AusBonsai

Hi all

i am planning to buy a few radiata pine trees with a trunk size of 2cm wide. is it still possible to fuse 3 pines together?

John

yes it will still be possible to fuse them, you just may find it a little hard to wrap/braid them together with the trunk size, normally they are planned from a younger age and grown on, and on, and on!

you have to remember that with three 2cm trunks you will get about a 4cm trunk, so heavy wiring, raffia, and spine wires (where you run the wire up the trunk vertically to strengthen and hold the bending) will be needed, a straight trunk with braided trunks might not look right, it will be better suited to a informal upright!

jamie

Thanks jamie for your advice.

i haven't have time to go and collect the pine. but once i do i'll post the progression on it.

They have to be grown with vigor to fuse John. If you embed wire in the assembled trunks the fusing will be speedy.
Cheers
Lindsay

hey Lindsay.

thanks for the advise. once i get those pines i'll come down to show you what i have in mind.

btw. i've send the film to convert to digital format. will have it ready by tomorrow evening.

ok.... i can't wait to explain lindsay.

here's a sketch on what i have in mind....
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