Wiring Tips: adding branch drops to increase number of branches on bonsai trees

Adam works on a Chinese Juniper bonsai tree. This is a mature tree which is nice but is currently a solid mass of foliage with little definition. The tree can be improved by using wire to bend the branches into new positions. The evergreen foliage can also be thinned.

By adding branch drops, we'll be able to increase the total number of branches that the tree has. We'll take single large branches, and split these into multiple branches. This will enable the quality of the tree to improve in the future, rather than being stuck, as it is now.

This is a useful how to video for beginners in bonsai and hopefully for more experienced growers too.

00:00 Chinese Juniper bonsai tree analysis
01:30 How to wire bonsai trees. Juniper
02:50 Top down view of wired branch on bonsai tree
03:10 Should I cut a branch off bonsai tree?
03:55 Why do we wire drops into bonsai trees?
05.05 Juniper bonsai before / after wiring

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