chuckwc1
Yamadori
Did a big trunk chop on a trident maple this spring. As you can see, the tree has pushed out a lot of new growth. It’s my first time doing something like this with a deciduous tree. Should I keep all the new growth to help the recovery? Or should I pinch off all but one of the stems coming from the same place? I know long term I’ll need to do that, but not sure if I should do it sooner vs later. The first picture was taken today, the second a month ago when I did the chop.
