Hey y'all. Long story short, I've a relative at a bonsai store and I've purchased 4 trident maple trees for let's say friendly prices.
I've got 2 major questions:
Out of the 4 I wanna keep the best one and grow the others as well, but then when they look presentable with foliage I would sell them.
So question: which out if the 4 trees looks best? I want my trident maple to look like those classic trident maple bonsai with the nice bushy top. So for that I guess the best one is the one with the most branches?
Second question that ties to the first: These trees are larger bonsai. So the pot is the size of two hands. The tree is easily 20-30cm tall each. For me , they seem to be a little too tall. Since it's the winter time and they're still dormant, it would be best time for pruning because spring is only a few weeks away too...
So, should I prune them? And if yes, how would I prune? Just shorten the branches? Should I prune all or just the one I'm keeping?
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