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Originally Posted by TBlake84
Moe-
Would a trunk chop be beneficial now? I would chop it down to about 3" (just above the first branch that is currently on the tree). I am shooting for the elegant informal upright style. I will also halt pruning of any sort and let it grow for a while. Let me know what you would do.
Again, thanks.
-Tim
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Tim,
you could do a trunk chop now if you want to begin working on the taper, but I would wait. Let the trunk get to about 3/4 of the desired thickness and then begin to work on taper. In my opinion this will give you the fastest results.
Also, planting you tree in the ground, or in a training box will help your trees development (remember, bonsai pots should be reserved until you have the tree looking the way you want). These growing boxes are shallow and wide to allow the roots to spread pulling the nebari (surface roots that extend from the trunk) with them...which causes the trunk to look even thicker and gives the impression of a mature tree clinging to the ground. TreeBay (Matt) posted some great photos of his maples in growing boxes with beautiful nebari resulting from it.
http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...t=growing+boxes
Moe