Anchor Wires And Repotting

TreeBay

There are wires used to secure the drainage screen in place, and wires used to tie the tree's rootball into the pot. As Tony indicated above, the rootball wires are used to secure the tree to help insure that the fine roots can develop without being broken by movement (weight, wind, animals, falls). Some folks tie their trees in with twine, but wiring at multiple points is the most secure arrangement.

1. You can find out more about securing drainage screen here:

http://www.treebay.com/index.html?A...ainage%20Screen

2. For securing the rootball, the following articles will be of help.

This article will show you how to secure the rootball when you have only a single drainage hole. Colored aluminum wire is used for illustration, but I recommend copper, which is less stretchy:

http://www.treebay.com/index.html?A=103&B=Azalea%20Care

More typically you will have two or more holes and can follow a method similar to the repotting of this Camellia repot

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...ot&pagenumber=2

Irregular pots and slabs may require a slightly different arrangement of wires, but two to four holes are very workable:

Korean Hornbeam Repot

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...=&threadid=3633

I'll have to have a look at that movie and see if I can resolve the issues some folks were having with CODEC download.

Regards,

Matt

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