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LilRaverBoi · 06-25-2010, 11:01 PM

If you want to truly bonsai it, I'd chop it at around 6-8" of trunk and let it regrow stems from there. Then use those to sculpt out to make it look like a mature tree. Not sure how well red maples bonsai (that is a red maple, right?), but Japanese maples make excellent specimens!

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