Quick juniper question

[Goff]

If I cut a wedge to help bend a large branch will it fuse together?

[Gerard]

I am not keen to use this method, it will fuse but will take a very long time, it will be something you will have to be aware of when repotting and styling.

[LLK]

Works nicely on conifers, but isn't to be recommended on broadleaves. I've got a blue spruce and a semi cascade juniper that have a number of V-cut bends and you wouldn't know they were there unless they were pointed out to you. They took 2 - 3 years to heal properly and in the first year I left the wire on. It's a fact that the heartwood at the centre of a trunk or branch won't repair itself, because it is dead. That does indeed make the V-cut site more vulnerable to handling, especially in the first year or so.

Lisa

[shibui]

How much bend do you need and where on the branch Goff?
v notch is good to lower a branch at the base but will give a sharp, sudden bend in the middle of a branch. Splitting the branch or hollowing out may give better bends along the length of a branch or trunk.

[Andrew Legg]

Picture please . . . . .