U can run to the craft store like Michael's or Joan Fabric and get raffia..soak it like sphagnum moss, ring it out and get fibers untangled then use that to wrap it will aid in fusing and bending...I'm sure u know this by now I just figured I'd add my 2 cents of knowledge
I like that idea! I actually switched to that white plumber's tape and that's been working pretty decent lately. I have like 20 other smaller fusion projects in addition to this one and I switched to the plumber's tape on all of them.
Sorry, Might have a been a little slow to getting around to watching this hahah but its looking good, its definitely getting there. I found mine too a while to get going too, now its fusing pretty well. I think you start to see some real good changes in the next year!
Thanks! And yes, it has just recently started to really take off. I've basically let it grow semi-unchecked in the greenhouse. It's got aerial roots popping out all over the place now.
I like this experiment, glad that i found this as i am about to start mine as well from 3 air layers...i wonder if putting the tree in a larger pot, maybe a grow basket will speedup growth and with that speed up fusion...also was thinking that i will try to score the bark off to the cambium to the points that the trunk meet just to promote binding faster...will try to use raffia as alternative to tape...let's see...lot to do with experimenting :) and i believe there are plenty of ways to reach the same objective
Revealing the Cambium certainly helps. I fused my 15 year old tree by scraping of the bark and tieing it with cloth. I didn´t fuse on it´s own before eventhrough the trunks were super tight.
Hey man I just translated my wheeping bonsai clipping I had it growing great in the water n put it in a pot w rocks at bottom and gave it a good drink and now the limbs are wilted and looks like it’s dieing rapidly
Hard for me to say but my instinct says to put it in the shade, and more water. Willows love love love water. Then give it time to die off and bounce back. Willows also love to die off on branches here and there.
Yeah, usually that's the case in my experience. I've also heard that some plants & trees will detox all their toxins to a particular leaf and then drop the leaf.
