bonsaiTALK Community - View Single Post

Thanks everyone for your advice. Since the copper wire that I had was 18 guage--no where near what has been reccomended for the tree I need to wire, I went out to find something thicker. After searching a couple of hardware stores, none of which had considerably thicker copper wire, I paid a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and picked up a couple of spools of 3.0mm kiku copper plated aluminum wire. Of course I did not go specifically to get wire--they have an amazing collection of trees as well.

Not to diverge too much from the topic, but sadly it seemed that they haven't been paying enough attention to their amazing collection. I saw a spider web with resident spider on an amazing ancient Shimpaku and other bugs thriving in a fantastic Acer Palmatum forest. There were also trees that looked like they needed some maintenance pruning to remove needles and fine ramification that had died back and others that needed new shoots removed. Really very surprising stuff to see at such a renowned and amazing collection.

31-May-2004	#7
BonsaiBen bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: NYC Country: USA USDA Zone: Zone 7 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 83	Thanks everyone for your advice. Since the copper wire that I had was 18 guage--no where near what has been reccomended for the tree I need to wire, I went out to find something thicker. After searching a couple of hardware stores, none of which had considerably thicker copper wire, I paid a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and picked up a couple of spools of 3.0mm kiku copper plated aluminum wire. Of course I did not go specifically to get wire--they have an amazing collection of trees as well. Not to diverge too much from the topic, but sadly it seemed that they haven't been paying enough attention to their amazing collection. I saw a spider web with resident spider on an amazing ancient Shimpaku and other bugs thriving in a fantastic Acer Palmatum forest. There were also trees that looked like they needed some maintenance pruning to remove needles and fine ramification that had died back and others that needed new shoots removed. Really very surprising stuff to see at such a renowned and amazing collection.