twisted shimpaku!

[Jamie]

hey people

heres a little shimpaku i recently got a fair few from our very own leigh taafe. i have used a bit of dead wood i had that just wrapped itself round this tree like it was meant to be then i went from there, there will be more bending and twisting but i will let it settle and grow out a bit from here

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i think this one is gonna come out really well

cheers

jamie

[nilushi]

Hi Jamie,
I love this tree, it resemble a great Japanese starter tree.Is it twin trunk? bit difficult to see in the pictures . Love to see it in another 3-4 years.
Nilushi

[Jamie]

nilushi

yes it is a twin trunk, for now anyways, it is gonna go through alot of changes over the next three or so years as there will be alot of twisting and bending put into this tree lots of deadwood and shari will be added probably next year when it has thickened a little.
that is the whole idea of the technique is to recreate the japanese yamadori style shimpaku starters, i have bought a whole heap to try and get them up to a similar standard of the japanese (well try to anyways )

i have bout twenty or so that are going through this process right now, when i am ready to i will be selling a few off

(probably not this one, its grown on me already )

jamie

[Leigh Taafe]

Good job Jamie - nice one!

[Jamie]

Good job Jamie - nice one!

cheers pal you just wait !!! i got some plans for these trees


jamie

[Chris]

Jamie what an awesome project this is. Its a rippa little tree and it's in the right hands looking forward to see how it progresses.

[Jamie]

cheers mate will be a long term project, i am trying different things with a whole heap of shimpaku to see what method works best

jamie

[NathanM]

Nice one dude! I like the twisted/pleated(?) two trunks. I'll be doing some upwards type twisting with mine

[Jamie]

Nice one dude! I like the twisted/pleated(?) two trunks. I'll be doing some upwards type twisting with mine

thanks pal, i wish i took a before shot(as usual got to keen ) it had four main trunks on it, i used one to wrap around some deadwood, the other got wrapped over the deadwood one again, then the other side (being a twin trunk) got pleated, twisted together, then bent and twisted around as one, so they will hopefully fuse together and work out to some nice drift wood, live vein.

jamie

[Jamie]

hey people, a little bit of an update!

the one above is still powering on so its goin well, this is another i twisted up today

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once the tree thickens and it will come up nice i think, the more it twisted up the better, i have used as many of the branches and trunks as possible in the composition as it will help when the deadwood is going to be introduced a couple of years down the track!

jamie

[alpineart]

Hi Jamie , nice work have done quite a few of these .When wiring the lower trunk i keep the wire firm and closely spiralled in the same direction as you twist .The lower trunks tend to push them selves apart easier rather than fusing .If tightly wrapped the begin to fuse in a matter of months .I released the wires on one i did 3 months ago and rewired the base only as it has fused already .Wire marks in the same direction look smoother and very good like an old trunk , wereas in the opposite direction they tend to bulge and swell and can look rather unsightly. Cheers Apine

[Jamie]

cheers for the tip alpine

i found that out as i went a long i am pretty sure i kept the wiring in all the same direction, as the thought did occur to me about wire scarring instead of trying to put shari into them myself. with the wire scarring it gives the tree time to adjust its sap flow and allow for where it is restricted, i have been trying several techniques on these some have worked others havent.
the shari technique combined with wiring hasnt been overly successfull, but just the shari work so far has kept the tree alive, there is one where i put a slice around the tree with a scapel then wrapped tightly with wire that seems to be doing ok as well, it will be interesting to see how these go in a couple of months when i take the wire off for the first time and try re-wire


jamie

[Bretts]

Have you thought about just leaving the wire on! It works with pines why not these guys?

[Jamie]

Have you thought about just leaving the wire on! It works with pines why not these guys?

i have one that i will be doing that to aswell brett !

i have so many little starter shimpaku in my growing area its not funny, i have gone through at least $50 worth of wire on them aswell, i need to find a supply of the cheap aluminium wire thats not anodised for this i think!


jamie

[anttal63]

Fun Fun Fun Jimmie! i'm asssuming the dead wood is a young juni that didn't make it? Have you treated this deadwood? If so what with?