you try hard enough. Pines and Junipers especially these thread s below of mine show soem of what can be done, I heve quite a few more that I have not postedbonsaeen wrote:I thought once the tree is that old you can't wire and train it but i was wrong and now after seeing what you have achieved, I am going to start on my juniper. I want to achieve a windswept style with it so let's see.
This juniper shows some idea of what cn be doen with smaller trees to make them even smaller
viewtopic.php?f=148&t=15049&p=154025
this thread shows some bending on larger Radiata pines too
viewtopic.php?f=131&t=7125&hilit=bent
And this one is an old Juniper I collected and put some interest in,
viewtopic.php?f=131&t=13919&hilit=bent&start=15
Unfortunately it did not survive a repot the next year
Does not really matter what you use mostly, but copper has better holding power than Alum, but is harder to work with.bonsaeen wrote:Also did you use copper or aluminium wire? Thanks
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thanks for the links kc and thanks ben for the input. I will work on mine now. Also love the idea of drawing lines over a picture to plan how you want to train the tree. Gonna start working on mine so
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Reworked it again.
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Thanks mate, slowly compressing the trunk
Think I've got pretty close now
Think I've got pretty close now
Slow and steady wins the race