Kiyohime maple

[Poolie130]

Hey everyone I just bought this little cutting grown kiyohime maple online. I have been letting it hangout in the shade to acclimate it to my zone I’m in zone 7a in Canada. Was just curious if I would be okay still to repot it sometime next weeks after it has adjusted to my climate. It is currently in a 4 inch nursery container so I was going to put it in an 8” mica to push growth a little bit. Currently think I want to go with a broom style as I love the way they look. Open to any suggestions.
Thanks, Poolie

 

[Mike Westervelt]

No reason to repot now, it looks to be a good sized pot for its current stage of development.

Once roots have nearly filled the pot is the time to upsize the container.

 

[Dan W.]

I agree with Mike. Up potting it now could actually even slow it down. Spring as the buds are pushing is always the best time to re-pot and work the roots.

 

[SeanS]

Agreed, the pot size looks fine for such a young plant. Upsizing the pot at this stage won’t make much of a difference in growth.

 

[Poolie130]

Okay thanks everyone I will just keep taking care of it the way it is and keep everyone posted with the progress

 

[Poolie130]

No reason to repot now, it looks to be a good sized pot for its current stage of development.

Once roots have nearly filled the pot is the time to upsize the container.

Okay thanks there are some dead parts of the tree I’m assuming from pruning before me was wondering if I would be okay to trim some of the dead parts back to the trunk in the coming weeks here.
Thanks Poolie

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Absolutely, during active growth is an appropriate time to prune deciduous material.

 

[Poolie130]

Absolutely, during active growth is an appropriate time to prune deciduous material.

Should I seal all cuts?

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Yes. always a good idea to seal any cuts bigger than twigs

 

[Poolie130]

Hey all a couple pics to update the progress seems to be growing pretty good I fertilize twice a week. Was just wondering if it would be beneficial to prune once the early spring growth hardens off.

Thanks, Poolie

 

[Poolie130]

Don’t fertilize twice a week meant once every two weeks lol

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Looking good and healthy!
Pruning or not depends on your goals, big tree, or small tree.

Even your your plan is to make small tree you most certainly want to thicken the trunk, I personally wouldn't cut anything until all the spring growth is
hardened off and only if some shoots were really extending and getting long internodes, which it does not appear to be doing now.

I'd let it rip all year, then late winter early spring look at the structure and clean up as needed.

 

[Poolie130]

Okay will let it keep going out strong this year and save any pruning for late winter next year thank you for the input really appreciate it and will keep everyone posted with some updates closer to the end of spring