Bonsai Maple Pruning
Here are a few hints.
Bonsai maple pruning. You would have to remove an entire limb for the loss of sap to negatively impact a fully grown tree. This video shows how to perform creation pruning and maintenance pruning on a japanese maple pre bonsai tree part 1. I was thinking to cut the smaller branch off so. Trimming of shoots and twigs can be done year round.
In doing so you force the tree to grow new leaves leading to a reduction in the size of leaves and an increase in ramification. It is important to prune these growth areas regularly in order to encourage growth closer to the inner parts of the tree. Since it s so small. You can avoid this issue if you wait until summer to prune maples.
It is advisable to apply cut paste as the japanese red maple bonsai is vulnerable to some fungal diseases which can enter through wounds. One can however prune back to a set of buds on a twig branch during dormancy the end pair of opposite buds will then be the origins of two shoots when the tree leafs out. Pruning to generate ramification i e back budding is generally done during the growing season. Look for an upward growing branch on the lower half of the trunk and put an airlayering just abowe it.
But this is what i would do. If the tree is just a sapling however loss of sap may cause problems. Bonsai maintenance pruning the goal of maintenance pruning is to maintain and refine the shape of a tree. If one branch comes out the bottom of another branch remove it if one branch has longer internodes remove it if one branch is going the wrong way remove it.
It does not give you an instant beautiful tree but creates a good taper for a future beautiful tree. However maple tree pruning in winter generally won t hurt a mature tree. You can trim back to any bud pair you like pretty much anytime. As explained above trees will concentrate most growth on the top and outer parts of the tree.
The pruning of strong branches should be done in autumn to prevent excessive bleeding or in the summer when callus growth is quick. Pruning leaves to induce a new flush of growth bonsai defoliation involves cutting all the leaves of a tree during the summer. When the air layering has good roots cut it of and start to form a new leader from the upward growing branch.