bonsaial1

If this were a trident maple I would say go for it.

Japanese maples in my experience are much more finnicky and tend to stress more. They are not that vigorous even after the first year of chopping, much less twice in two years. Find another maple and chop that one lower. Like Carl says, why take the risk?

Al

__________________
Real men don't wear coats with "happi" in the title.