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Originally Posted by Nerfgunn
Thanks, Ill get some copper wire from the supply store tomorrow. How long should I leave it on? Im only putting it there to make sure it doesnt move around in its pot. Somewhere i thought I saw just to leave it through the growing season. Is that correct?
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As one of the other posters mentioned you can tie it down with anything.
I use the cheap green plastic coated stuff you get for garden plants.
(I only use this for any sort of guy in a training tree.)
Serious branch placement and shaping is all done using aluminimum wire the Japanese stuff.
I do on occasion use copper wire as well but with a lot of trees to wire the ali stuff is cheaper.
If you are going to use copper get the proper annealed stuff or do it yourself. (heat it till it glows like a robins breast and leave to cool)
Oh and leave it on till the tree seems steady and able to support itself in the pot
Most likely sometime either half way through the year or early the next depending on climate.
Cheerz