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What to do with my red AP ?
Where to cut ?

Comes from a large garden plant, was a few years in a large plastic container, and planted last year in this wooden box to spread the roots.
Now it´s time to decide what to do with the branches...
Cut only the thick ones and keep the V-split or cut even lower and start all over ?
 
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That's a good option 👍

I could try to cut only half through the biggest branches to speed up the healing of the scars... Never tried that before
 

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That's a good option 👍

I could try to cut only half through the biggest branches to speed up the healing of the scars... Never tried that before
@PieterVE I'm busy removing a large branch with the wedge cut process now, you can see my progress in this post

 

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I would pick the best trunk line and remove the other half of the V. No need to chop below the V IMO.
 

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@PieterVE I'm busy removing a large branch with the wedge cut process now, you can see my progress in this post


Thank´s Shaun, that´s very helpfull 👍
When did you make the cut ? Winter or Summer?
 

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So, yesterday was my local bonsai club evening and I took the tree to discuss options and see what could be done to improve...
After much debate I went ahead and cut some branches...
 

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First some pictures of how it was before cutting
 

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Then...
 

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And finally the result from different angles
 

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What ´could´ be the front in the future, but for now it´s grow, grow, grow....
 

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