repotting azaleas

I picked up this azalea at a discount in 2022, moved to training pot (first pic) in May of that year. I let it grow pretty much freely the first year and the trunk base / root flair / taper progressed nicely (second pic from July 2022). Last year I started the clip-and-grow process and I like...

Gosh, I’m always mystified with the different information I get from various sources, online, books by “experts” articles written by practitioners. For only one example, well two, and not to take this as a knock please, it’s just an example of the confusion I have faced in the past five years...