How to prune red maple bonsai

Pruning before potting

Cleaning

If you want to make a good-looking red maple bonsai, you first need to prune the seedlings before potting them. The pruned parts are mainly the roots and upper stems and branches. Only by cutting off some cracked and rotten roots can the healthy growth of seedlings be ensured after planting.

disinfect

After pruning and planting the red maple saplings, the cuts on the branches must be checked. Wounds larger than one centimeter must be disinfected, usually using carbendazim.

Pruning after potting

Side branches

To become a perfect red maple potted plant, it is not enough to just plant it in a pot. Instead, it needs to be constantly pruned and cared for after it grows into a tree so that the red maple can grow bright red leaves for people to appreciate. Therefore, the above-ground branches of the red maple should not grow too tall. They should be cut off in time and all the extra side branches should be cut off. The upper branches should best be designed according to your own ideas.

Main branch

In addition to making the plant more upright and vigorous, the main branches also have the function of shaping and maintaining the original shape of the tree. All branches that have not been cut off will be trimmed once, which will make them look more beautiful.

daily

In daily life, pruning red maple mainly involves combing the density between branches, and promptly cleaning up diseased, insect-infested, dead, useless branches, drooping branches and other branches that are of no benefit to its appearance and shape.