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First time growing a bonsai. When do I start pruning this baby flaming? It’s about 3-4 months old

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  1. Wolfen 🐺

    When ypu prune really depends on what you are going for. If you plan to sacrifice any limbs or manipulate growth patterns

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    • MeasomerPi

      Agreed. It totally depends on your goals. If you a thick trunk or gnarly nabari, it needs to be in a much larger pot for several years. If you’re happy with a finer shape and smaller plant, you can start styling at any time, relatively speaking. The YouTube channels Herons Bonsai and the Bonsai Supply are wonderful sources of information.

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    • Carmen

      I would like to get the trunk thicker . Do I start pinching off the main shoot , so it doesn’t grow taller? And can I trim these two longer branches back? I don’t want to do something that will kill or stress it.

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    • MeasomerPi

      I believe if you want a larger trunk, you leave it alone and let it do its thing for a couple of years.

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  2. Wolfen 🐺

    So there are several ways to thicken a trunk. Branch size is dependent on the ones above. So 1# option, but most brutal and long term is cutting the trunk back to just above where you want it, and keep cutting it back once a year. 2nd option is to shape the branches you want shaped, leaving a sacrifice branch to grow as it likes. Then you eventually cut back that branch off. Option #3 is letting it grow as it wants in a large container and nutrients, then clipping and training later. These all have goods and drawbacks. Most are how much training ypu want to do, and how scarred up your bonsai is. As the larger the branches you keep, the bigger the scars.

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    • Carmen

      This helps a lot . Thank you. I have to figure out what I will pick to do 😁

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  3. Waspinator

    If you want a very twisty trunk, now is a good time to start wire training it (you'd need to be gentle when you create the bends, but right now it'd be reasonably flexible. You may want to start with gradual curves and refine them next year.) As for a thicker trunk, give it a big pot where its roots can extend out, and put a flat solid object directly under the main stem to spread the roots outwards. I've also found planting trees at a slanted angle will thicken the trunk and roots as it tries to pull back upwards. You could tilt it a different direction each year and get a nice nebari fairly quickly without stressing the tree too much

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    • Carmen

      Oh thank you!! Yes this helps too. Ok I’ll start getting all that on my list.

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