Seigen, arakawa, Deshojo Katsura

[Ming dynasty]

Hi y’all I recently got into Bonsai world and dove in head first. I’m looking for someone with exp to guide me on the next few steps to get these tree towards the right direction.
i repotted the seigen and arakawa (in wooded box) over a month ago before realizing that’s not the right thing to do. And should wait till early spring.

One of my Deshojo roots is poking through the pot. What should I do about it in this situation?

how much should I cut down during fall? Is it safe to cut some scorched leaf off?
Any advice would really help, I have so much info in my head that it kind of overlaps and confusing.
Peter Warren book on JM bonsai is otw.
Do y’all think the seigen and arakawa will make it? Anything I can do to help?

 

[Rivian]

Just do nothing except watering when the soil gets dry enough
Afternoon shade is good for preventing scorched new leaves

 

[Ming dynasty]

Just do nothing except watering when the soil gets dry enough
Afternoon shade is good for preventing scorched new leaves

Leave all the branches growing crazy alone?

 

[Ming dynasty]

Leave all the branches growing crazy alone?

I know it’s on the internet but I’ve seen Peter Chan cut down his maple to almost nothing, can you explain that process to me a little better?

 

[coltranem]

I know it’s on the internet but I’ve seen Peter Chan cut down his maple to almost nothing, can you explain that process to me a little better?

Don't do anything to the weak trees beyond what Rivian said. The healthier trees you could trim them back but it comes back to your goal. Do you want bigger trunks? Pruning will slow that down. However pruning to a new leader can create motion and taper. Think about where you want the trees to go. How tall? Thin and elegant or thick and powerful.

 

[Ming dynasty]

Definitely thick and powerful

Don't do anything to the weak trees beyond what Rivian said. The healthier trees you could trim them back but it comes back to your goal. Do you want bigger trunks? Pruning will slow that down. However pruning to a new leader can create motion and taper. Think about where you want the trees to go. How tall? Thin and elegant or thick and powerful.

but that could be Bc I don’t fully understand both processes. The Peter Warren book can’t come sooner lol

 

[Deleted member 32750]

These all look grafted pretty high on the trunk. It’s going to be really challenging to cut back enough for thick and powerful trunks without killing off the cultivar. Especially for the dwarf varieties like seigen and deshojo

 

[SouthernMaple]

I know it’s on the internet but I’ve seen Peter Chan cut down his maple to almost nothing, can you explain that process to me a little better?

peter chan can afford to do that because he has so many and his aftercare is top notch, his trees are also super healthy

 

[coltranem]

If these are grafted there will be challenges developing a tree. The higher the graft the bigger the challenge.