Wanted some suggestions on how to prune my Chinese Elm.
It's been about 3 weeks since i got the tree, and it seems to be doing really well, it has a lot of new growth and a lot of new buds, it's been fertilised once a week (liquid fertiliser 6:6:6), watered when needed.
I will transfer the tree to a bigger square plastic pot that is deep and wide and has a lot of space for the tree to grow.
From what i observed, there are some inner growing branches, some are pretty thick and they need to go (maybe plant them and see if i get them to root).
The small lower branches I would like to keep for a while to help the trunk thicken, they should be removed at some point.
I have a nice strong branch that i would like to keep but it is going to the back of the tree.
The trunk seems to have been cut at some point, i do not know what to do with that.
At this point i was thinking of shaping the tree in a broom style in the future, or maybe air layer it next year to get rid of the straight trunk and start from there.
I would let the tree grow but it has many tangled and crossing branches and the light does not pass through.
I attached some photos with some close ups.
Thanks,
Dan