Japanese Maple 7 – Prune, Trunk Chop

Acer palmatum | 053-MapleJapanese-007

Care Event

  • Date: July 19, 2025
  • Task: Prune
  • Subtask: Trunk Chop
  • Location: Bench
  • Outcome: Back to building a good trunk worthy of the nebari.
Japanese Maple 7

There was so much confusion going on here.

I started from the bottom and began pruning out all bar branching from the trunk and 3 to two branchnig on all branches.

I really didn't like the total lack of taper. I made the decision that the only good approach for this tree was to take many steps back and do a full trunk chop. So I did.

Back to the pre-bonsai group for this one. It never really deserved to be called a bonsai anyway. Long term this will be for the best.

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