Bonsai for Beginners: Shaping and Wiring a Juniper bonsai || Wazakura Japan

In today's bonsai for beginners lesson, our collaborator Yusuke Ogawa provides tips on how to shape and wire a bonsai tree.
Wazakura Japan's resident bonsai artist gives a practical explanation on shaping and wiring your bonsai. Using a juniper bonsai tree and Wazakura Japan tools, Mr. Ogawa discuss this basic bonsai technique for creating movement in your bonsai tree by applying wire to the trunk and branches.
TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO (Wazakura Japan):
※Copper Bonsai Training Wire 3.5mm
※Hand Forged Bonsai Wire Cutter
※Bonsai Wire and Jin Pliers
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[@WazakuraJapan]

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[@mrincredibox]

waoww.. nice wiring Bonsai tree master 😊👍

[@WazakuraJapan]

We are so glad to hear that!

[@thomastessier4529]

I just got a small Shimbaku with a trunk half that size and it feels very dry and stiff. I am afraid if I bend it that much it will snap. So, I am going to use wet raffia and two or three wires and just hope I don't break the trunk. Getting Shimbaku plants here where I live in Thailand are not easy to get and they get a bit expensive having to order them online and shipped to my house. Do you think using wet raffia and additional wires might do the trick?

[@WazakuraJapan]

Hi Thomas, Thank you very much for your question. Using Raffia and wire is an effective and reliable technique when it comes to bending tree trunks. This method should carry litle risk of causing damage or breaking the trunk.

[@thomastessier4529]

@@WazakuraJapan Thank you for your prompt response.

[@WazakuraJapan]

@@thomastessier4529 Our pleasure! Please feel free to reach out any time!

[@ahappyimago]

@@thomastessier4529Many trees don’t bend this easily. Use common sense when bending!

[@Patbonsaitv]

woow thank you for sharing..

[@WazakuraJapan]

Our pleasure! 😀

[@JB-uj8mz]

Subscriber 500 🤙🏼✌🏻

[@WazakuraJapan]

Arigatou gozaimasu!

[@TheL4gginator]

I know that it takes 3 years until you can wire a bonsai from seed, but is the time the same as that of a bonsai propagated from a real tree branch cutting?

[@WazakuraJapan]

Dear @Moaiguy Sorry for late reply. Even cutting branch need to be firmly rooted before they can be wired, so, It is better to leave them for two to three years.

[@raulaguilar3023]

Whats the mame of this style? I get a traer that grow in that way naturally but I do not know the name of the style.

[@WazakuraJapan]

Thank you very much for your post. Ogawa-sensei was working toward a Semi-Cascade Style

[@ms.infjrnd6282]

How long the wire stays on tree?

[@thebb0777]

Till the time it starts digging into the trunk

[@WazakuraJapan]

For the Tree in the video the wiare ahs been removed after about 1 year and half. It depends on the age and growth rate of the tree. For large branches and trunks, the wire should be left on for one to two years, and for branch tips, for six months to one year. If the wire is left attached for too long, it will leave marks on the tree, so it is recommended to remove the wire before it starts to bite.

[@ms.infjrnd6282]

@@WazakuraJapan thank you very much 😊

[@husnahjaunmahomed4026]

Hi. Do u remove the wire after sm time??

[@WazakuraJapan]

Hi there, It might be too soon to remove it. It is advisable to consider the timing of removing the wire, as premature removal may result in the bent part reverting to its original form. In the event of rapid growth and a tightly wound wire, it may be prudent to delay removal until the following year. For delicate branches at the tip, the wire may be applied in the spring and removed in the late autumn, which may prove to be a suitable time for wire removal.

[@ahappyimago]

When he says it’s important to first bend the tree and let’s go, he means that you put the wire on in the direction you are twisting the tree. So the wire should be getting tighter and not looser

[@WazakuraJapan]

That is right! Sometimes we think the more basic things are a given, but we will always should be specific. Thanks for clarifying it!

[@kittensittin1925]

Looks more like your victim than your tree. Yikes! 👵