Ihave a 4 year old trident maple that i just started wiring
last year. i
started in mid-early summer and took them off in late fall. the
branches stayed
where they were but sadly the wires chewed into the plant badly
in some
places(due to a longer than expected vacation). now I dont know
what zone you live in
but i live in zone 7 in the upper portion of the chihawan
desert with temps.
fromlow100s to mid 40s so it may be a totaly different story
for you.

I'm amazed that you can keep a Trident Maple alive in the
Chihuahua Desert, much less have wiring problems from fast
growth.

Unfortunately, wire scars last a long time in smooth-bark trees
like maples. You can try to roughen the scars every so often
with sandpaper to promote callus and healing, but more often than
not that just results in a lumpy portion of the branch.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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