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18. Crossing wires is OK but not for exhibit. Crossed wire will be the first area to wire scar.
19. Wire when wood is firm enough to take wire.
20. Tie-downs will work to hold a branch to a position but cannot shape the branch.
Crossed wiring can
leave the branches
unsteady.
When fixing the trunk with wires, you
should insert the wire into the soil
steadily and make sure it does not
move. Wind the wire at a narrow angle
when you just start from the ground, ...
Crossing branches are any branches that cross the trunk or each other. If it isn't a branch you need or can wire back into a suitable placing it goes.
Avoid crossing wires as it is unattractive and you lose the capacity to bend the trunk and branches.
Wire should not stay on the tree any longer than necessary as it will damage the trunk and branches.
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A red cross acted as a symbol for many Crusaders in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
A branch crossing the bent trunk is another exaggerated form of windswept style.
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Figure 8 - A cross section of the hot-callusing device with a graft union in place.
No root should cross another above surface level. any that do, should be removed.
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No branch should cross another.
All branches should exhibit taper from trunk to tip.
All branches should be shaped similarly to each other and should reflect the movement (or lack of) in the trunk.
Cross - a hybrid resulting from cross-fertilization between species or varieties.
16. Crown - the upper section of a bonsai where the branches spread out from the trunk.
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The same principle applies to 'flaws' in bonsai such as crossing branches, inward growing branches, inverse taper and so-on. Why is it bad practice to have crossing branches?' Because crossing branches in bonsai 'jar' the eye and break the illusion.
Scientific Name (or Botonical Name) is often the only accurate way of naming and recognising trees accross regions, national boundaries and languages.
Common Name.
Crossed or very loose wire; trees with deep or excessive wire scars.
Spacers: these are OK for at home shaping, but not for a public show.
Pot-within-a-pot or an ordinary clay flowerpot, or plastic nursery ID tags.
Cross - A hybrid plant, the results of cross- fertilization between species or varieties.
Crown - The upper part of the tree where the branches spread out from the trunk.
Cultivar - A variant plant produced in cultivation.
The reason you don't cross wire over wire, or don't secure your ends, will become evident very quickly. Keep trying and wire and rewire until you are happy with your end result.
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First, unneccessary branches such as the inward, upward, and downward pointing twigs and many crossed, parallel, or bent branches should be cut off according to the nature of the leaves. Also, overgrown branches should be cut off.
It is considered bad form for any wires to cross.
There's no physically necessary reason for this, other than some small additional stress on the branch at the point they cross.
These points can be the most likely to scar.
Then do the same thing from the side of the bed in a criss cross pattern to the first set of footsteps you made. This will give you thorough and even distribution.
No branch should be seen to be crossing another one or the trunk. You should be able to see each branch; it should have its own space to be in. That is about it for rules! ...
Now bend the wire over where it crosses itself. Bend at right angles, the angle in this photo isn't quite right, I left it so that you can see where the wire is going.
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Remove diseased or broken branches, as well as any branches that cross others, interfere with the design of the training, or that come from nearer to the bottom of the tree.
About halfway you will cross Toji temple, also worth visiting (and there is a Bonsai market every 21th of the month).
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Don’t be tempted to cross the wire, this is considered inappropriate practice and is best avoided.
They can cross the trunk and other branches. They may have jin or shari. They usually have a light airy feeling.
Apex: Can be living, dead or a strong bend in the trunk.
Foliage: Should be very small an sparse or compact and clustered.
Problem branches would be considered those that cross each other, growing back sharply toward the trunk or from the underside of the main branches.
The collection represents most styles of bonsai using a very broad cross section of plants including Australian Native Trees.
Never cross wire. It causes a pressure point that will cause the bark. Underneath the wire to die.
6.Never use thick wire on thin branches.
7.Utmost care should be taken when using double wires.
8.Two branches can be wired with one piece of wire.
Generally it is smaller, shows more gloss and is most definitely thicker in cross section than its northern counterparts. Growth from cuttings is very successful and roots appear quickly.
For extra strength, rather than using thick wire, neatly add another piece of wire
3. Where two pieces of wire cross over, as the branch swells the sap flow will be stopped and the branch will suffer, eventually dying ...
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