With spring in the air and all of your trees now starting to wake from their winter hibernation, even trees that will be root pruned and re-potted need to be top pruned as well.
As the new growth starts to extend, pruning it back now will help force new growth back along branches to help create compact pads of foliage.
Top pruning your tree at the same time as root pruning helps balance the need for nutrients that the pruned roots will be expected to supply to the flourishing new foliage if it is not trimmed, trimming it now avoid die back or a tree at a weakened state.
THE ART OF PRUNING BONSAI
There is an art to pruning bonsai, and there are several times a year you can prune your bonsai depending on at what stage of creation your tree is in.
If your tree is in the early stages of development and you are still trying to thicken the trunk, train to a certain style or trying to encourage branching to fill in, or complete a particular style then you will probably let your tree grow unpruned for one or more growing seasons, only removing growth that is un-wanted for your final shape.
If your bonsai has its general shape and you are now refining the tree, then several times a year you will most probably go through this process. Early Spring, end of Spring to early Summer and possibly Autumn depending on the zone you live in.
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