Noithing special really,shibui wrote: Do you have any tips on your method please Ken? - how much root pruning, branch reduction, follow up watering, etc
I select the branches to keep / work on as they grow and trim and wire them while in the ground. this keep the shoots in close on them
I let a few shoots in different places go and become sacrifices to thicken, but never more than 1 on a section of branch / trunk to avoid reverse taper issues.
Roots, Keep any small ones growing out from the base and remove / cut back all large ones or those that go down, They are planted on fibre board offcuts to stop downward roots too.
Watering, they are in my garden that gets water every day from sprinklers that water my Bonsai on posts
Note the same above applies to the maples I have in the ground too
Ken