If i undrstand you correctly, I belive what I do in the early spring is the same thing as what you want to do now. I do not know if prunung in the late fall will have the same effect.
I do not want to stimilate growth now. My trees are wintered in a greenhouse. Temps stay just over 32*f. Spring starts in February. I uually prune and repot by early march. I wait until the buds arw just about to open. that's when I do my pruning and repotting. I do hard pruning in the late summer as well, when maples start their late season growth

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SteveW
Long Island NY

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