I aquired this trident maple years ago. I kept getting trees stolen so my best material was taken care of by friends in my local bonsai club until I moved into a place where my trees were safe. I'm lucky to have a good friends and they know who they are. This tree is one of my favorites and pictures dont do it justice. It's been growing healthy for 3 years in this box I had constructed but definitely needs to be repotted asap. There are 2 possible fronts and possibly when I take the tree out of this box there might be a better option. Before I do anything I thought i would post pictures of the tree and 1 of 2 possible fronts . There is a branch coming out straight to the viewer that unfortunately needs to be eliminated unless members like smoke or any of the other advanced veterans feel there is possibly a better plan. ( i will post more pics of the tree) The lower and mid trunk have no scars making eliminating any branches a rather difficult decision (need to get confidence back which is where the club and this community come in) The reverse taper at the apex needs to be corrected and the 2nd picture I will locate the area of the apex I am thinking of cutting off. Also the red dotted line coming out of the bend is where I'm thinking of thread grafting a branch in the future if this is indeed the front. Opinions? I forgot to angle the tree with blocks. Will post photo with angles too.
Decisions to make with nice trident maple.
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pandacular
Masterpiece
Nice maple, very promising future ahead.
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you sell yourself short. my bus stop is coming, so i’ll take a closer look later. At a look, i think you have two great options. you could either grow it out to be the next size maybe a 3 foot tall tree; or you could perform an air layer off that top section it kind of looks like the styrax in this post actually.
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A photo essay of notable repots this year, with comments. A Styrax air-layer ready to separate. The roots were getting tight in the small pot. And a new bonsai is born. Will pots up the baby in a t…
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RoadManDenDron
Chumono
I agree with your plan,
I also just want to give you the confidence boost/ kick up the backside to take the leap while it's in the box and able to heal the scars quicker to get rid of all those extra branches at the whorls and eye pokers
Allow unrestricted growth around them for quicker healing
The inverse taper that will follow if they are left alone will be a much bigger fault to your tree than a branch scar!
Disclaimer: I don't know your location but if you're N hemisphere please wait til leaves harden off if buds have began to move
I also just want to give you the confidence boost/ kick up the backside to take the leap while it's in the box and able to heal the scars quicker to get rid of all those extra branches at the whorls and eye pokers
Allow unrestricted growth around them for quicker healing
The inverse taper that will follow if they are left alone will be a much bigger fault to your tree than a branch scar!
Disclaimer: I don't know your location but if you're N hemisphere please wait til leaves harden off if buds have began to move
pandacular
Masterpiece
I’m not convinced this is your front. I’d like to other angles, especially about 45° clockwise
