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About a week ago I dug up this silver maple from my yard which I put in a pretty big pot and gave some support.?I have questions about repotting and pruning. Not sure the age, probably a few years old.

The soil from which I dug it is good but?very clayey and dense, I know this isn't the best soil for making it into a bonsai but I don't want to repot it after I dug it up. My question is if next spring I should repot it into better soil or wait until it establishes more?

My next question is if this winter I should cut it off just below the Y or not prune it at all. I've watched several videos on Peter Chan developing Japanese Maples by?cutting them back several times to thicken the trunk and create movement.?

It looks like the tree has some leaf scorch after the transplant but I have it on the north side of my garage shaded during mid-day and out of the wind and it is putting out some new leaves. Is this the right placement for now? I know a developed tree should have more sun but I am protecting it since it is newly transplanted.

I would appreciate any advice or feedback. Also, I would like to introduce myself since this is my first post. My name is Thomas and I started bonsai this spring and have bought a few junipers, a?yew,?spruce, and mugo pine?nursery stock to develop and also I?have some dwarf jade to practice wiring and pruning. I have watched many youtube videos on bonsai and read many articles so I have a general understanding of common?terms and techniques.?I live in North Dakota so winters are cold and summers are hot and short. I hope to keep this hobby for the rest of my life as I am only 18. Thank you in advance for your response. Here are the pictures of the silver maple and its nicely twisted?lower trunk?and potential nebari.

I would grow it more than a year in that pot before thinking about next repotting.

Pruning back maples does not thicken the trunk. Quite the oposite. Thickening trunk is fueled by leaf area. The more leaf on the tree the faster it thickens. When Peter Chan cut back heavily it is to develop tapering and is done after the decired thickness is achieved.

I would not start to think about heavy pruning in a few years.

The placement is good for now. Maples do not need a lot of light and shade help it to establish better.

Ok, thanks a lot for the response. Sounds like I just need to leave it and let it grow for a while. I understand now that Peter Chan let the tree grow to thicken the trunk and then cut it back for taper.