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Would I be able to re pot after the trunk chop or is it best to leave that until the following year?

If you know how to aftercare then you can absolutely do that - but that has to happen in early spring - trunkchop before bud swell, and repot just when buds bursts. If you are inexperienced - then I would wait, as you will be running a risk.

Do not repot when you do any drastic pruning. The risk of die-back conbined with the need for the tree to invest in closing the cut make it not a good idea.

As said, if you do these drastic cuts before bud burst you will get very long internodes, which are not so good for bonsai development. You do not want the tree to have excess energy.

leatherback wrote: Do not repot when you do any drastic pruning. The risk of die-back conbined with the need for the tree to invest in closing the cut make it not a good idea.

As said, if you do these drastic cuts before bud burst you will get very long internodes, which are not so good for bonsai development. You do not want the tree to have excess energy.

We're not at that stage yet. He wants to develop a tapered trunk. I'd say I certainly would want the tree to have the extra energy, to grow a strong new leader / sacrifice branch and to heal the cut?

everyone is free to do what they want.

Thank you everyone for your help.

leatherback wrote: everyone is free to do what they want.

Oh, absolutely. But that's not the question. I added a question mark as I don't know and would find it interesting to learn what the best approach would be - for this scenario. If you say it's still better to cut later, I will believe you.

in my view, you want to have close internodes all along your trunk so you have options of where branches can easily sprout. Once you have the few cm that you will keep in the eventual trunk, sure, let her rip. But I think it would be better to go slow.

In fact, I am getting to the point that I am not sure once should let a trunk grow for more than one or two seasons. Going slow with small cuts may result in the better bonsai. (And the older grower to enjoy)

leatherback wrote: in my view, you want to have close internodes all along your trunk so you have options of where branches can easily sprout. Once you have the few cm that you will keep in the eventual trunk, sure, let her rip. But I think it would be better to go slow.

I see your point. Thanks.

I have a couple of Chinese elms that are at the same stage so I might try chopping one in March and the other in May and see how the results compare.