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I bought a maple (acer palmatum tsushiigumo) this past spring at a nursery. I was panning to reduce its size by removing to large branches. Rather than just lopping them off, I decided to try air layering them. One layering worked well growing lots of roots (I've since removed this portion, and started a new tree). The other grew no roots...at least that I can see. I've decided I don't want to go through another season trying to get this other side to root, so I'm going to just remove it. My questions is...now that it is the beginning of winter, and the maple is dormant. Should I remove this large branch now and seal the wound? Or, should I do this in the spring? I've heard that maples bleed drastically when heaving prunning is done in the spring...and this isn't good.

Any help appriciated.

Anthony

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