Pruning Upright Japanese Maple

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Mbfirey Pageland, SC Aug 30, 2009

I've got an upright Japanese maple, the kind that with time will be about 20+ feet tall. It's about 4' tall- and I noticed now that it has a trunk that divides in the middle about 1 foot up on the tree- so that on each of the 2 sides has about 50% of the branches... I've read that you should never let a tree get 2 main trunks(Co-Dominant I think) because this causes weakness later on.
My question is: Does that apply to an upright Japanese maple too? Or is it different since it will never be a "Huge" tree?

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bugme Barnesville, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 30, 2009

Sorry I can't answer your question.......try the Japanese Maple forum, you'll get more advice there.

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Mbfirey Pageland, SC Aug 31, 2009

I would...but isn't the forum closed to nonsubscribers?- Also this applies more the common "Tree Type" as opposed to the fancy smaller types that most people there would be talking about...not that I don't love the small ones too.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Sep 01, 2009

Perhaps this info may help you.

http://www.finegardening.com/how-to/articles/pruning-japanese-maples.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enLhREbOA9U

http://www.ehow.com/how_5056412_prune-upright-japanese-maple.html

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