Wire War

[VERMONT USA !!!!]

When and how long for wire ?

 

[Dav4]

Well, I will wire any time between January and December, and that wire may stay on for 3-4 weeks and on up to 3-4 years... the timing and frequency between wiring is both species dependent and the stage of development of the given tree .

 

[HorseloverFat]

Well, I will wire any time between January and December, and that wire may stay on for 3-4 weeks and on up to 3-4 years... the timing and frequency between wiring is both species dependent and the stage of development of the given tree .

PERFECT!!!!!

 

[sorce]

When you can afford it and however long the post takes.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

When you know how to properly anneal it and 1/3 longer than what you are wiring.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

On new shoots, the length is dependent on the when.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Before breakfast and until you get hungry.

Sorce

 

[AlainK]

It depends on the species, etc.

It seems you don't know much about bonsai. You can learn a few things from the web, this forum or French forums, but believe me, you will learn in one year more than what you fumbled with in ten years if you meet people 'in the real world".

Contact a local club :
http://www.bonsaiclubmontpellier.fr/

 

[AlainK]

Before breakfast and until you get hungry.

And what do you do when you get dry?

 

[Dav4]

Oh, I almost forgot to ask @NorwaySpruce ... do you need help filling out your profile? I've been very close to where you say you're located many, many times over the years and I can tell you with 100% certainty that no bonsai will survive there.

 

[sorce]

And what do you do when you get dry?

Play in the Rain!

Sorce

 

[AlainK]

Oh, I almost forgot to ask @NorwaySpruce ... do you need help filling out your profile? I've been very close to where you say you're located many, many times over the years and I can tell you with 100% certainty that no bonsai will survive there.

Excellent!

 

[Eckhoffw]

If I may, let us see some pics of the tree you plan to wire. Thanks.

 

[AlainK]

the tree you plan to wire

Very good suggestion.

Maybe wiring won't be the first step to take with "this tree".

Thinking about a thread like "Why wire ?. Can't cut instead ?..."

Or :
- When wire, why, what with ?
- Wow! Where am I ?
Am I wired ?
Ain't I wild ?

When and why wire ? WHYYYYYYY.... Ay ay ay ay ! - ... are the Simms Bro. available ?
...

Those are the questions...

 

[leatherback]

You wire after you start and before you end.
On a tree that needs it.
Keep it on as long as it does not grow in, or untill the branch is set, whichever comes first.

 

[Clicio]

When and how long for wire ?

Don't wire yet if you're not sure.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

It depends.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I, too, am a poorly-skilled marionette puppeteer.

wait..

wrong thread?

 

[TN_Jim]

When and how long for wire ?

get a tree too work on or book to work yer mind into, park in the metal recycling place parking lot, get to work, wait as long as it takes for someone to pull up with a tub or buckets of coiled copper wire (seen it), make offer higher than the center, test for pliability, if it’s not easy flexing light it up to deep red and drop into bucket of water

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

get a tree too work on or book to work yer mind into, park in the metal recycling place parking lot, get to work, wait as long as it takes for someone to pull up with a tub or buckets of coiled copper wire (seen it), make offer higher than the center, test for pliability, if it’s not easy flexing light it up to deep red and drop into bucket of water

At my local recycling plant they have the coils laid out in sizes, pay per weight at the current copper price (last time it was 18 euros / kg). But you have to bring your own cutters.
They have this system where they store everything still usable for consumers and companies. It's like an organized dumpster dive.
I love that place.