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[PieterVE]

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 ?

 

[PieterVE]

Front

 

[PieterVE]

Back

 

[PieterVE]

Both sides

 

[leatherback]

It will give you a nasty scar on the back, but.. roots allowing..?

 

[PieterVE]

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

 

[SeanS]

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

Sean’s Japanese Maples

ROR I lost the top of this little tree so grafted a shoot to create the next section of trunk. This is one of the trees that has bee plagued by fungus, but is recovering. One of my larger trees. I performed a wedge cut to assist with healing the scar that removing the large branch in...

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[Colorado]

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

 

[PieterVE]

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

Sean’s Japanese Maples

ROR I lost the top of this little tree so grafted a shoot to create the next section of trunk. This is one of the trees that has bee plagued by fungus, but is recovering. One of my larger trees. I performed a wedge cut to assist with healing the scar that removing the large branch in...

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

 

[PieterVE]

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...

 

[PieterVE]

First some pictures of how it was before cutting

 

[PieterVE]

Then...

 

[PieterVE]

And finally the result from different angles

 

[PieterVE]

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