I was thinking of doing that to put less stress on the roots(not that their not terribly stressed at the moment lol)Cut some leaves off!
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Should i use any sort fertilizer or not yet?Put it in good bonsai soil, and it might. Shade and humidity are your friend.
It’ll probably die, though. In my experience, Japanese maples are not as forgiving as northern red maples.
There’s some debate about whether chopping the foliage off will help. Advocates say you should balance the foliage mass with the root mass. Critics say the tree will do that on it’s own by dying back and recycling energy from leaves in a way that it couldn’t if you just chopped them off. Like all things, it depends heavily on the individual tree, and it’s not easy to predict how any particular tree will respond.
I’d probably cut off most of the foliage and try to root all the young twigs as cuttings.
Or root stimulator?Should i use any sort fertilizer or not yet?
No need for fertilizer for a few weeks until the roots recover.Or root stimulator?
I know the tree is supposed to be extremely well tied down and I learned how to do it correctly but I never asked why. What happens to the roots and the trunk if they're not well secured?If it were mine I would chop it way back, if only to prevent it from wiggling in the wind. It 100% won't survive if it's being knocked around. If not, you need to make sure it's super secure in the pot somehow
Thanks for adding the detail about new roots. I really hadn't thought of repotting and the immediate aftermath on the newest roots.the new roots that emerge are extremely fragile and they get broken off when the tree suddenly moves. I always thought this was a minor detail that didn't need to be fussed over but I had a tree nearly die for this reason. In fact, I attribute my success rate when collecting to my obsession with anchoring trees in pots well. Unfortunately the tree you showed above can't be secured in a simple traditional way, you'll need to come up with some kind of rig to hold it steady.