AusBonsai

Today I made a video on wiring young pines and uploaded it to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3S-jo5 ... e=youtu.be

Here are some of my other trees that were done using the same method here:

http://www.tinytrident.com/uncategorize ... lack-pine/

Personally I would not bother with Raffia on a tree that small, No need as until the wood lignifies they are very supple, and i would put up into a larger diameter pot to start to develop radial root spread from day one.

A similar idea has been suggested before, See this post in Jow's thread on Developing stock like Japanese for example
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1307&hilit=grow+sto ... 65#p170978

the entire thread is a great read for those intending to grow their own material

Ken

Thanks for the link Ken.

Some great trees throughout that thread.

I have tried without raffia before, and seriously damaged the tree, so it is more of a precaution.

The tree in the video and the trees in the other post will be for very small shohin or mame bonsai, so I am trying to slowly develop them, hence the small pot.