Wiring Your Bonsai Garden

As you can imagine a bonsai garden is not always the most simple type of garden to handle. Aside from special considerations for the type of plant, pot, and even soil, you must learn how to wire your plant. To some people wiring a plant seems as strange as calling the sky fuchsia. Nevertheless, with some careful planning and research as well as advice from knowledgeable companies such as Bonsai Boy wiring a bonsai garden can actually be quite simple.

First, you need to understand that wiring your bonsai is necessary in order to the plant to be shaped properly for the style of bonsai garden you have. If you have, any questions about what type of style you should be trying to achieve feel free to contact Bonsai Boy to find the exact answers for your particular plant and style. However, the wire is ultimately necessary in order to train your plants to go where they are expected to go.

You must think of the tree as a pet for the time being. Just as you would train a dog to sit, stay and come you must train your bonsai plant to stay where you put it. Since the tree is unable to understand or respond to verbal commands, you train the tree using the wire. Because of the varying types of bark and branches, there are many different wires available. Each wire is best suited towards a different type of branch.

You want to find a wire that is suitable for your bonsai garden style as well as your plant. You should seek copper wire if possible, however aluminum wiring is also acceptable if copper is not available. When you are trying to wire your tree, you do not want to bend it more than 45% to start with.

As your tree is wired, you should carefully check the bark to ensure that there is no damage from the wire. If there is damage then the wire must be adjusted in order to relieve the pressure. You should leave the tree wired for approximately 12 weeks however before removing the wires fully. Just as a pet does not learn a new command overnight neither will your bonsai so it will take weeks before the bonsai can hold the new shape without being wired in place.

Once at least 12 weeks has passed, you can remove the wire and allow your plant to rest. If the bonsai still does not quite hold the proper position then you can reapply the wire for a few more weeks. Just ensure you continue checking the condition of the branches. You do not want to snap the branches; rather you are working to bend the branches.

By: Chris Wight

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Chris Wight has been developing a green thumb for years and has recently fallen in love with the art of Bonsai. To learn more about Bonsai Gardening, please visit his site: www.BonsaiBoyDeals.com