Bonsai Tools
Do You Have The Proper Bonsai Tools
Hori Hori Knife
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The Hori-Hori Digging Tool
The black blade is concave, thick and strong for digging and prying in rocky terrain, with semi-sharp, beveled and serrated edges for cutting anchored roots.
Provided with a thick, natural wood handle for a strong grip, and a black, heavy vinyl sheath with leather belt loop. 6 1/2 blade, 11 3/4 overall length.
Bonsai Tree Care Kit
Having good Japanese bonsai tools will make maintenance easier on your bonsai
Everything you need to care for your Bonsai in the Bonsai Tool Kit
* Traditional Japanese Canvas Tool Holder – Holds all your stuff in 10 spaces. Then it rolls up and ties with a cotton cord.
* Bonsai Shear – An all purpose bonsai tool that has the traditional butterfly shape that most Bonsai shears/scissors do. This is the most popular bonsai style scissors in Japan.
* A Japanese forged steel tool.
* 3-piece Japanese Bonsai Tool Set – Made in Japan by the Saboten company, the hallmark of quality in garden tools. These are sturdy chrome tools not stamped metal with lacquered wood handles. The right size for the small job of bonsai maintenance.
* Genuine Japanese Hemp Broom – These hemp brooms are used for ground maintenance and for manicuring the grounds around the root structure. And it also make quick cleanup of your pruning job.
* 1 Year Supply of Premium Bonsai Fertilizer and Vitamins – Imported from Japan. This is good stuff… The fertilizer is a 5-10-5 formulation with micro-nutrients important, IBA and B-1. The Vitamins contains IBA, NAA & Vitamin B- Formulated to stimulate root growth.
* The “Bonsai Basics” book by Christian Pessey and Remy Samson – It’s a simple guide for first-time bonsai growers, with easy instructions with over 200 full-color photos and drawings. A step-by-step guide to growing, training & general care.
Using Bonsai Wire To Keep Shape
Bonsai wire is another very common and necessary bonsai tool for any bonsai maintainer.
Select between copper wire or aluminum wire and what size you will need.
Bonsai wire is used to hold the branches of a Bonsai tree in place in order to shape them. The bonsai wire remains wrapped around the trunks and branches until the tree is able to maintain the desired shape, during which the bonsai wire is removed.
Our aluminum wire
You can get bonsai wire from any supplier of bonsai tools and accessories. The types that they will have are plain silver aluminum and a copper-colored anodized aluminum wire.
You can choose either bonsai wire. The advantage of a plain silver bonsai wire is it will be easier to see under developed branches than the anodized one when you need to check your wiring later. On the other hand, the copper or brown color of the anodized wire will blend well with the tree branches so they would be more pleasing to the eye.
If you cannot obtain bonsai wire, you can substitute a wire any type of wire that is easily bendable and removable. Bonsai wire comes in different sizes from 1 mm to 7mm, usually weighing 100 to 150 grams and can be over 100 feet long.
Choosing the right size of bonsai wire can be tricky. Some find it easier to buy coils in different sizes but still, you do not want to waste money buying wires that you will not be able to use. One way to determine the size of bonsai wire that you need is to find a wire that you can bend with the same effort as you would bending your tree’s trunk or branch.
If it is easier for you to bend the wire than the wood, then you would need a thicker bonsai wire. Alternatively, if you find that the wire you bought will not be strong enough to do job properly, then you can try double wrapping the wire by applying two wire pieces.
By having the right bonsai tools in your arsenal, you will be able to maintain your bonsai trees with more accuracy.
