Japanese Maples: My new best friend . . ., 1 by doss

doss wrote:
That's an interesting question. I have one tree which has a quite a number of secondary branches. Perhaps this may help you think of structure. It's such a young tree though that you may want to sacrifice one of the main trunks for the sake of the eventual shape of the tree. Or you may want it to have several trunks. Sit with it for awhile, study the two branches, look to see if you can remove one with it in good shape or if you think that it would be better with the two. Don't do anything until it's dormant as it's just been moved and will be under a little stress. Think about what you want the tree to look like later and what size. Get some more opinions.

You may like this or you may not but it will give you an idea of where you may be going.