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I was given this willow leaf fig from an apartment block where I do some work. The tenants had nicked off and not paid their bill. I have never seen a wire job like it before. There was only 2 lengths of wire and it crossed over everywhere

Is that larger gauge, co-axial cable?

It looks like the fertilizing matches the wire.

So that's where my first attempt at wiring ended up!

im not sure what is more scary, the wiring or the way the foliage has been cut right through the middle of leaves, topiary style

The pot has a sticker on it from Defined Garden Bonsai Studio but I can't imagine it would have left like that

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Now when you see this. It tells us we must educate people that putting wire on a plant and putting in a pot.

Does not a Bonsai make.

Cheers Pup

Id like to say there was a nice tree under that lot, I really would.
But its going to take heaps of work just to get that to a starter standard, depends how many years you need to improve your soul, I suppose.

Pup wrote:YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Now when you see this. It tells us we must educate people that putting wire on a plant and putting in a pot.

Does not a Bonsai make.

Cheers Pup

No, but it does make a convienient way of storing you excess tv cable! Now everytime he wants to watch some Lindsay, he can just hook up the Bonsai aerial.

I was wondering if the owner wired and pruned it while driving back from the coast

On the plus side you can sell that wire by the meter

Thanks for sharing that, Bougy Fan! Makes me feel a whole lot better about my attempts at wiring and styling

Glenda

tony

have you done anything with this tree since receiving it?

cheers

jamie

bougy ...the challenge remains...can you make the "pheonix" from the ashes of what has got to be the worst job of wiring since the perimeter fence on "Hogans Heroes",it's kinda sad to see it like that,so do your best and bring it to some level of respect,you can do it! ....Dog.

I love the over abundance of wire that has not been used for shaping. Duuuuhhhhh. Guess it is still a bonsai 'cos it's got wire on it.