Spring or Autumn – When should you wire for BEST results? I discuss the physiology and technical aspects of why we pick different times for wiring Bonsai. But… is there really a CORRECT time. The experiment begins today…
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— TIMESTAMPS —
00:00 When can I wire my Bonsai?
02:17 WHY does my Bonsai react to wiring?
04:02 Disadvantages of Spring Wiring.
06:33 When you NEVER wire Bonsai.
08:23 A Wiring Myth?
10:16 Two Top Tips for Wiring Bonsai.
12:15 Wiring my Japanese Larch.
14:24 Not enough branches!
16:14 Wiring a Beech for Bonsai.
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26 Comments
Using big words there my friend, I often wonder why wire when the tree is going into if not in dormancy, the belief is that the Japanese Larch have a problem with wire getting very cold and the branch dying.. I agree to not wire in winter, but is that what you are doing the wire will still be on through winter so if we get a very cold period-10 or so the same will happen. I see no point in wireing late autumn into early winter, do it in early spring and watch closely that it is not biting in. First snow of winter today, unusual to get it so early but it will be gone by tomorrow, still cold though. All the best my friend.
Actually loads of snow are bending branches in winter in my area. Sometimes they break, but mostly don’t. Do you think the warmer snow helps preventing that crack? Or is it because they’re used to cold winter and bending? Found also out: Winterhardyness is dependent on the amount of pruning done before… 😬😘
Enjoy your day 😊🙋♀️
Thread grafting larch= 30% success rate. A nice Hawthorn.
Caveat – so fascinated by the term, never heard before, had to replay 😅
6:47 -10C = 14F
My take on wiring in late autumn going into winter. Take it how you will. I’ve heard, read, found out that setting trunks/ branches you’re basically crushing the cells cambium layer in the branch and how the tree repair’s itself is by fixing itself and resetting the cells into the shape (hopefully) Firstly what you will do is get the tree moving again trying to get resources in order to get the cells repairing, sometimes breaking it out of dormancy, also you have a very good opportunity to have frost getting in these crushed and damaged cells killing all the cells that have not been repaired by the system, which is the branch killer which people see, the conductivity of wire in winter in a set branch in a healthy tree to me is a superstition as I’ve had loads of wire on trees over winter without losing anything. Like the rest of the advice, it’s all to do with the aftercare, if you wire in this time of year, keep it protected from freezing but not without breaking its dormancy.
As a newbie thanks for the thoughts ,may be I try and see 😳
Hello Xav, metals are very good thermal conductors, aluminium and copper being among the best; however trees are in thermal equilibrium with the environment, not generating heat like ourselves, thus not losing energy like we easily would if wearing a "metal cloth"
For me, caveat sounds a lot like cavity
About 7cms of snow fell on Monday night, so leaving all my plants under their snowy duvets ⛄️
Nice looking Larch 😊
Ask xav podcast you know it's needed .videos feel more like a bonsai show lately. loving the up close wiring advice and can't wait for the branch threading thing. Honestly look forward to more
Love your videos
Very good explanation, thank you 👍
My take away , i have a bunch of small maybe 5 yr old shimpaku that i planned on wiring this fall and started using copper for my first time and even though copper feels better and holds stronger doesnt mean u can undergauge that kind of wire. Wired the trunk properly and with smaller wraps and still broke the trunk on one of them. I only bought 2 thinner guages 70$ for 2 50ft coils expensive! I wanted thicker gauges for thicker trunks and forget it a 25foot roll is like 60$. Nuts. So yea even though its copper u still cant undergauge just cause it holds better.
I need the plans for your wire caddy!!
what is that creaking sound? Do you need a new chair for X-mas? Sorry, I have only watched a couple of minutes so far, just had to ask.
It should back bud and not worry about a graft. Mine do like crazy all over the trunk.
Altho metals like aluminum and copper conduct temperatures (heat up/cool down) rather quickly they can only get as cold (or hot) as the matter they are surrounded by. So if your wired tree is sitting in -12c, the wire will be -12c
…buuuuut if your wire is magically colder than the outside temperature then I suggest you get yourself a patent on that thing because I think you just found a way to make some free energy!
I've wired a Larch (carefully) this Autumn.
I'm leaving it over winter , I will feed back results next spring
Hiya Xav, I see you’re spiralling into orbit at last, 6K and rising! Congratulations 🥳 Im not bonsai ing much these days, too busy n preoccupied with my aquatics but Rocky is putting on a fine show of yellow Autumn colour, very rewarding. God bless you medear 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
Great video xav I’ll do my larch as soon as they are asleep. Mine are still green
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I've heard Peter Chan talking about wires staying on durin winter, he only get them off from Larch. In his experiance they can suffer from the wire, other trees not.
Hi Xavier, would you have a link to that wire box you have on the table ?
I was asking myself these same questions this year – Thanks!. Also great comments and advice. My wiring has been minimal so now's the time to learn!
Cheers Xavier. You said that you should never wire in mid winter but you didn't give any horticultural reason for this statement?
Is it just that as the tree is dormant you won't get any benefits till regrowth in the spring? If you wire after leaf drop i assume you are leaving the wire on all through winter so i don't see why you could/should not wire later in winter.
Breast wiring overview. And I’ve learned DO NOT wire when you are tired or not really into at that time…as mistakes and “oh snap” words are expressed. Thanks. 😊