I have some trees now to excercise different things on them, like trunk tchikening, grafting, layering, etc.., but nothing for styling until yesterday. I’ve got this P abies maxwellii to get this done. I already ordered bonsai (alu&copper) wires, but until they arrive I didn’t want to go more than some guy wire with that galvanized garden stuff, just to see what it gives.

I left a stub where I cut the third trunk. I would like to working on it to make a natural looking tree hole. I’ll observe the tree now, and if everything okay, I’ll continue the job.










That branch I’d really love to keep but I’ll cut, cause not too much chance for backbudding.

Nice tree,
nice job.
Try to use thinner copper wire on the guy wiring, double, and them twist both to have a finer look on them.
I doubt if this species will backbud, cause it needs more ramification closer to the trunk; thinning the canopy and sun, sun, sun & fresh air will help a lot.
Congrats!

Thanks Clicio
Yeah, backbudding I can forget in this case, but well... I’ll use what I have. I thought to give some twists to the branches when my wire order arrives.

For the hole I plan to drill in, clean up and sealing inside to prevent from decaying

Busy busy

If I look at your tree, I see that the branches first go up, and then down. Ideally you try to bend them at the pint where they attach to the trunk, and set them that the branch leaves horizontally. Barefull, becaus the branch breaks easily.

Bareful because branch breaks
Language of B

Busy, but still don’t have enough material for my ideal development speed
Thanks LB, I’ll try to be as careful as possible. I’ve got good things from your site, so now I officially beg you to repair that page: www.growingbonsai.net/styling-techniques/wiring/

Clicio wrote: Bareful because branch breaks
Language of B

Lol, I didn’t pay attention, but true Bareful Bonsai Bending..

That came out from my first time wiring. It wasn’t an easy story due to the complete inexperience, but here how we learn. Smaller branches are still loose, looks like need to prune again and move some others. It was good to get a some idea how wiring works.

Hummm...
Some weird splits, thinner branches should get thinner gauge wires, but all in all not bad for a first timer.
The next session will be better!


Try here, for free:
www.craftsy.com/gardening/classes/bonsai...ing-essentials/35341

You’re more optimistic than me... Second time with a newly learned technique in an art form where I have no clue, will be almost as terrible as first time. But watch the 50th!

Not bad at all. Is ita picea?
Keep in mind tht wiring mid-summer of thicker branches can easily lead to dieback, due to bark slipping.