Originally Posted by Graydon

Thanks for the answers on the wire. It was just to satisfy my curiosity, I was by no means suggesting anything else. Reusing aluminum wire is fine, in fact it's the ultimate act of recycling.

I don't use that much aluminum except for drain hole mesh securing and tying trees in to pots. The sun down here can bleach the coating off in one season and the bright aluminum looks bad to me, although I may be the only person that ever sees it on my trees. I like the patina on the copper wire but I know that's not a good reason to use copper wire.

Thanks again for all of the info and the photos of these special trees.