Help with Sabina.

[Andrew F]

Hi there,

Picked up this cheap Sabina, its trunk is about 45-50mm thick, and fairly stiff, what guage of wire would i need to get movement out of the trunk or any other suggestion.

Thank you.

[alpineart]

Hi Velvet ', mate there must be a typo there somewhere , that's a might thick trunk at 450- 500mm no hope of bend anything that thick .Now if it was 45mm thick i would suggest trunk splitting , there are several methods i believe on this forum . Do a search and you should be able to find the info .

I have seen Shibui perform this on a Juniper and i was astounded how flexible it became .I think Grant Bowie did a demo here on Ausbonsai ? .Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Hi Velvet ', mate there must be a typo there somewhere , that's a might thick trunk at 450- 500mm no hope of bend anything that thick .Now if it was 45mm thick i would suggest trunk splitting , there are several methods i believe on this forum . Do a search and you should be able to find the info .

I have seen Shibui perform this on a Juniper and i was astounded how flexible it became .I think Grant Bowie did a demo here on Ausbonsai ? .Cheers Alpineart

Hi Alpine,

Iv adjusted my post thank you

Ill do some research on splitting and look for the demo, thank you.

[alpineart]

Hi Velvet' , hope you find the info .I haven't tried this trunk splitting caper but intend ti do some very soon . Good luck with it .

Cheers Alpine

[Andrew F]

Thank you again Alpine, ill post any progress shots for you mate.