growing tree

I have bee growning a mimosa acacia tree for several months, and it is growing very well. However, the branching and leaf size greatly dwarfs the trunk size. I believe this is referred to as "leggy." Should I trim the branches to make it more proportional now? I am worried about the tree toppling over, or not being able to support itself nutritionally.

Please email me at justin_seidner@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Justin

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KZitzewitz

so whats the sizes of this tree? How tall and thick is the trunk, branch span, leaves span, do you have a picture, info is king when asking questions you want answers to. I myself am not sure wahta mimosa acacia looks like, I have heard of a acacia and a mimosa, but I have not seen any of the three (1 if all the same).

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I hope you picked a small leaf species of acacia, they have bi-pinate compound leaves, some up to 20 " long and the leaves on these won't reduce much.

You've put your finger on one of the main draw backs for bonsai culture [ the fast leggy growth]. I'm experimenting with one myself started from seed and plan to keep the roots restricted through the training process. If planted in a in a large pot or in the ground these will grow like weeds and get away from you. *My plan is to do a series of trunk chops and root prunings to get some taper in the trunk and hopefully shorten the internodes by keeping the growth rate as slow as possible.

Tony