[FL] Hoping for some answers&advice on *after-care* of swamp-collected Maple yamadori :)

[SU2]

Hi everyone, the title is truly a 'tl;dr' as I'm interested in anything specifically related to swamp-Maple collection/aftercare, though some specific Q's coming to mind are:

1 - would you remove small branches like on a BC? (to avoid growth at those nodes, as you'd instead want buds popping all over instead of the tree directing energies just to the growing-branches)

2 - being that they're from swamps - I've got (2) that I collected because I recognized them as maple & liked their bases, this was during a BC trip & amongst a BC grove - should they get the same soil-treatment differences a BC would get (relative to other specie)?

3 - any thoughts on misting? I tend to mist my BC's as much as possible, immediately, have heard others say they don't start til a month but never could discern why...

Any thoughts on those, or anything else, would be greatly appreciated (these are my first Maples )
[for context they're ~2-3.5" thick trunked, trunk-chopped maples, one is in-ground and the other in a container w/ a 'BC mix' ie very slow-draining mixture / not aerated well like normal bonsai-mixes]

 

[SU2]

FWIW I've done intermittent misting (read: misting by-hand 2-3x daily, if not more, I soak them each of my waterings plus a couple spray-sessions with the mister)

I've got two Maples at this point, the first one is my first yamadori of the year to truly pop a bud, with a bunch of obviously active buds under the bark trying to fight their way out!! Can't help but wonder just how much better a humidity-regulated area would be for trying to pop buds through thicker barks, obviously you want to keep the original bark in good order so it doesn't fall off in short order once the thing's containerized but expect the humidity's influence on how supple the bark is is a *major* factor in how many buds get-through, am doubting that the # of buds generated by the cambial layer = the # of buds that make it through the bark!!

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I have tried the swamp maple several times, they just don't make very nice bonsai. Super long internodes and petioles. The leaves reduce some, as well as the internodes, but petioles don't. They also have a nasty habit of limbs dying off for no good reason. If you decide to use one as a bonsai, plan on a large size bonsai to be in scale with the leaves.

FWIW, they transplant easily, just keep it moist and partially shaded until it sprouts. I had mine growing in a mixture of lava and pine bark, it grew like a weed.