the_paradoxed
Seedling
Hi all, I was looking for some advice as a long time bonsai enthusiast but generally a noob when it comes to all of it. I've had this maple growing in a regular pot for a number of years with very little attention. I decided to repot it and realised that it has some interesting trunk die back and roots, but there's no taper. In repotting I didn't remove much of the root system. I'm aware (now) that repotting in a bonsai pot at this stage wasn't the greatest idea. It seems the roots/tree is healthy and coped with the repotting well. I'm wondering if it is viable to do a trunk chop on this to develop taper? Any other advice or ideas would be appreciated, seems like there is some potential for this tree but also potential to kill it...